We performed a comparison between IBM Cognos and Oracle Analytics Cloud 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."It's enabled us to report directly from our main application systems. We're removing islands of data and we're removing inefficiencies, where people or small divisions had their own store of information."
"When it comes to decision-making, the product is very useful and used in many departments since a lot of people prefer the reports to be generated by IBM Cognos."
"A positive feature is Report Studio, where we create beautiful, complex reports."
"The most valuable features are Report Development (Functionality) and Information Distribution (Flexibility)."
"The dashboarding offered by this solution is very valuable to us."
"The initial setup is quite straightforward."
"Cognos is the best application with dashboards,batch reporting, jobs, events and ad-hoc reporting for business users."
"It is a stable product."
"The solution can scale."
"I've discovered that the new layout of this product makes Docker sharing, machine learning support, and data backups more efficient. Unlike the older method of linking physical, pre-logical, and presentation layers separately, the new interface simplifies this process. Additionally, the integration of databases and machine learning is seamless, with the new visualization approach being particularly beautiful and highly beneficial."
"The solution is user-friendly."
"The product is easily customized."
"The ability to quickly search for and access relevant data is crucial."
"It's robust. It has the ability to handle massive amounts. After reporting has been developed, there is an ease of use or a user-friendly interface for a trained workforce."
"A valuable feature is the speed of the solution."
"The AI/ML enablement is useful, as many reporting tools do not offer machine learning models as of now, without writing customized code."
"I would like them to reinclude PowerPlay. One thing that I am missing in the current Cognos is what was formally named PowerPlay. They have basically removed PowerPlay from it, which is something that I fail to understand because it was the most wonderful tool for business intelligence that I've ever used. As far as I know, they don't provide this functionality anymore, so this is one thing that I dislike about Cognos."
"We need more predictive analytical functions, not only diagnostic or decryptic analytics."
"This product could use improvement in terms of usability for those with less technical know how."
"The high cost of a license makes it hard to scale up on a budget."
"It could have more options for themes."
"The technical support team’s response time is slow and needs to be improved."
"Cognos charts are not as fast as those of the other tools, even with DQM (dynamic query mode)."
"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."
"When we have, for example, a table with low performance, we have several issues with drawing some graphics in the Oracle cloud."
"The implementation of generative AI and machine learning should improve"
"The solution could be more flexible."
"The interfaces could be improved and some in-memory operations could be built in."
"It is less scalable than Snowflake."
"It should simplify data connectivity and modeling, making data extraction more streamlined and adaptable for diverse use cases."
"The learning curve should be improved, and I'm uncertain if tutorials are readily available or easily accessible. We may have resorted to looking on YouTube for such information. Having easily understandable documents or guides for new users would be beneficial. AI integration would be an interesting feature to add in the next release."
"Analytics Cloud allows you to merge various data types and structure data from multiple sources."
IBM Cognos is ranked 7th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 132 reviews while Oracle Analytics Cloud is ranked 9th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 25 reviews. IBM Cognos is rated 8.0, while Oracle Analytics Cloud 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 Oracle Analytics Cloud writes "Reliable, capable of handling massive amounts of data, and good value for money". IBM Cognos is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Oracle OBIEE, Tableau, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform and Oracle Hyperion, whereas Oracle Analytics Cloud is most compared with Databricks, Oracle OBIEE, Tableau, Microsoft Power BI and SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform. See our IBM Cognos vs. Oracle Analytics Cloud report.
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