We performed a comparison between IBM Cognos and Zoho Analytics 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."For planning, forecasting, in-boxing, modeling in general and for predicting numbers and doing work analysis, they are excellent."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"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."
"One of the strong suits of Cognos is its robust corporate reporting capability."
"Cognos' most valuable features are the bundled studios, simple UI, and advanced features like the ability to create data modules."
"Even while a user is using a cube for reporting, there will not be a situation as ' Cube file locked; unable to build or deploy'."
"Using custom controls, it is possible to extend the application with even more functionality and make the application intuitive and attractive."
"The basic platform comes with several meta-modelling tools."
"We can create advanced-level reports with the tool. We can get data from different Zoho applications and also from other third-party applications. We can create schedules for syncing data from third parties to Zoho Analytics. We can also use table queries for getting data from more than one table."
"Scheduling of reports and dashboards is the most valuable feature of Zoho Analytics."
"Ask Zia is a great feature that I use to quickly decide what improvements I need to make in order to present the data that I want to show."
"The most valuable feature of Zoho Analytics is its connectivity with ERP systems and the functionality to set up different fields for leads."
"It's a very strong analytics tool."
"We moved the data from Zoho Creator to Zoho Analytics and created reports."
"Zoho Analytics's most valuable feature is the ability to provide excellent analytics through a single platform."
"The solution’s dashboard is very good."
"One key area for improvement is the need to improve the self-service nature and functionality of the product in terms of visual analytics."
"I would like to have predictive and forecasting capabilities in Cognos. It's one thing to do reporting, and another thing to easily predict or forecast certain data points, which is very important for all the clients."
"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 technical support team’s response time is slow and needs to be improved."
"I don't like that when we use Colab packages, we get less functionality. For example, you can make groups of data with Excel or with the data sets from the packages, but when you use the Colab packages directly, you can only group the data when you analyze it with Analysis Studio. I think Cognos needs to improve more on this functionality."
"We need more predictive analytical functions, not only diagnostic or decryptic analytics."
"The charts and graphics are weak."
"It would be better if it is was easier to implement without extensive training for it."
"The solution does not provide call center facilities for customer support."
"The tool needs to improve analysis and add more features."
"The hourly pricing needs improvement."
"It would be great to have more user input fields which can be used on dashboards."
"The customer service and support for this solution could be improved by faster response times."
"They should provide white labeling with a cheaper option. I know they have a white labeling feature in which I can white label Zoho Analytics with my company theme, logo, and URL, but it seems a little expensive. If they can make it cheaper, it would be great. The same is applicable to Tableau."
"The solution's tasks and project management tools are weaker than those of its competitors."
"The platform's pricing needs improvement."
IBM Cognos is ranked 7th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 132 reviews while Zoho Analytics is ranked 13th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 24 reviews. IBM Cognos is rated 8.0, while Zoho Analytics 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 Zoho Analytics writes "An easy-to-set up solution that helps in the scheduling of reports and dashboards". IBM Cognos is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Oracle OBIEE, Tableau, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform and Oracle Hyperion, whereas Zoho Analytics is most compared with Apache Superset, Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Looker and Qlik Sense. See our IBM Cognos vs. Zoho Analytics report.
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