We performed a comparison between IBM Cognos and Tableau based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: In this comparison, IBM Cognos comes out on top. Users are happier with the support than Tableau users are, and IBM Cognos users also report an ROI.
"We use the account statement report. When you use an account in HSBC, you receive various types of accounts, such as the stock market, fixed accounts, credit cards, and business accounts. We can create one consolidated report called CCS support, which includes all these accounts. In that statement, we are consolidating all those accounts."
"Mapbox integration for geospatial analytics down to longitude/latitude layers."
"IBM Cognos improves the effectiveness of the sales team."
"IBM Cognos offers tools so that you can design and develop your own test queries and reporting solutions."
"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."
"Cognos' most valuable features are the bundled studios, simple UI, and advanced features like the ability to create data modules."
"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."
"A drag-and-drop interface for selecting creating ad hoc reports makes this product very easy to use."
"Analysis is now more visual than in the past."
"Better interaction and less time spent with end users."
"I really like the interactivity of the dashboards."
"It's very easy to visualize data with this product. The visualization maps of and frames that we have been able to cross-reference has been excellent."
"The initial setup is quick and easy and you don't need special outside assistance to set everything up."
"The maps and colors and interface are all fantastic."
"The use of a storyboard helps the flow of the data visualisation."
"The most important feature is the tool is very easy to use. This makes it simple to introduce it to CxOs. After a rapid demo, they are usual impressed by the results shown, because it has such a rare simplicity."
"Most of our company's customers want to be able to deploy IBM Cognos on a web application and use it as a desktop application, which is not possible currently."
"Tableau and Power BI are faster than Cognos."
"The technical support team’s response time is slow and needs to be improved."
"There are many problems with the product's stability part, making it an area where improvements are required."
"It could have more options for themes."
"Extending dynamic cubes aggregate awareness with calculated measures."
"Cognos charts are not as fast as those of the other tools, even with DQM (dynamic query mode)."
"The solution's support could be better."
"Improvements in schema security and row/column security need to be made."
"I would like to be able to set the parameters in a more specific manner."
"There could be improvements on the mobile application, it is lacking features."
"It would be nice if we could export more raw data. Currently, there is a limit as to how much data you can export."
"The solution needs to improve its integration capabilities."
"Include forecasting on table calculation fields."
"The price could be better."
"An area needing improvement involves the complexity of the product should you need to alter a lot of parameters. If you have technical servers, much interface, different providers and more serious processes, that will be time consuming."
IBM Cognos is ranked 4th in Reporting with 132 reviews while Tableau is ranked 2nd in Reporting with 290 reviews. IBM Cognos is rated 8.0, while Tableau is rated 8.4. 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 Tableau writes "Provides fast data access with in-memory extracts, makes it easy to create visualizations, and saves time". IBM Cognos is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Oracle OBIEE, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, Oracle Hyperion and Amazon QuickSight, whereas Tableau is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Amazon QuickSight, Domo, SAS Visual Analytics and Oracle OBIEE. See our IBM Cognos vs. Tableau report.
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