We performed a comparison between IBM Cognos and IBM Planning Analytics based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Tableau, Oracle and others in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools."We are able to generate quality reports easily which allows us to decrease response time."
"Cognos' most valuable features are the bundled studios, simple UI, and advanced features like the ability to create data modules."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its ease of use, which makes it easily compatible with other tools."
"The comprehensiveness or broadness of the software functions or business intelligence functions that it provides is valuable. It is also quite easy to use and user-friendly."
"IBM Cognos offers tools so that you can design and develop your own test queries and reporting solutions."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"A positive feature is Report Studio, where we create beautiful, complex reports."
"Previously, we were doing static reporting. Management would request a report, and it would take staff a week or more to provide it. With Cognos, we have dynamic reporting, and it has reduced both reporting and decision making times significantly. With the solution's dashboard, the company's management team has updated records at their fingertips. This means that they can directly access the data they need to make decisions."
"The most valuable feature is that it is able to slice and dice the data."
"It's a very stable, robust product."
"The ease of use is valuable. The fact that it's plugged into Excel spreadsheets is also valuable. It provides additional functionality where you can slice and dice the information in a way that you can't do with spreadsheets"
"IBM Planning Analytics is easy to use and deploy. It is quick to develop. The calculation machine is also very fast."
"The tool is flexible."
"All the different platforms are well integrated."
"Navigating through the data to make analysis is really quick."
"A lot of the platform is in-memory, so Planning Analytics can run calculations quite fast. It also offers several user interfaces. And in the newest version of Planning Analytics, there is a new one called the Planning Analytics Workspace. Maybe it could be useful for the business side."
"Cognos is quite slow - it's missing the performance of the PowerPlay cubes."
"The solution seems to slow down the servers."
"The charts and graphics are weak."
"The solution's support could be better."
"Chart quality: many other competitors have charts and graphics that look much better and that provide dynamic effects. Cognos doesn't."
"It could have more options for themes."
"The AI-based features could be further enhanced by the solution."
"It would be better if it is was easier to implement without extensive training for it."
"It's highly competitive right now, and all the vendors are in a race to put out new versions with additional features. IBM comes out with new versions too often, and it has an impact on quality."
"The tool's transport layer could be improved when promoting development between environments."
"Extracting data is a little slow."
"The dashboard is very poor and needs a lot of improvement."
"The tool should include features for prediction. It can also improve the scalability."
"It would have been better if the solution was not just a tool kit."
"The local authentication part is difficult to manage in the product, making it an area where improvements are required."
"It is a bit expensive, but it does the job."
IBM Cognos is ranked 7th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 132 reviews while IBM Planning Analytics is ranked 6th in Business Performance Management with 21 reviews. IBM Cognos is rated 8.0, while IBM Planning Analytics is rated 8.6. 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 IBM Planning Analytics writes "Can easily create dashboards and helps businesses improve forecasting accuracy". IBM Cognos is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Oracle OBIEE, Tableau, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform and Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, whereas IBM Planning Analytics is most compared with SAP Analytics Cloud, Microsoft Power BI, Anaplan, Jedox and Oracle Hyperion.
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