IBM Cognos Analytics vs MicroStrategy Analytics Comparison

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IBM Cognos Analytics offers the up-to-date version of the application that you can use immediately to your reports.

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Data Analytics, Dashboards, Complex KPI reports, Event studio objects

I feel Cognos is the best BI Product that I have come across. 

Cognos Analytics is currently meeting our financial and operational reporting needs.

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helpfully to seeing analytics. I am engineering in mining operation company in Mongolian

Cognos review

Overall, I would recommend using Cognos Analytics for data analysis. My whole company uses it from daily reporting to more advanced analyses. 

Great Analytics Tool

It provides a set of highly flexible and customizable features that help improve our analytics and positively impact our decision-making.

Robust BI tool

Business Intellegnce Software with Standard Reporting And Self Service BI

It was the greatest experience we have with a BI tool. We really loved it.

The best BI Product so far

Best BI tool

My experience with IBM Cognos Analytics has been great. I have used the platform and discovered it to be exceptionally robust and user-friendly. I can navigate and access the many features and functionalities with ease because to the user-friendly UI. The excellent reporting and analytics tools allow me to easily derive insightful conclusions from my data. The platform's powerful collaboration tools have also significantly increased our team's effectiveness and productivity. IBM's customer service has been outstanding, with quick responses and useful advice whenever needed. In general, IBM Cognos Analytics has changed the game for our company by enabling us to make data-driven decisions that are both effective and efficient. Anyone in need of a complete and dependable analytics solution should definitely consider it.

Agrxis Review on IBM Cognos Analytics

Good BI tool but probably not worth it unless you get a good deal

Cognos is used for operational reporting and analytics and schedule reports to be sent via email to users on a duly basis. Used in mobile as well. 

New age and Traditional BI tool

IBM Cognos Analytics is a great enterprise tool for data reporting. There are a lot of report options and it is easy to collaborate and share reports with colleagues. 

Good Tool for Data Reporting

Great BI tool but difficult to learn

Schedule an upgrade to newest version. you'll fly away with your Cognos BI

The newest BI tool on the stage

IBM Cognos Analytics is a BI tool that can be used to bring a new methodology and look to traditional BI products.  It is a stand-alone system that enables self-served BI.

Where Self-serve BI is being enabled and controlled

L'uso di IBM Cognos Analytics si è rilevato utile quando è stato necessario ottenere molteplici informazioni da grandi quantità di dati per pianificare budget. In questo ha aiutato l'ampio portafoglio di strumenti analitici (OLAP, data mining, e simulazione di scenari). In particolare usando Cognos TM1,  ho potuto simulare scenari diversi e comprendere l'impatto sul budget. 

Pianificazione e Analisi Aziendale

Business Planning and Analysis

Great capabilities, but really difficult to use practically.

All’interno di alcuni istituti bancari, in qualità di consulente, mi sono ritrovata ad utilizzare IBM Cognos Analytics al fine di monitorare la redditività di alcune branch della banca, individuare zone di miglioramento e definire le azioni da intraprendere per aumentare la redditività in base alle analisi dei dati. In particolare  il software è stato utile per monitorare i KPI di ogni brand dell’istituto, definendone le prestazioni in modo oggettivo sulla base del numero di conti aperti e del numero di prestiti (o in generale prodotti) venduti. Una volta individuate le branch più deboli è stato necessario analizzare il tasso di propensione alla chiusura del conto, di prepayment del prestito e la tipologia di clientela, per identificarne le caratteristiche. Delineato il profilo della clientela, e forniti alcuni report al reparto marketing, sono state strutturare campagne e prodotti ad hoc. Con Cognos, infine, è stato monitorato l’andamento  delle campagne, evidenziandone l’efficacia e costruiti dei report da presentare al management. 

Dati a supporto del Business 

Data to support the Business

IBM Cognos Analytics permette di avere una soluzione integrata per la data analysis, il report e la visualizzazione. La presenza del AI permette di ricavare notevoli informazioni dai dati e consente alle aziende di prendere decisioni informate. Software molto accurato e veloce nei calcoli che può essere usato anche da utenti meno esperti. Tutti questi aspetti rendono la mia esperienza positiva e mi permettono di consigliarlo a molte delle società per cui ho fatto consulenza. 

Integrazione di analisi e reporting 

Analytics and reporting integration

L’uso prevalente che personalmente faccio di IBM Cognos Analytics è quello della creazione di report. In particolare creo report finanziari di dettaglio per i miei clienti, al fine di evidenziare, ad esempio, l’andamento delle vendite in diverse aree geografiche o per diverse linee di business. Uso Cognos anche per definire dashboard interattive utili a montare in tempo reale le performance finanziare, queste dashboard includono KPI come fatturato o margine operativo. L’attività di reportistica risulta molto semplice in Cognos sia per la sua capacità di collegarsi a più fonti dati, sia per la possibilità di manipolare il dato mediante query SQL.

Ottimo software di BI dalle notevoli capacità di reporting 

Excellent BI software with remarkable reporting capabilities

It is good software but requires a learning curve

Complete Package for your Analytical Solution

It has been a solid tool for our company for last so many years. IT meets out current needs in terms of performance and capabilities. However, as we start exploring more cutting edge technologies like cloud, SAAS and Advanced Analytics, we see the tool is not in the top 3.

Enterprise Reporting and Analytics Tool

Cognos is one of 2 major Business Intelligence tools on the market. If it is implemented correctly, it could provide complete web-based business solution based on the data analysis.  It is a platform which allowing to deliver mission critical analytics to the business including but not limited to Enterprise reporting, Planning & Forecast, OLAP cubes technology, etc.

Cognos is sophisticated BI application for large enterprises 

Cognos makes it easy to design reports that match the look-and-feel required by the client. Report rendering time is also very fast. Browser support can be touchy and Dynamic Cubes are very hardware intensive.Cognos has strong out of the box capabilities with a wide array of add-ons, and good interoperability with other IBM analytics and data suites

COGNOS

MicroStrategy Analytics is Great

The overall experience was good. I used it for about 1 year while I was working for Business Analytics. 

Helpful tool for Business Analytics

A comprehensive but complex BI tool

Using this tool, to learn and get into enterprise analytics was fun.   The free desktop version also allowed folks to analyze excel and other data sources.   this gave them some useful utility to look their own data and seeing trends.

Great tool, free desktop was a bonus!

Microstrategy is a great platform for mobile analytics and offers a lot of functionality out of the box.  If you are looking for a solution that will cover 80% of your needs when it comes to mobile reporting then seriously consider Microstrategy.

Strong mobile reporting platform

We use Microstrategy to create demonstration dashboards for our our analytics software. They have a fairly robust user community and they are getting better with each iteration. Beyond the way one has to manipulate the frames and maps, the software is powerful and useful for creating data visualization dashboards. 

Next Version?

I use it everyday in my company to manage our data and create reports to evaluate the strengths of our strategies and understand what we can do to improve our business.

One of the best Business Intelligence and Reporting Software

Really Improved with recent updates 

Outstanding business intelligence assistant without a doubt

Within the e-commerce space we rely on MicroStrategy Analytics (especially within the Flex OLAP space) for our complex reporting asks. A feature that is really useful is when you are pulling a very large amount of data, you can add it to a queue and it will continue to process while you are working through other tasks. Other programs tend to crash or glitch when trying to do the same. 

MicroStrategy Analytics Review

MicroStrategy gives a effective analytics motor at the side comprehensive toolsets that permit me to jump into the numerous assets for interfacing information and prepare me with all the instruments required to construct applications. It gives me the flexibility to plug into NoSQL for information mining so I can effectively construct cloud-based applications. The company expanded the labor efficiency through the instruments and capacities given by the stage, our group has the capacity to bring numerous sources of distinctive sorts of data, hence disentangling their work, they moreover picked up familiarity within the work, they can too handle the stage effectively. We analyze and produce intelligently reports on a expansive sum of information, which permits us to form choices competent of directing the company towards exponential development. Microstrategy offers a wide extend of vitality visualizations, such as warm maps, and can too interface with third-party applications.

Powerful exceptional Big Data analytics platform.

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Access Controls/Permissions

Activity Dashboard

Activity Tracking

Ad hoc Reporting

Alerts/Notifications

Audit Management

Benchmarking

Collaboration Tools

Customizable Branding

Customizable Dashboard

Customizable Reports

Customizable Templates

Dashboard

Dashboard Creation

Data Aggregation

Data Blending

Data Cleansing

Data Connectors

Data Discovery

Data Extraction

Data Import/Export

Data Mapping

Data Mining

Data Quality Control

Data Synchronization

Data Transformation

Data Visualization

Drag & Drop

Financial Reporting

Forecasting

Functions/Calculations

High Volume Processing

Interactive Elements

Interactive Reports

Key Performance Indicators

KPI Monitoring

Marketing Reports

Metadata Management

Mobile Access

Mobile Dashboards

Multiple Data Sources

Natural Language Processing

Natural Language Search

OLAP

Performance Metrics

Predictive Analytics

Private Dashboards

Profitability Analysis

Public Dashboards

Publishing/Sharing

Real-Time Analytics

Real-Time Data

Real-Time Monitoring

Real-Time Notifications

Real-Time Reporting

Relational Display

Reporting/Analytics

Role-Based Permissions

Sales Reports

Scheduled/Automated Reports

Scorecards

Search/Filter

Secure Data Storage

Self Service Data Preparation

Single Page View

Single Sign On

Strategic Planning

Text Analysis

Third-Party Integrations

Trend Analysis

Trend/Problem Indicators

Visual Analytics

Widgets

Workflow Management

IBM Cognos Analytics

Web-based

Project Supervisor 

The space usage for this software is to high. The IBM Windows services is slow on startup and service errors can be very difficult to diagnose due to bad log structure or description.

SAP Business Analyst

When we actually have information about the errors, this is also not very detailed, that is, we are left without knowing what the error is anyway.

BI SPECIALIST

Combined with a proper balance between ease of use and customization when developing and an affordable licensing model, Cognos was a superb choice.

I love working with this tool from IBM. It allows some SQL language, and some configuration features that are very good too.

Software Engineer

The best thing is "Quality reports can be run at any time and by any representative with a substantial log-in " at IBM Cognos Analytics.

Senior Software Developer

All features are really good ,Its safe and secure way to see your reports ,we can add integrations easily.

Manager

My limited experience and exposure has been good. Works well for a casual user (assuming an admin did a good job setting up and maintaining).

DATAWAREHOUSE ARCHITECT

There are tons of supporting products for Advanced Analytics, Visualization and AI/ML which makes the tool both powerful and versatile.

Consultant

Great user interface, better visualization, integration with custom APIs, several ways to interpret the data.

Product Manager

There are not helpful troubleshooting messages to help you correct errors, so it can get really frustrating if you get stuck and don't have a team to support you.

IBM provides plentiful whitepapers, redbooks, and other information resources for clients and developers, as well as excellent technical support.

Ad Operations

Reporting metrics show lots of good data and information. Support for the product is sufficient.

Business Systems Analyst

Cognos is a great tool for reporting. The visuals are not awesome but there is a lot of customization you can do for reporting.

Comedian

I like that Cognos is incredibly intuitive. I can easily navigate through the program to finish coding and changing anything I need.

Vice President

Enterprise offerings are a bit pricey. For SMBs it can be a difficult conversation to justify the costs.

Sr. Architect 

Interactive pdf is not available for reports. Can be difficult to implement without admin support for end users.

Technical Data Analyst

Users need to understand the data structure in order to enter parameters. If the parameters are not entered correct, there will be no data, exports, or graphs.

Sales Support

The cons are summarized in IBM customer support, ist very poor (the resolution time and customer services).

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