We performed a comparison between Domo and IBM Cognos based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Reporting solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We find the ease of using the solution valuable."
"The dashboarding itself was pretty easy. So both the front and the back end were positive in this case."
"I mostly see it as an ETL which has many system connectors. It does a good job of ETL."
"The ability to create custom connectors was useful because you never know, with customers, what platform they want to utilize or what data they have. It gave us a lot of flexibility in being able to bring data in from different places."
"The user interface is quite good."
"The dashboard is the most valuable feature and allows for customization to create and share reports."
"The best feature of Domo is that it's completely on the cloud. I also like that you can handle data end-to-end without having to depend on multiple tools. Another specific feature I like the most about Domo is Magic ETL because, through it, you can do all your expression, transformation, and loading activities very smoothly. The tool also follows the lineage concept, so you can understand what kind of transformations took place on a particular data set. You can find end-to-end data from the source until it has become the final output or the final data set. Whatever happened to a particular data set, you can understand it through the Domo lineage, and that isn't possible in most of the tools available in the market, but in Domo, that's available. The tool is also solid and because it's on the cloud, it uses multiple data engineering in the backend and multiple algorithms in the back, behind the scenes, resulting in a great performance. For example, if an end user such as the CEO or COO opens a report or the dashboard and it takes more than ten seconds, the end user won't be interested in looking at that report or dashboard, but Domo enables better performance and there's usually no performance issues from that tool."
"The best thing is that the data storage is pretty much free. I can store as much data as I want, from different sources."
"IBM Cognos offers tools so that you can design and develop your own test queries and reporting solutions."
"Using custom controls, it is possible to extend the application with even more functionality and make the application intuitive and attractive."
"Cognos' most valuable features are the bundled studios, simple UI, and advanced features like the ability to create data modules."
"The initial setup is quite straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is developing reports from different data sources, making it a reliable data source."
"We are able to generate quality reports easily which allows us to decrease response time."
"The dashboarding offered by this solution is very valuable to us."
"Report Studio: This is the most powerful and sophisticated tool for professional reporting."
"There's a learning curve before you can get used to the solution."
"In Tableau, you can create virtually any kind of visualization. Based on your creativity, you can create a visualization on a human body structure, you can create a visualization on anything that you want. But Domo is limited to a few kinds of visualization views: standard things like bar, pie, and some other charts... I would like to see them add new views for presenting the data in the visualization space."
"Their organization or client service didn't always keep up... They took on more and more clients and the processes slowed down a little bit."
"I would like to be able to drill down more when there is a particular area where there is a problem. I don't clearly see that in Domo at the moment."
"I would like to see more dashboard creation options."
"I would like to see better data intake."
"They should include service-based reporting features."
"It's too early for me to say that something needs improvement, but there are times when there have been some flexibility issues with Domo... Tableau has a window function which can be integrated into a calculated field. That is missing in Domo so you have to make changes to the data set using ETL or SQL."
"The charts and graphics are weak."
"One key area for improvement is the need to improve the self-service nature and functionality of the product in terms of visual analytics."
"The solution seems to slow down the servers."
"Chart quality: many other competitors have charts and graphics that look much better and that provide dynamic effects. Cognos doesn't."
"IBM Support can be slow at times, but they can usually deliver in a timely manner."
"The high cost of a license makes it hard to scale up on a budget."
"Need improvement towards Visualization."
"It would be good if the solution had conditional formatting."
Domo is ranked 6th in Reporting with 35 reviews while IBM Cognos is ranked 4th in Reporting with 132 reviews. Domo is rated 7.8, while IBM Cognos is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Domo writes "Robust, powerful, and easy to use". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Cognos writes "Improved the quality of our KPIs, while reducing calls to the IT department". Domo is most compared with Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Databricks, Looker and Infor dEPM, whereas IBM Cognos is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Oracle OBIEE, Tableau, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform and Oracle Hyperion. See our Domo vs. IBM Cognos report.
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