2020-10-29T11:47:25Z

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Cognos?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
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Mahmoud SAmi - PeerSpot reviewer
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2024-01-17T13:26:34Z
Jan 17, 2024

It is an expensive product when compared to other solutions in the market. I believe that IBM Cognos delivers the best functionalities for the product's expensive nature. Most of our customers know that the product is expensive since it offers more functions and features. I rate the product price as four or five on a scale from one to ten, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price. I did not have the need to pay any extra charges apart from the standard licensing costs attached to the solution.

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Ahmed Ashmawy - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2023-06-16T11:53:00Z
Jun 16, 2023

The solution is affordable.

LF
Reseller
Top 20
2023-04-25T14:32:00Z
Apr 25, 2023

The solution is averagely priced. I rate it as a five for pricing. We have to pay extra to buy third-party administrative tools.

SalmanAhmad - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2023-04-18T11:15:00Z
Apr 18, 2023

On a scale from one to ten where one is low pricing and ten is high pricing, I would rate this solution at eight.

Carlos Larrad Salgado - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2022-07-27T11:17:40Z
Jul 27, 2022

I don't know the exact cost, but I believe Cognos is quite expensive, especially when it comes to the support consultants and the procedures that need to be applied.

RG
Real User
2022-06-29T13:52:12Z
Jun 29, 2022

I can't say much about the licensing costs because I am not privy to that information. However, I do know we are sharing a global license.

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JB
Real User
2022-03-11T22:26:28Z
Mar 11, 2022

There is some additional licensing that we needed to purchase because we were touching data outside of our core data platform. The cost was approximately $25,000 for the additional licenses, which were approximate 45 licenses. For the application itself, updates, and the core platform it was approximately $50,000. Giving a total cost of $75,000 annually for our usage of IBM Cognos.

BM
Real User
2022-01-31T16:17:34Z
Jan 31, 2022

The cost of IBM Cognos it's more or less the same as most of the other solutions on the market. They're very competitive with the rest of the market and it is not the most expensive product.

HB
Real User
2022-01-12T15:40:00Z
Jan 12, 2022

It is pretty expensive.

PZ
Real User
2021-12-24T10:25:03Z
Dec 24, 2021

There is a standard license required to use this solution. There are some additional tools but I am not sure if they are an extra cost.

MK
Real User
2021-09-13T21:24:00Z
Sep 13, 2021

It is quite pricy. I think Microsoft BI is cheaper. Tableau might also be cheaper, but it also depends on the usage. If you have very many users, Cognos can be a problem. It could be cheaper than Tableau but not for so many users. If you have a few thousand users, Tableau, which is generally quite expensive, can be cheaper than Cognos.

PC
Real User
2021-07-06T18:43:08Z
Jul 6, 2021

Cognos is super expensive compared to Tableau ($70/month) and Power BI ($20/month) — I think Cognos is roughly $200 a month.

PP
Real User
2021-04-24T08:56:01Z
Apr 24, 2021

I can't speak to the direct pricing, although it is my understanding that it is high. That said, the solution holds great value.

FS
Real User
2021-04-20T11:50:59Z
Apr 20, 2021

I don't have this information, it is handled by our finance department. It is my understanding that the cost is very low. It's not very expensive.

BM
Real User
2020-12-21T15:36:00Z
Dec 21, 2020

In terms of pricing, for what you get, it's a relatively good price. It's good value for what you pay for. But you always want things for cheaper, but the price for what you get is relatively good, because everything is included. Everything, all the extra features that with other products you have to pay for, here they are just included. It's in it. You don't have to pay for sending out emails, you don't need to have an extra mail server. It's in the product.

PD
Reseller
Top 10
2020-11-18T11:20:10Z
Nov 18, 2020

The pricing of this product is meant for medium to large-scale enterprises. These higher licensing costs are why we recommend Pentaho or Talend for the SME segment. For them, they have to minimize the total cost of ownership. This segment is also interested in open-source enterprise solutions, which will reduce their costs to a large extent.

SA
Real User
Top 20
2020-10-29T11:47:25Z
Oct 29, 2020

We'd like the pricing to be reduced, of course. We'd like to reduce the cost period.

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