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We performed a comparison between Adaptive Insights and IBM Cognos Dashboard based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Data Visualization solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Adaptive Insights vs. IBM Cognos Dashboard Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"It's very stable.""It helps develop a more unified work format throughout the company.""We utilize planning on a daily basis, therefore we find it to be the most valuable product for our organization.""Changes to corporate structure, account codes are updated in all versions including prior years, hence "one-version of truth" as claimed.""The important feature is integration with source data. It connects to various ERP systems, including Workday, Intact, and others. It can also import actuals and compare them to PlanPoint quite easily.""Reports are allowed to be edited for aesthetic purposes, which is lacking in a lot of other dashboard tools.""Automated reporting.""Forecasting changes that instantly flow through all financial statements."

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"It is a pretty stable solution.""The main feature that is useful is the on-demand report generation through the dashboard.""The tool's valuable features are that it is easy to use and stable.""The product helps us update the KPI automatically."

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Cons
"The integrations could be simpler. It takes quite a bit of internal and IT know-how to set up.""It's a Workday product; they could do a little bit better to integrate a pure-play integration with Workday, which really doesn't do that.""Users continue to become more advanced and are looking for more advanced solutions.""The upload feature exists, but isn't terribly useful.""Adaptive Insights has a limit of 1,00,000 rows for HTML reports. It should be improved because we will have multiple dimensions that need to be populated to enhance the image.""The product's configuration process could be faster.""Being able to drill down when using OfficeConnect needs work.""Discovery (the data visualization module): Needs to catch up with BI leaders, such as MS and Tableau. E.g., sorting by amounts in column charts and page slicers to control all visuals."

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"The scalability of the product's on-premises version is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required.""The price point is one of the major areas to be improved.""Visualization is an area where the product lacks.""They should include proper documentation to learn more about the product."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Everything is negotiable, but this solution is low cost compared to others."
  • "Licensing seems to be worth the cost considering the efficiency Adaptive brings."
  • "Prior to purchasing licenses, make sure you understand which users will only need planning and which users will need both planning and OfficeConnect."
  • "Ensure that you have the proper pricing plan in place."
  • "Adaptive Insights' pricing is reasonable."
  • "Pricing is in line with other cloud-based EPM tools. It is a subscription-based model based upon the number of users and site type if it's an admin or end-user type thing."
  • "Adaptive Insights' pricing is relative to its peer competitors. It's certainly competitive compared to a spreadsheet template that you build in Excel. It can be expensive if you need to have 100-500 budget holders giving input and building financial plans. However, in that case, it becomes an extremely good bargain. Compared to its competitors, it offers an excellent value."
  • "It's affordable."
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  • "Licensing is based on individual usage, and it is more expensive than other providers."
  • "The product is expensive for small businesses compared to other vendors."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Here are some of the pros and cons of OneStream XF and Adaptive Insights for FP&A in the professional services industry OneStream XF Pros: Unified platform for FP&A, budgeting, forecasting,… more »
    Top Answer: It's very simple to create a new version and do some more modeling based on your need for planning things like headcount, other expenses, and revenue, everything is configurable within Workday.
    Top Answer:12 years ago, it was very affordable. Workday has definitely increased its price since it acquired Adaptive a few years ago. So, it's affordable. But there are other more affordable solutions that… more »
    Top Answer:The product is expensive for small businesses compared to other vendors. Its pricing is fixed and depends on the number of licenses.
    Top Answer:The tool is good enough to serve the purpose of what it is meant in our company. The scalability of the product's on-premises version is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are… more »
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    12th
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    Also Known As
    Workday Adaptive Planning, Adaptive Discovery , Workday Adaptive Planning
    Cognos Dashboard
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    Overview

    Adaptive Insights is a cloud-based financial planning and analysis software that helps businesses streamline their budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes. 

    With its intuitive interface and powerful analytics, it enables organizations to make data-driven decisions and drive business performance.

    The IBM Cognos Dashboard Embedded lets you, the developer, painlessly add end-to-end data visualization capabilities to your application so your users can easily drag and drop to quickly find valuable insight and create visualizations on their own

    Sample Customers
    1. Cisco Systems 2. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated 3. Deloitte 4. DocuSign 5. Dropbox 6. Electronic Arts 7. Fender Musical Instruments Corporation 8. Fitbit 9. Fossil Group 10. Groupon 11. Hilton Worldwide 12. HP Inc. 13. Intuit 14. Johnson & Johnson 15. LinkedIn 16. Lyft 17. McAfee 18. Medtronic 19. Netflix 20. Oracle 21. Pandora 22. PayPal 23. Pinterest 24. Red Hat 25. Salesforce 26. ServiceNow 27. Slack Technologies 28. Spotify 29. Symantec 30. Tableau Software 31. Twitter 32. Workday
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    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Non Profit22%
    Mining And Metals Company11%
    Non Tech Company11%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company15%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Educational Organization7%
    Insurance Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm21%
    Computer Software Company16%
    University9%
    Educational Organization7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise29%
    Large Enterprise48%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise58%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise64%
    Buyer's Guide
    Adaptive Insights vs. IBM Cognos Dashboard
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Adaptive Insights vs. IBM Cognos Dashboard and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Adaptive Insights is ranked 12th in Data Visualization with 18 reviews while IBM Cognos Dashboard is ranked 17th in Data Visualization with 4 reviews. Adaptive Insights is rated 8.4, while IBM Cognos Dashboard is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Adaptive Insights writes "Facilitates leveraging the query reporting engine and modeling engine into Excel spreadsheets but there is room for improvement in terms of performance ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Cognos Dashboard writes "An easy-to-use and stable tool useful for its functionalities like analytics and AI". Adaptive Insights is most compared with Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Anaplan, Planful and SAP Business Planning and Consolidation, whereas IBM Cognos Dashboard is most compared with Apache Superset. See our Adaptive Insights vs. IBM Cognos Dashboard report.

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