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IBM Cognos Analytics Reviews in June 2026: User Ratings, Pros & Cons
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IBM Cognos Analytics Reviews & Ratings
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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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Komal A
02/12/19
Great product
What do you like best? Cognos Analytics is a great analytics product and it has been improved a lot in the coming years What do you dislike? Search on the new Cognos is horrible. The new search capability in Cognos 11 is not exactly one of the greatest What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? None
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Administrator in Insurance
02/12/19
Powerful
What do you like best? I like the iterative upgrades and that continuously improves the product without having to wait. What do you dislike? Things that have always worked break with upgrades What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Structured reporting
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Executive Sponsor in Hospital & Health Care
02/12/19
Cognos IBM Cloud - Bad experiences
What do you like best? Not sure, most of bad experience at the moment What do you dislike? Its not consistent with on prem version. We use Power cubes at out organization but its avialable only oprem version but not in Cloud until April Recommendations to others considering the product: Make it consistent with onprem What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? not yet
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Executive Sponsor in Information Technology and Services
02/12/19
easy to install but expensive
What do you like best? The cubing capabilities. The anility ro see dashboards on the sales performances of our team and the information about customers What do you dislike? Nothing really. But have not been able to do the changes myself Recommendations to others considering the product: Great for dash boarding What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Business performance reviews
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Administrator in Government Administration
02/12/19
IBM Analytics has been doing great
What do you like best? I like the integration with Watson Analytics What do you dislike? Mapping capabilities. I would like integration with ESRI What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Crime Analysis and prediction
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Roland C
02/12/19
Exploring IBM Products
What do you like best? How powerful Cognos Analytics is and the many ways Cognos could be used. What do you dislike? My lack of product knowledge on the various products IBM offers. Recommendations to others considering the product: Take advantage of the training classes offered. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Reporting and visualizations used to make decisions.
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Executive Sponsor in Education Management
02/12/19
Cognos
What do you like best? The flexibility of the program for the user What do you dislike? for the non technical user it can be a challenge to addust What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Creation of a dashboard for senior leaders
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Executive Sponsor in Retail
02/12/19
enterprise reporting and dashboarding
What do you like best? Governance aspect of the platform. advanced capabilities relating to reporting and dashboarding. What do you dislike? can not compete with the look, feel and ease of use with several of the new tools as power BI and similar. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Enterprise reporting and dashboarding
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Internal Consultant in Health, Wellness and Fitness
02/12/19
Development and out of box
What do you like best? Cognos community and support is most helpful. From a feature point of view, the ability to develop and extend analytics and reporting beyond basic demands i important. What do you dislike? Diversity of ingestion of data from dissimilar platforms / sources Recommendations to others considering the product: compare multiple products however possible What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? cost savings on labor / traning
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User in Insurance
02/12/19
Cognos Dashboard
What do you like best? Ease of use - so easy to use and to create charts What do you dislike? There is some limited functionality. There's no easy way to make it do what you can do in reports. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Create easy to use dashboards that management can filter to what they need
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