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IBM Cognos Analytics vs Qlik Sense Comparison (2026)

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Qlik Sense

Overview

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

Qlik Sense is a business intelligence (BI) and visual analytics platform that supports a range of analytic use cases. It supports a full range of users and use-cases across the life-cycle from data to insight.

  • 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

30

/user

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

4.5

262

5

4

3

2

1

148

97

13

3

1

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
80%
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

“Qlik Sense is a reliable and flexible platform for reporting and data analysis, particularly well suited to a complex fashion retail environment with multiple data sources and business dimensions.”
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Simone I.

Marketing Technology Manager

“It allows us to combine data from different sources and easily analyze KPIs by market, channel, product and other business dimensions.”
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Simone I.

Marketing Technology Manager

“Qlik Sense solves data visualization, analysis, and reporting challenges by enabling intuitive, self-service analytics.”
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Gaurav K.

Data Engg Mgmt and governance analyst

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

“Its visualisations needs more like the native charts..I feel that it does not match with its competitors here.”
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Willem G.

commercial manager

“Qlick Sense is quite expensive compared to other tools existing in the field such as Tableau, in addition, it's not an easy tool to onboard and it can be costly when dealing with big teams using the tool.”
LZ

Liron Z.

VP of research and development

“The cost of the license is a factor to consider, and the degree of difficulty will depend on the user's experience, even for new users the learning curve can be quite steep.”
IZ

Ivan Z.

Hotmark

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  • Last reviewa month ago
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  • Last review2 months ago

Key features

  • Total features76
  • AI/Machine Learning
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Analysis
  • Ad hoc Query
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Application Development
  • Association Discovery
  • Audit Management
  • Bayesian Analysis
  • Benchmarking
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • CRM
  • Charting
  • Chatbot
  • Code-free Development
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Contextual Guidance
  • Contextual Search
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Dashboard
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Customization
  • Dashboard
  • Dashboard Creation
  • Data Aggregation
  • Data Analysis Tools
  • Data Blending
  • Data Cleansing
  • Data Connectors
  • Data Dictionary Management
  • Data Discovery
  • Data Extraction
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Integration
  • Data Management
  • Data Mapping
  • Data Mining
  • Data Quality Control
  • Data Synchronization
  • Data Transformation
  • Data Visualization
  • Drag & Drop
  • ETL
  • Employee Management
  • File Storage
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • Forecasting
  • Functions/Calculations
  • Geographic Maps
  • High Volume Processing
  • Integration into Third Party Applications
  • Interactive Elements
  • Interactive Reports
  • Inventory Management
  • KPI Monitoring
  • Key Performance Indicators
  • Marketing Automation
  • Marketing Reports
  • Metadata Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Dashboards
  • Mobile Reporting
  • Monitoring
  • Monte Carlo Simulation
  • Multi-Language
  • Multi-User Collaboration
  • Multiple Data Sources
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Natural Language Search
  • OLAP
  • Order Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Point of Sale (POS)
  • Pre-Configured Bot
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Private Dashboards
  • Profitability Analysis
  • Public Dashboards
  • Publishing/Sharing
  • Purchasing & Receiving
  • Query Builder
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Regression Analysis
  • Relational Display
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Rules-Based Workflow
  • Sales Reports
  • Sales Trend Analysis
  • Scheduled/Automated Reports
  • Scorecards
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Self Service Data Preparation
  • Self-service Analytics
  • Sensitive Data Identification
  • Sentiment Analysis
  • Single Page View
  • Single Sign On
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistical Process Control
  • Statistical Simulation
  • Storytelling
  • Strategic Planning
  • Streaming Analytics
  • Text Analysis
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time Series Analysis
  • Trend Analysis
  • Trend/Problem Indicators
  • User Management
  • Visual Analytics
  • Visual Discovery
  • Visual Workflow Management
  • Widgets
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features126
  • AI/Machine Learning
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Analysis
  • Ad hoc Query
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Application Development
  • Association Discovery
  • Audit Management
  • Bayesian Analysis
  • Benchmarking
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • CRM
  • Charting
  • Chatbot
  • Code-free Development
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Contextual Guidance
  • Contextual Search
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Dashboard
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Customization
  • Dashboard
  • Dashboard Creation
  • Data Aggregation
  • Data Analysis Tools
  • Data Blending
  • Data Cleansing
  • Data Connectors
  • Data Dictionary Management
  • Data Discovery
  • Data Extraction
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Integration
  • Data Management
  • Data Mapping
  • Data Mining
  • Data Quality Control
  • Data Synchronization
  • Data Transformation
  • Data Visualization
  • Drag & Drop
  • ETL
  • Employee Management
  • File Storage
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • Forecasting
  • Functions/Calculations
  • Geographic Maps
  • High Volume Processing
  • Integration into Third Party Applications
  • Interactive Elements
  • Interactive Reports
  • Inventory Management
  • KPI Monitoring
  • Key Performance Indicators
  • Marketing Automation
  • Marketing Reports
  • Metadata Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Dashboards
  • Mobile Reporting
  • Monitoring
  • Monte Carlo Simulation
  • Multi-Language
  • Multi-User Collaboration
  • Multiple Data Sources
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Natural Language Search
  • OLAP
  • Order Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Point of Sale (POS)
  • Pre-Configured Bot
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Private Dashboards
  • Profitability Analysis
  • Public Dashboards
  • Publishing/Sharing
  • Purchasing & Receiving
  • Query Builder
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Regression Analysis
  • Relational Display
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Rules-Based Workflow
  • Sales Reports
  • Sales Trend Analysis
  • Scheduled/Automated Reports
  • Scorecards
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Self Service Data Preparation
  • Self-service Analytics
  • Sensitive Data Identification
  • Sentiment Analysis
  • Single Page View
  • Single Sign On
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistical Process Control
  • Statistical Simulation
  • Storytelling
  • Strategic Planning
  • Streaming Analytics
  • Text Analysis
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time Series Analysis
  • Trend Analysis
  • Trend/Problem Indicators
  • User Management
  • Visual Analytics
  • Visual Discovery
  • Visual Workflow Management
  • Widgets
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations29
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • Amazon Aurora
  • Amazon Redshift
  • Cloudera
  • Databricks
  • 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 integrations3
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • Amazon Aurora
  • Amazon Redshift
  • Cloudera
  • Databricks
  • 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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