We performed a comparison between IBM Cognos and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two BI (Business Intelligence) Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The initial setup is very straightforward."
"Using custom controls, it is possible to extend the application with even more functionality and make the application intuitive and attractive."
"Self-service is possible through the use of dashboards, which are also very intuitive. Stories can be used to pin snapshots, tell the story for meetings, etc."
"If they want dashboarding, storytelling, and analyzing why KPIs are met or not, then Cognos is a better candidate than Qlik Sense."
"Comparing IBM Cognos to other applications, once a person is trained on it or they have developed a skill set to operate the application, it is best in its category."
"The most valuable feature of IBM Cognos is security. The solution has updated features that other competitors' solutions come out with long after IBM Cognos has had them."
"Integration with Office can enable the 'download' mode of storytelling."
"A drag-and-drop interface for selecting creating ad hoc reports makes this product very easy to use."
"It gives you a lot of flexibility in designing your dashboards."
"It allows the analysis of business data and enables decisions based on the analysis."
"I have seen improvement in our work after using the solution."
"The planning and dashboarding features have been useful. Additionally, the fixed-format reports are good."
"The setup is pretty easy. It's not hard at all."
"The Dynamic HTML (DHTML) client option of Webi has been enhanced adding features that were previously only available with the Java client including conditional formatting and support of XLS as a data provider."
"The reporting features the solution offers are excellent."
"It is stable and robust. It has pretty direct integration with SAP ERP. It is easy to use."
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"There are some problems with how Cognos handles huge data sets and when connecting with multiple sources and searching the data."
"It would be better if it is was easier to implement without extensive training for it."
"The tool needs to improve the connectivity since I see that, at times, there is a need to increase the memory in the database."
"Cognos is quite slow - it's missing the performance of the PowerPlay cubes."
"It could have more options for themes."
"I would like to see the introduction of mapbooks for supporting some geographical information."
"One key area for improvement is the need to improve the self-service nature and functionality of the product in terms of visual analytics."
"The data uploads that we do, such as Excel files, have a lot of restrictions. If we can make it a bit more user-friendly, allowing us to have more flexibility it would be a great help."
"Recently, it's become less stable if I am working on Citrix."
"The UI could be updated a bit."
"The platform should be a bit more user-friendly."
"The SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform has always struggled with dashboarding."
"We would like to see a native version of BusinessObjects and Web Intelligence created for the cloud."
"More thorough testing of Service Packs before release."
"The user interface should be easier to use and navigate."
"Its data visualization tool is not as good as Power BI and Tableau. Currently, for data visualization, you need to spend more money to buy another solution such as Power BI or Tableau. It is also very hard to integrate it with other third-party solutions. Its integration with other solutions should be improved."
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IBM Cognos is ranked 7th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 132 reviews while SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform is ranked 6th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 102 reviews. IBM Cognos is rated 8.0, while SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of IBM Cognos writes "Improved the quality of our KPIs, while reducing calls to the IT department". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform writes "Web intelligence will work with any amount of data even if you have 10 million rows". IBM Cognos is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Oracle OBIEE, Tableau, Oracle Hyperion and Amazon QuickSight, whereas SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform is most compared with SAP Analytics Cloud, Microsoft Power BI, Oracle OBIEE, MicroStrategy and Looker. See our IBM Cognos vs. SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform report.
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