We performed a comparison between IBM Cognos and Zoho 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."Cognos' most valuable features are the bundled studios, simple UI, and advanced features like the ability to create data modules."
"We are able to generate quality reports easily which allows us to decrease response time."
"A positive feature is Report Studio, where we create beautiful, complex reports."
"The basic platform comes with several meta-modelling tools."
"It is a stable product."
"Security administration tools are powerful and flexible."
"The Report Studio that is aimed at professional report writers."
"IBM Cognos offers tools so that you can design and develop your own test queries and reporting solutions."
"Zoho Analytics is the best software for giving reports to customers and we can create any report that is required."
"The front end of this solution including the graph generation using SQL has been most useful."
"Ask Zia is a great feature that I use to quickly decide what improvements I need to make in order to present the data that I want to show."
"It provides insights into leads, information about the team and about various sales activities. The graphical representations in the form of charts is excellent."
"Scheduling of reports and dashboards is the most valuable feature of Zoho Analytics."
"I like the way I can share dashboards and embed dashboards. I normally use embedding. So, I create a dashboard, and I embed it into specific websites. Sharing of the dashboard is seamless, and it is easier than any other visualization platform, even Tableau."
"We can create advanced-level reports with the tool. We can get data from different Zoho applications and also from other third-party applications. We can create schedules for syncing data from third parties to Zoho Analytics. We can also use table queries for getting data from more than one table."
"The solution’s dashboard is very good."
"It would be good if the solution had conditional formatting."
"It would be better if it is was easier to implement without extensive training for it."
"They should provide improved visual reporting."
"Tableau and Power BI are faster than Cognos."
"I would like to see is more easy building, movement in the reports, and dashboard functionality within reporting. Overall more simple elements within reports. If the elements are simple then you don't have to render a full page, but you can move separate parts in the page."
"The solution's support could be better."
"There are some small features that are missing. It would be nice if the graphics were better. You can use external sources for charts, but it's quite complex to use and not easy to implement. If you want a new chart, you can download it from multiple tools and implement it into IBM Cognos."
"Extending features on dashboards so it becomes a real dashboard building application, not only a data exploration tool."
"I like the solution's Query Table feature which helps me write SQL queries. We can get data from different tables and then use it to create reports."
"The solution does not provide call center facilities for customer support."
"They should provide white labeling with a cheaper option. I know they have a white labeling feature in which I can white label Zoho Analytics with my company theme, logo, and URL, but it seems a little expensive. If they can make it cheaper, it would be great. The same is applicable to Tableau."
"This solution does not support manufacturing facilities."
"The support for Zoho Analytics is pathetic."
"There should be more types of graphics available for use in the reports."
"A higher degree of artificial intelligence could be included in this solution. The data and overall insights could be improved."
"The hourly pricing needs improvement."
IBM Cognos is ranked 7th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 129 reviews while Zoho Analytics is ranked 12th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 23 reviews. IBM Cognos is rated 8.0, while Zoho Analytics is rated 8.2. 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 Zoho Analytics writes "An easy-to-set up solution that helps in the scheduling of reports and dashboards". IBM Cognos is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Oracle OBIEE, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform and Oracle Hyperion, whereas Zoho Analytics is most compared with Apache Superset, Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Looker and Qlik Sense. See our IBM Cognos vs. Zoho Analytics report.
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