We performed a comparison between IBM Cognos and MicroStrategy 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."Using custom controls, it is possible to extend the application with even more functionality and make the application intuitive and attractive."
"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."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Security administration tools are powerful and flexible."
"The most valuable features are Report Development (Functionality) and Information Distribution (Flexibility)."
"It's enabled us to report directly from our main application systems. We're removing islands of data and we're removing inefficiencies, where people or small divisions had their own store of information."
"I have worked on the features like dashboards and stories, and I do like them a lot."
"A drag-and-drop interface for selecting creating ad hoc reports makes this product very easy to use."
"The data governance leads people to trust the data that they have, and they know where to get it."
"I really like the visualizations. I like how you can put large data sets in there, then the user can quickly go through the data and drill down at various levels to understand things."
"The most valuable features are ad hoc reporting and the ability to create dashboards."
"It's a stand-alone mobile development app that you don't even have to do business intelligence on. You can just use it to build apps."
"The reporting, the dashboards, and the new visualization functions. It is very easy for users to understand their data and dashboards."
"The ability to create aesthetically pleasing information by providing dashboards."
"With all the APIs it's very scalable."
"I have shown our users how to stop using Excel. They would create these vast Excel files, and I showed them how to do the same thing with MicroStrategy, which saves a significant amount of time for them everyday."
"It would be better if it is was easier to implement without extensive training for it."
"We would like to see development of the product's UI function, to make it more of a UI tool that can be configured as required."
"They were lacking in the initial phases of development in the area of big data, and they still need to improve that aspect of the product."
"There are a lot of limitations with the out-of-the-box tool."
"It could have more options for themes."
"The tool needs to improve the connectivity since I see that, at times, there is a need to increase the memory in the database."
"The visualization aspect needs to be improved and I believe, this is being resolved in upcoming versions."
"Cognos is quite slow - it's missing the performance of the PowerPlay cubes."
"Getting our data to work with the tool is where we are having issues."
"Data writeback, and on-the-fly predictive analysis results from R and Python could be improved."
"There are some challenges in our organization on how we store the data."
"I would try to make it a little more basic, user-friendly. In terms of the UX, it's a bit sluggish there."
"It needs better visualizations."
"I would like to see a feature where migrations are easier. When you migrate from certain environments, it could probably be a little cleaner. Sometimes it seems to be somewhat clunky when you migrate from one environment, say a development to a test or production environment."
"We would like access to more storage and access to more metadata to build the right programs that can construct all the stuff for us instead of us having to type it in all the time."
"I would like to see the enterprise version available in a demo or as a trial version."
IBM Cognos is ranked 7th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 132 reviews while MicroStrategy is ranked 8th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 155 reviews. IBM Cognos is rated 8.0, while MicroStrategy is rated 8.2. 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 MicroStrategy writes "A robust solution for powerful data analytics". IBM Cognos is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Oracle OBIEE, Tableau, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform and IBM Planning Analytics, whereas MicroStrategy is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, Qlik Sense and Oracle OBIEE. See our IBM Cognos vs. MicroStrategy report.
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