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IBM Cognos Analytics Reviews in June 2026: User Ratings, Pros & Cons
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IBM Cognos Analytics Reviews & Ratings
Spotsaas Editor’s POV
IBM Cognos Analytics has garnered high praise from users for its user-friendly interface, ease of use, and powerful data visualization capabilities. Users appreciate the intuitive nature of the platform, making it accessible to users of all skill levels. The integration of Artificial Intelligence for visualization enhances decision-making and drives better ...Read more
IBM Cognos Analytics pros and cons
Easy report creation, even for novices, reducing training needs.
User-friendly interface, suitable for users of all skill levels.
Utilizes Artificial Intelligence for visualization and decision-making.
Cloud-based tool with a wide range of features for data analysis.
Steeper learning curve for beginners without formal training.
Limited interactive PDF support for reports.
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Consultant in Retail
02/13/19
Cognos Analytics Review
What do you like best? Robustness, Report Authoring features, Colloborated features What do you dislike? Performance, mobile reporting, Non UI responsiveness of reports, charting engine What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Scalability, Implementation with Multiple clients
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Administrator in Education Management
02/13/19
Great product but you need to listen to customers more
What do you like best? Cognos is a market leader and very solid product What do you dislike? Certain features are missing despite them being very basic for analytics such as % on interactive reports. Recommendations to others considering the product: Study the move carefully What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? We are simplifying and availing data and analytics to our C-level
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Jake S
02/13/19
Cognos Dashboards are a great product
What do you like best? I like the ease and speed of being able to put a visualization together and can get in the hands of the consumer quickly. What do you dislike? I dislike that commands can't be used across different packages. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? We are putting HR data into the hands of decision makers faster and more accurately than ever before.
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Administrator in Information Technology and Services
02/13/19
Upgrading from Cognos 10 to Cognos Analytics 11
What do you like best? The new interface, dashboards. The shortcurt menus to to create reports. DQM. What do you dislike? The numerous features that were working in 10 did not work in version 11. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Daily and Monthly premium, losses, financial reporting
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Teddi D
02/13/19
New users, features coming quickly
What do you like best? That new features that are needed are being quickly updated and usable in the tool - this makes it very viable and easy for end users to use. What do you dislike? Transformation off of some older management consoles come over partially or slowly; like cognos administration is only 1/3 of feature of the older console version and it is way more flexible and can do bulk edits. Do not put out a tool until it is fully functional What problems are you solving with ...
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Executive Sponsor in Financial Services
02/13/19
IBM Cognos offers superior performance
What do you like best? Cognos offers flexibility and performance above and beyond that of other competing solutions What do you dislike? Some competing solutions position themselves at a much lower price point, which may maked additional investments in cognos difficult to justify to business executives. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Rich visualizations over virtualized data lakes. The solution performs very well and we have been ...
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Markus B
02/13/19
scaleable and benefit for the user
What do you like best? it is suitable for big organisation and gives user a lot opportunites to analyse data What do you dislike? in former times it took some time to get the new visualization What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? we give our user a flexible tool to analyse data by their self based on a standardized solution
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Aaron V
02/13/19
Cognos Analytics
What do you like best? Powerful report development. Detailed customization options What do you dislike? Dynamic cubes are cumbersome to build/support. Don't have a good replacement for power play and transformer is no longer recieving enhancments What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Daily reports on key metrics go to the whole company and result in measured improvements on metrics
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mathavan a
02/13/19
Scalability
What do you like best? The scale and the technology advance research cababilities are really cool What do you dislike? the complex interface with too many interact to get the action don What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Agtech
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User in Automotive
02/13/19
cognos on steroids
What do you like best? love the functionality of the product and UI What do you dislike? i wish there were more intuitive training modules for everyone to use What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? real-time analytics
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