We performed a comparison between IBM Cognos and Yellowfin based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"IBM Cognos offers tools so that you can design and develop your own test queries and reporting solutions."
"The most valuable feature of IBM Cognos is security. The solution has updated features that other competitors' solutions come out with long after IBM Cognos has had them."
"We use IBM Cognos for enterprise analytics and reporting."
"Self-service is possible through the use of dashboards, which are also very intuitive. Stories can be used to pin snapshots, tell the story for meetings, etc."
"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 is a stable product."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its ease of use, which makes it easily compatible with other tools."
"It reduces time to reproduce reports, provides easy access to organisational data, and has the ability to generate a wide range of reports and analysis."
"It is able to create information dashboards for various users' throughout."
"It is a central source of up-to-date data and information."
"The performance is a bottleneck and something that can be improved."
"I think the GIS pieces maybe not as good as we would like."
"The AI-based features could be further enhanced by the solution."
"IBM Support can be slow at times, but they can usually deliver in a timely manner."
"Cognos is quite slow - it's missing the performance of the PowerPlay cubes."
"There are some problems with how Cognos handles huge data sets and when connecting with multiple sources and searching the data."
"It would be better if it is was easier to implement without extensive training for it."
"Cognos charts are not as fast as those of the other tools, even with DQM (dynamic query mode)."
"It needs more presentation/charting capabilities and integration with GIS."
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IBM Cognos is ranked 7th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 132 reviews while Yellowfin is ranked 36th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools. IBM Cognos is rated 8.0, while Yellowfin is rated 8.0. 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 Yellowfin writes "Very scalable design and easy to implement. It can reside alongside more complex enterprise systems". IBM Cognos is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Oracle OBIEE, Tableau, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform and Oracle Hyperion, whereas Yellowfin is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Apache Superset, 9 Spokes, Tableau and SAP Crystal Reports.
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