We performed a comparison between IBM Cognos and Mode 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."The most valuable feature is developing reports from different data sources, making it a reliable data source."
"The comprehensiveness or broadness of the software functions or business intelligence functions that it provides is valuable. It is also quite easy to use and user-friendly."
"Integration with Office can enable the 'download' mode of storytelling."
"Previously, we were doing static reporting. Management would request a report, and it would take staff a week or more to provide it. With Cognos, we have dynamic reporting, and it has reduced both reporting and decision making times significantly. With the solution's dashboard, the company's management team has updated records at their fingertips. This means that they can directly access the data they need to make decisions."
"It has a very powerful edit feature which allows users to back out of changes (undo) without forcing them to recreate entire reports."
"The basic platform comes with several meta-modelling tools."
"A positive feature is Report Studio, where we create beautiful, complex reports."
"This solution allows you to input a wide range of file formats."
"The most important feature of the solution is the ability to run Python-based scripts."
"The tool helps to catch results and review them."
"The solution is simple for people from a viewing perspective, not a coding perspective."
"The most valuable feature I would say is the flexibility in editing."
"IBM Support can be slow at times, but they can usually deliver in a timely manner."
"The charts and graphics are weak."
"There are a lot of limitations with the out-of-the-box tool."
"Extending features on dashboards so it becomes a real dashboard building application, not only a data exploration tool."
"In terms of what could be improved, I would say, monitoring, monitoring, monitoring. Some improvements in monitoring would be helpful. I'd like to see more monitoring of specific reports and fields. The way the auditing is now is very limited, so I'd like to see more of that - of the monitoring."
"One thing that we really want is the ability to have data portrayed on an image. Cognos is not able to do it at the moment, and that's becoming a requirement from the business side: having an image and then plotting your dataset on top of the image as a map."
"Data modeling needs to be improved. We use the ETL process, and when we get errors, we then need to identify which structural change is required. The error messaging should be better. They should be descriptive rather than semantic."
"I think the GIS pieces maybe not as good as we would like."
"The solution could run faster."
"Mode Analytics needs to improve the overall user experience."
"I think in terms of User Interface, I would say it can be better."
"The data visualization is cumbersome in Mode Analytics. I want the solution to add a map that has an easy interface. The UI is slow sometimes."
IBM Cognos is ranked 7th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 131 reviews while Mode Analytics is ranked 19th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 4 reviews. IBM Cognos is rated 8.0, while Mode Analytics is rated 7.8. 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 Mode Analytics writes "The solution is easy to learn to use and very informative". IBM Cognos is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Oracle OBIEE, Tableau, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform and Oracle Hyperion, whereas Mode Analytics is most compared with Databricks, ThoughtSpot, Tableau, Microsoft Power BI and Amazon QuickSight. See our IBM Cognos vs. Mode Analytics report.
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