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Phocas

Overview

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

Phocas delivers a stunning visual summary of your data, enabling you to spot check for results to share with other users.

  • 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

Pricing

Starting from

10.6

/user

Per month

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

Starting from

150

Per month

  • 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

4.7

136

5

4

3

2

1

104

29

2

1

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
91%
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.”
Verified reviewer profile picture

Joseph M.

Senior Engineer

Pros

“I also appreciate its user-friendly interface and the ability to quickly analyze performance, identify trends, and make more informed decisions.”
CM

Cody M.

Roofer

“It’s especially useful for daily reporting and decision-making, though deeper customization and advanced analytics require some effort to master.”
NM

Nyma M.

Business Systems Specialist

“Some reports and dashboards may require additional setup or customization, and new users may need training to get the most out of the platform.”
CM

Cody M.

Roofer

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

“The cube builds fail a lot when there is heavy data loads.”
ES

Eugene S.

Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder

“The customer service and after sales support is very poor, to the point of considering moving away.”
KL

Kenny L.

Commercial Director

“It’s too clumpy in that not user friendly”
JC

Jay C.

Sales

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last reviewa month ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review2 months ago

Key features

  • Total features76
  • "What If" Scenarios
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Analysis
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Approval Process Control
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Benchmarking
  • Big Data Analytics
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • CRM Integration
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Cash Management
  • Chart of Accounts
  • Charting
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Consolidation/Roll-Up
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Dashboard
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Customization
  • Dashboard
  • Dashboard Creation
  • Data Aggregation
  • Data Blending
  • Data Cleansing
  • Data Connectors
  • Data Discovery
  • Data Extraction
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Integration
  • Data Management
  • Data Mapping
  • Data Mining
  • Data Quality Control
  • Data Synchronization
  • Data Transformation
  • Data Visualization
  • Database Support
  • Drag & Drop
  • ETL
  • Expense Tracking
  • Financial Analysis
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • For Small Businesses
  • Forecasting
  • Functions/Calculations
  • General Ledger
  • High Volume Processing
  • Income & Balance Sheet
  • Interactive Elements
  • Interactive Reports
  • KPI Monitoring
  • Key Performance Indicators
  • Marketing Reports
  • Metadata Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Dashboards
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Company
  • Multi-Currency
  • Multi-Department/Project
  • Multiple Data Sources
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Natural Language Search
  • OLAP
  • Performance Metrics
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Private Dashboards
  • Profit/Loss Statement
  • Profitability Analysis
  • Public Dashboards
  • Publishing/Sharing
  • Quantitative Analysis
  • 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
  • Sales Trend Analysis
  • Scenario Planning
  • Scheduled/Automated Reports
  • Scorecards
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Self Service Data Preparation
  • Self-Service Reporting
  • Single Page View
  • Single Sign On
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Strategic Planning
  • Templates
  • Text Analysis
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Trend Analysis
  • Trend/Problem Indicators
  • Version Control
  • Visual Analytics
  • Visual Discovery
  • Widgets
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features96
  • "What If" Scenarios
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Analysis
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Approval Process Control
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Benchmarking
  • Big Data Analytics
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • CRM Integration
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Cash Management
  • Chart of Accounts
  • Charting
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Consolidation/Roll-Up
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Dashboard
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Customization
  • Dashboard
  • Dashboard Creation
  • Data Aggregation
  • Data Blending
  • Data Cleansing
  • Data Connectors
  • Data Discovery
  • Data Extraction
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Integration
  • Data Management
  • Data Mapping
  • Data Mining
  • Data Quality Control
  • Data Synchronization
  • Data Transformation
  • Data Visualization
  • Database Support
  • Drag & Drop
  • ETL
  • Expense Tracking
  • Financial Analysis
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • For Small Businesses
  • Forecasting
  • Functions/Calculations
  • General Ledger
  • High Volume Processing
  • Income & Balance Sheet
  • Interactive Elements
  • Interactive Reports
  • KPI Monitoring
  • Key Performance Indicators
  • Marketing Reports
  • Metadata Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Dashboards
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Company
  • Multi-Currency
  • Multi-Department/Project
  • Multiple Data Sources
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Natural Language Search
  • OLAP
  • Performance Metrics
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Private Dashboards
  • Profit/Loss Statement
  • Profitability Analysis
  • Public Dashboards
  • Publishing/Sharing
  • Quantitative Analysis
  • 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
  • Sales Trend Analysis
  • Scenario Planning
  • Scheduled/Automated Reports
  • Scorecards
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Self Service Data Preparation
  • Self-Service Reporting
  • Single Page View
  • Single Sign On
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Strategic Planning
  • Templates
  • Text Analysis
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Trend Analysis
  • Trend/Problem Indicators
  • Version Control
  • Visual Analytics
  • Visual Discovery
  • Widgets
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations29
  • Accolent ERP
  • Acumatica Cloud ERP
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • Amazon Aurora
  • Amazon Redshift
  • Deltek Vantagepoint
  • Dynamics 365
  • Dynamics 365 Business Central
  • Enapps
  • Epicor BisTrack
  • Epicor CMS
  • Epicor Eclipse
  • Epicor Prophet 21
  • Epicor Vision
  • Firefox
  • Google Analytics 360
  • HubSpot CRM
  • HubSpot Marketing Hub
  • IBM Db2
  • IFS Cloud ERP
  • Infor CloudSuites (LN)
  • Infor SunSystems
  • Infor VISUAL
  • Infor XA
  • Jim2 Business Engine
  • Jira
  • Khaos Control Enterprise
  • Khaos Control Essential
  • Klipboard
  • MYOB Acumatica
  • MYOB Business
  • MariaDB
  • Merlin
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Fabric
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Project Server Subscription Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Microsoft Teams
  • MongoDB
  • MySQL
  • NetSuite
  • Oracle Database
  • OrderWise
  • PostgreSQL
  • QAD Adaptive ERP
  • Retail Express
  • SAP BW/4HANA
  • SAP Business ByDesign
  • SAP Business One
  • SAP HANA Cloud
  • SAP NetWeaver
  • SAP S/4HANA Cloud
  • SAS OnDemand for Academics
  • SYSPRO
  • Safari
  • Sage 100
  • Sage 200
  • Sage 500
  • Sage X3
  • Slack
  • Snowflake
  • TIBCO Data Virtualization
  • Tableau
  • Unleashed
  • VMware Greenplum
  • WinMan ERP
  • Xero
  • Total integrations43
  • Accolent ERP
  • Acumatica Cloud ERP
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • Amazon Aurora
  • Amazon Redshift
  • Deltek Vantagepoint
  • Dynamics 365
  • Dynamics 365 Business Central
  • Enapps
  • Epicor BisTrack
  • Epicor CMS
  • Epicor Eclipse
  • Epicor Prophet 21
  • Epicor Vision
  • Firefox
  • Google Analytics 360
  • HubSpot CRM
  • HubSpot Marketing Hub
  • IBM Db2
  • IFS Cloud ERP
  • Infor CloudSuites (LN)
  • Infor SunSystems
  • Infor VISUAL
  • Infor XA
  • Jim2 Business Engine
  • Jira
  • Khaos Control Enterprise
  • Khaos Control Essential
  • Klipboard
  • MYOB Acumatica
  • MYOB Business
  • MariaDB
  • Merlin
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Fabric
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Project Server Subscription Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Microsoft Teams
  • MongoDB
  • MySQL
  • NetSuite
  • Oracle Database
  • OrderWise
  • PostgreSQL
  • QAD Adaptive ERP
  • Retail Express
  • SAP BW/4HANA
  • SAP Business ByDesign
  • SAP Business One
  • SAP HANA Cloud
  • SAP NetWeaver
  • SAP S/4HANA Cloud
  • SAS OnDemand for Academics
  • SYSPRO
  • Safari
  • Sage 100
  • Sage 200
  • Sage 500
  • Sage X3
  • Slack
  • Snowflake
  • TIBCO Data Virtualization
  • Tableau
  • Unleashed
  • VMware Greenplum
  • WinMan ERP
  • Xero