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IBM Cognos Analytics vs Pentaho Comparison (2026)

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IBM Cognos Analytics

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Pentaho

Overview

IBM Cognos is a suite of business intelligence and performance management software, that includes dashboards, reports, forecasting, visualization & automation.

Pentaho couples data integration with business analytics in a modern platform that brings together IT & business users to access, visualize & explore their data

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

No videos yet

Pricing

Starting from

10.6

/user

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

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No pricing info

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.2

139

5

4

3

2

1

54

63

17

2

3

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
72%
would recommend this app

4.3

46

5

4

3

2

1

19

24

2

0

1

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
86%
would recommend this app

Pros

“I like the reliability and friendly customer support team of IBM Cognos Analytics.”
AM

Anna M.

Sales and Marketing Manager

“It has great functionality for reporting purpose.”
HS

Harpreet S.

Continuous improvement specialist

“I was able to show data in a relevant and interesting way thanks to the software, which offered a variety of possibilities for designing visually appealing and interactive reports.”
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Joseph M.

Senior Engineer

Pros

“It has limitations in customized templates, user community is not so high compared to other BI tools and compatibility issue with JDBC connector is definite area of improvement.”
HV

Harish V.

Associate System Engineer

Cons

“The cubes were not easy to define at first”
EH

Edward H.

Lead infrastructure engineer

“They need to work on their compatibility with web browsers, it did not work with Opera.”
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Federico A.

CFO

“The story telling capabilities are not seamless enough and consume too much efforts to be reach the desired effect.”
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Henri A.

Analytics Market Manager

Cons

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  • Last reviewa month ago
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  • Last review2 years ago

Key features

  • Total features76
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Analysis
  • Ad hoc Query
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Audit Management
  • Benchmarking
  • Big Data Analytics
  • Charting
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Dashboard
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Dashboard Creation
  • Data Aggregation
  • Data Analysis Tools
  • Data Blending
  • Data Cleansing
  • Data Connectors
  • Data Discovery
  • Data Extraction
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Integration
  • Data Mapping
  • Data Mining
  • Data Quality Control
  • Data Synchronization
  • Data Transformation
  • Data Visualization
  • Database Support
  • Drag & Drop
  • Financial Reporting
  • Forecasting
  • Functions/Calculations
  • High Volume Processing
  • Interactive Elements
  • Interactive Reports
  • Job Scheduling
  • KPI Monitoring
  • Key Performance Indicators
  • Marketing Reports
  • Match & Merge
  • Metadata Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Dashboards
  • Multiple Data Sources
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Natural Language Search
  • OLAP
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Pipeline Management
  • 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 & Statistics
  • 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
  • Version Control
  • Visual Analytics
  • Visual Discovery
  • Widgets
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features47
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Analysis
  • Ad hoc Query
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Audit Management
  • Benchmarking
  • Big Data Analytics
  • Charting
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Dashboard
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Dashboard Creation
  • Data Aggregation
  • Data Analysis Tools
  • Data Blending
  • Data Cleansing
  • Data Connectors
  • Data Discovery
  • Data Extraction
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Integration
  • Data Mapping
  • Data Mining
  • Data Quality Control
  • Data Synchronization
  • Data Transformation
  • Data Visualization
  • Database Support
  • Drag & Drop
  • Financial Reporting
  • Forecasting
  • Functions/Calculations
  • High Volume Processing
  • Interactive Elements
  • Interactive Reports
  • Job Scheduling
  • KPI Monitoring
  • Key Performance Indicators
  • Marketing Reports
  • Match & Merge
  • Metadata Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Dashboards
  • Multiple Data Sources
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Natural Language Search
  • OLAP
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Pipeline Management
  • 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 & Statistics
  • 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
  • Version Control
  • Visual Analytics
  • Visual Discovery
  • Widgets
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations29
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • Amazon Aurora
  • Amazon Redshift
  • Firefox
  • IBM Db2
  • Jira
  • MariaDB
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Fabric
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Project Server Subscription Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Microsoft Teams
  • MongoDB
  • MySQL
  • Oracle Database
  • PostgreSQL
  • SAP BW/4HANA
  • SAP HANA Cloud
  • SAP NetWeaver
  • SAS OnDemand for Academics
  • Safari
  • Slack
  • Snowflake
  • TIBCO Data Virtualization
  • Tableau
  • VMware Greenplum
  • Total integrationsN/A
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • Amazon Aurora
  • Amazon Redshift
  • Firefox
  • IBM Db2
  • Jira
  • MariaDB
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Fabric
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Project Server Subscription Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Microsoft Teams
  • MongoDB
  • MySQL
  • Oracle Database
  • PostgreSQL
  • SAP BW/4HANA
  • SAP HANA Cloud
  • SAP NetWeaver
  • SAS OnDemand for Academics
  • Safari
  • Slack
  • Snowflake
  • TIBCO Data Virtualization
  • Tableau
  • VMware Greenplum

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