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

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Pros
"The optimization and flexibility of visualization tools.""The automatic update of the graphs from a dashboard is very convenient.""Having a tool where you can find logs that were generated months ago, and being able to search over a long period of time, is great."

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"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.""It is a pretty stable solution."

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Cons
"Security could be improved thereby avoiding the necessity of a third party plugin.""Having a kind of wizard that would help you when you are typing your search would make it easier and quicker to refine your search, and ultimately find what you are looking for.""This solution should allow the user to combine two indices into one graph."

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

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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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    Top Answer:The product is expensive for small businesses compared to other vendors. Its pricing is fixed and depends on the number of licenses.
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    16th
    out of 70 in Data Visualization
    Views
    301
    Comparisons
    180
    Reviews
    3
    Average Words per Review
    431
    Rating
    9.0
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    Cognos Dashboard
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    Overview

    Kibana lets you visualize your Elasticsearch data and navigate the Elastic Stack, so you can do anything from learning why you're getting paged at 2:00 a.m. to understanding the impact rain might have on your quarterly numbers.

    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
    Sprint, Grab, Volkswagen, Autopilot, Voyages-SNCF.com, Just Eat, Accenture, Dell, Verizon Wireless, Kaidee, Green Man Gaming, Compare Group, Tango, Quizlet
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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Comms Service Provider16%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Government11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Computer Software Company16%
    University9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business11%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise73%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise62%
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    ELK Kibana doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Data Visualization while IBM Cognos Dashboard is ranked 16th in Data Visualization with 4 reviews. ELK Kibana is rated 7.2, while IBM Cognos Dashboard is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of ELK Kibana writes "Visualization tools are optimized providing us with increased flexibility". 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". ELK Kibana is most compared with Splunk Enterprise Security, whereas IBM Cognos Dashboard is most compared with Apache Superset.

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