IBM Cognos Analytics is the Best Buy for your money
October 09, 2025

IBM Cognos Analytics is the Best Buy for your money

Bernd Oerthle | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • Analysis Studio
  • Report Studio
  • Query Studio
  • Event Studio

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cognos Analytics

In our organization, we use IBM Cognos Analytics for Running entire reporting for 3k users

Pros

  • Reporting
  • Crosstabs
  • Data modules

Cons

  • Dashboards
  • interoperability with planning
  • In my experience, IBM Cognos Analytics has had a positive impact on our business objectives because Almost every report runs on IBM Cognos Analytics
In my experience, Bursting is the most used thing in IBM Cognos Analytics
Better dashboard and planning integration

Do you think IBM Cognos Analytics delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with IBM Cognos Analytics's feature set?

Yes

Did IBM Cognos Analytics live up to sales and marketing promises?

No

Did implementation of IBM Cognos Analytics go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy IBM Cognos Analytics again?

Yes

In my opinion, I would likely recommend IBM Cognos Analytics to a colleague by saying that I work with IBM Cognos Analytics since 20 years and, I think IBM Cognos Analytics fits every need u might could have

IBM Cognos Analytics Feature Ratings

BI Platform ()
Not Rated
Supported Data Sources ()
Not Rated
8.0
Pixel Perfect reports
10
Customizable dashboards
6
Report Formatting Templates
8
6.0
Drill-down analysis
8
Formatting capabilities
3
Integration with R or other statistical packages
7
Report sharing and collaboration
6
10.0
Publish to PDF
10
Report Delivery Scheduling
10
4.8
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
4
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
8
Predictive Analytics
3
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining
4
9.8
Multi-User Support (named login)
10
Role-Based Security Model
10
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
9
Report-Level Access Control
10
Single Sign-On (SSO)
10
Mobile Capabilities ()
Not Rated
6.5
REST API
8
Javascript API
5

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