We performed a comparison between IBM Cognos and Infor dEPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Tableau, Oracle and others in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools."A positive feature is Report Studio, where we create beautiful, complex reports."
"A drag-and-drop interface for selecting creating ad hoc reports makes this product very easy to use."
"I have worked on the features like dashboards and stories, and I do like them a lot."
"When it comes to decision-making, the product is very useful and used in many departments since a lot of people prefer the reports to be generated by IBM Cognos."
"The most valuable features are Report Development (Functionality) and Information Distribution (Flexibility)."
"We use IBM Cognos for enterprise analytics and reporting."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its ease of use, which makes it easily compatible with other tools."
"Integration with Office can enable the 'download' mode of storytelling."
"Our customers have the solution deployed on the cloud or on-premises. The deployment took about a month."
"Infor dEPM's got the best end-user reporting solution that keeps us motivated and moving forward with this solution only."
"You can get the data directly from the database with Excel formulas."
"The planning capability is the most valuable feature."
"The solution's support could be better."
"I would like for the platform to become more standard. If we make a development on our report and our dashboard, it will not be used in another solution. That means there is no portability for the developers."
"Need improvement towards Visualization."
"Cognos charts are not as fast as those of the other tools, even with DQM (dynamic query mode)."
"Cognos is quite slow - it's missing the performance of the PowerPlay cubes."
"There are many problems with the product's stability part, making it an area where improvements are required."
"Chart quality: many other competitors have charts and graphics that look much better and that provide dynamic effects. Cognos doesn't."
"There are some small features that are missing. It would be nice if the graphics were better. You can use external sources for charts, but it's quite complex to use and not easy to implement. If you want a new chart, you can download it from multiple tools and implement it into IBM Cognos."
"The latest version has been cloud-enabled, but it requires a deeper understanding of programming skills compared to the previous versions, which were more user-friendly."
"The initial setup from a user perspective can be cumbersome and has room for improvement."
"It's a very expensive solution."
"The usability could be better."
IBM Cognos is ranked 7th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 132 reviews while Infor dEPM is ranked 15th in Business Performance Management with 12 reviews. IBM Cognos is rated 8.0, while Infor dEPM 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 Infor dEPM writes "Good report management, highly stable, and customizable". IBM Cognos is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Oracle OBIEE, Tableau, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform and Oracle Hyperion, whereas Infor dEPM is most compared with Oracle Hyperion, Domo, Jedox and IBM Planning Analytics.
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