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IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson

7.5 /10

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What is IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson?

IBM Cognos Analytics offers smarter, self-service capabilities so you can quickly and confidently identify and act on insight. The engaging experience empowers business users to create and personalize dashboards and reports on their own - while providing IT with a proven and scalable solution that is available on-premises or in the cloud.

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Awards & Recognition

IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson won the following awards in the Business Intelligence & Analytics – Enterprise category

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2 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2023

1 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2022

IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson Ratings

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85 Likeliness to Recommend

86 Plan to Renew

6
Since last award

74 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

6
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+79 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson?

5% Negative

6% Neutral

89% Positive

Pros

Enables Productivity
Continually Improving Product
Includes Product Enhancements
Reliable

Feature Ratings

Average 77

Advanced Analytics and Data Science

Dashboard

Real-Time Visualization

BI Platform Administration

Data Exploration and Visualization

Operational Reporting Capabilities

BI Security

Data Modelling Tools

Spatial Analysis

Metadata Management

Collaboration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 75

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson Reviews

Sushanth G.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2023

Product is live long as your data grows

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson from other similar products?

I believe that the give user friendly and feasible to all the levels

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Predict along with AI

What do you dislike most about this product?

Learning the new things

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would like them to take this product for a long term and consistently increase in the features.

Pros

Inspires Innovation
Respectful
Security Protects
Helps Innovate

Role: Finance
Industry: Apparel
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2023

Great Software

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Efficient Service
Caring
Respectful
Helps Innovate

Pietro N.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Banking
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2023

Cumbersome and somewhat old-fashioned but powerful

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson from other similar products?

IBM Cognos Analytics is a complete suite of business intelligence products, but other products (like Power BI or Tableau) are surely simpler, more straightforward and more powerful, and require less work.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Flexibility

What do you dislike most about this product?

Too much work to set up a project, compared to other products. Security, when complex, is a nightmare. Too many different and separate modules in the Cognos suite, to do things that other products (like Power BI or Tableau) do in a single module.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Compare features and pricing of the Cognos suite with other suites, such as Power BI, Tableau or QlikView

Pros

Reliable
Respectful
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Cons

Wastes Time
Less Effective Service
Inhibits Innovation

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What is IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson?

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Awards & Recognition

IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson Ratings

85 Likeliness to Recommend

86 Plan to Renew

6 Since last award

74 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

6 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+79 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Advanced Analytics and Data Science Techniques including predictive, data and text mining, machine learning, forecasting, what-if analysis, sentiment analysis etc.

Dashboard Includes alerts and notifications, KPIs, visual analytics, and interactive features.

Real-Time Visualization Ability to analyze and visualize data as soon as it becomes available via data-streaming pipelines.

BI Platform Administration Centralized console to manage BI portal administration. Management metrics and reports on usage, resource utilization, security, and other activities.

Data Exploration and Visualization Ability to visually manipulate, interact with, and explore data, and perform basic descriptive statistics and pattern detection.

Operational Reporting Capabilities Real-time detailed reporting to support operational business processes.

BI Security Data access control management, including access permissions management, user authentication and enforcement of access permissions via technology.

Data Modelling Tools Includes ability to model complex relationships between internal application sources and other parties.

Spatial Analysis Ability to natively visualize and analyze spatial data out of the box tied to postcode, zipcode or spacial co-ordinates.

Metadata Management A metadata layer makes reporting easy and eliminates the need for coding and SQL, allowing users to see and access information in simple business language.

Collaboration Includes ability to view, share and direct work between co-workers in real or near real-time.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson Reviews

Sushanth G.

Product is live long as your data grows

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Great Software

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Pietro N.

Cumbersome and somewhat old-fashioned but powerful

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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6
Since last award

6
Since last award

Feature Ratings

Advanced Analytics and Data Science

Dashboard

Real-Time Visualization

BI Platform Administration

Data Exploration and Visualization

Operational Reporting Capabilities

BI Security

Data Modelling Tools

Spatial Analysis

Metadata Management

Collaboration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization