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."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."
"It is a stable product."
"The basic platform comes with several meta-modelling tools."
"The product is a very good reporting tool and is very flexible. It allows for the users to get a scheduled report."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"The three IBM Cognos features I find the most valuable are Dynamic Cubes, PowerPlay, and Watson."
"IBM Cognos offers tools so that you can design and develop your own test queries and reporting solutions."
"Integration with Office can enable the 'download' mode of storytelling."
"It has had a direct impact on bottomline improvements."
"The drill-down functionality is also very good."
"The scalability is great. It was one of the selling points for us on MicroStrategy."
"The whole repository side of things is beneficial because you develop it once, and you can use it anywhere, in the Enterprise grade."
"It is definitely customizable. We have been able to put in key metrics and performance indicators, thus it is customizable."
"The stability of the product is good."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to build reports, then customize for different groups instead of having to build multiple reports. Therefore, the ability to build customization in the reports for different groups."
"I like that they're trying to incorporate Developer into Workstation and Desktop into Workstation, so you get the all-in-one encompassing, highly technical Developer Workstation where you can do the VI, you can do the Dossier."
"They should provide improved visual reporting."
"It would be nice to offer free online training on the tool for end-users."
"IBM Support can be slow at times, but they can usually deliver in a timely manner."
"The AI-based features could be further enhanced by the solution."
"The solution seems to slow down the servers."
"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."
"The solution's support could be better."
"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."
"MicroStrategy should become more user friendly. It should behave more like Tableau."
"If you compare it with Power BI with the DAX language, it would be great to put that into MicroStrategy."
"They should provide more tutorials and include some project files."
"There might be opportunities for reporting or data analysis, perhaps even in the realm of simulation."
"Enterprise Manager should be a little bit less quirky when you build out-of-the-box customization reports for it."
"Needs more visual essence and connectors for the ecosystems, which would be easy to use."
"We haven't invested in the mobile platform. We want to invest, but the problem is the security. We are in the health domain, so we have PHI data."
"I did not see any additional value of providing one button for installation on the whole platform if it was going to be installed for different servers. You would have to make customization every time. There was no additional value in an installer."
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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