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Dundas Dashboard vs IBM Cognos Dashboard comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 1, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Dundas Dashboard
Ranking in Data Visualization
27th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM Cognos Dashboard
Ranking in Data Visualization
28th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Data Visualization category, the mindshare of Dundas Dashboard is 1.0%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Cognos Dashboard is 0.9%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Visualization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Dundas Dashboard1.0%
IBM Cognos Dashboard0.9%
Other98.1%
Data Visualization
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2116137 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Analytics Manager at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
It's useful for reporting on IoT KPIs, but it isn't as robust or user-friendly as some competing solutions
I was a little disappointed in Dundas. I found other tools like Tableau and Power BI to be more powerful. I intended to use Dundus as an organizational BI tool, but I think there's a significant learning curve with Dundas versus the others. The user experience and UI could also improve. It should be simpler for end users who don't have much technical knowledge. I have an IT background, but I think it might be challenging for anyone who is unfamiliar with databases.
SM
Freelancer at 0
A tool that helps create creative dashboards while offering high performance and stability
For reporting and data visualization, the tool is mainly used based on the data dimensions, which are stored in the data warehouse since it is where IBM Cognos Dashboard is used to bind the data and visualize the reports. The integration with our company's business intelligence workflows is based on the existing connectors that IBM Cognos Dashboard has. I am not aware because I do not manage that in the application, but what I see is that it is mainly through the connectors that the tool is connected to the data warehouse. The editor in IBM Cognos Dashboard is the most beneficial for creating an interactive dashboard. The dashboard customization and the flexibility in the IBM Cognos Dashboard enhance data analysis since it has a graphical builder that is quite user-friendly for creating different dimensions. I recommend the solution to those who plan to use it. The tool is effective when it comes to integration with other data sources because it has the connectors to connect to different data sources. The real-time data refresh in Cognos impacted my decision-making since the tool ensures more business benefits in areas around all the financial reporting or marketing trends of the users or customers, including the billing analytics to know what the RPU or to know the areas that can help in the marketing decisions while being able to create new portfolios or new products for the market. The tool is mainly for marketing and financial reporting. I rate the overall tool a ten out of ten.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Deployment was very simple and pulling in our SQL queries and stored procedures was a snap."
"It is a good tool with some very good out of the box features and good support for OLAP model and can be considered as implementing good dashboards."
"Combining SSAS and Dundas Dashboard has enabled us to consolidate this infrastructure into few very dashboards that offer the flexibility to analyze data by various dimensions quickly and easily."
"The ability to drag and drop dimensions into place and the ease of use that the reporting provides."
"Dundas is great for creating attractive dashboards that look as though they have been custom designed rather than put together using a BI tool."
"I haven't contacted support, but my colleagues said they were satisfied with the response."
"With Dundas, we can now enforce a standard using themes so that all the reports have the same look and feel no matter who creates it."
"This has saved us a lot of money in the past, as instant status/notification prompts quick reaction from responsible team, and the issue is fixed within the SLA period, saving the company from various penalties."
"The main feature that is useful is the on-demand report generation through the dashboard."
"It is a pretty stable solution."
"The tool's valuable features are that it is easy to use and stable."
"The product helps us update the KPI automatically."
 

Cons

"I was a little disappointed in Dundas. I found other tools like Tableau and Power BI to be more powerful. I intended to use Dundus as an organizational BI tool, but I think there's a significant learning curve with Dundas versus the others."
"We’ve experienced an unusually large number of bugs in the product since implementation."
"Installing - if someone has installed it using their work email as an ID, and they have moved on, and a new person is hired who needs to upgrade the currently running version, they can't do it."
"In times of heavy load, the dashboards take a long time to load."
"Random and obscure errors with poor exception details."
"On occasion, the programme would crash and provided very little in the way of an error report, which was extremely frustrating especially when work was lost as a result."
"Dundas is constantly not picking up cube changes when deployed."
"The only improvement we have noticed would be if they could do away with using Silverlight."
"They should include proper documentation to learn more about the product."
"The price point is one of the major areas to be improved."
"The scalability of the product's on-premises version is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"Visualization is an area where the product lacks."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The product is expensive for small businesses compared to other vendors."
"Licensing is based on individual usage, and it is more expensive than other providers."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
30%
Manufacturing Company
10%
University
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
10%
Transportation Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise5
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Also Known As

No data available
Cognos Dashboard
 

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Sample Customers

Coca Cola, Siemens, HP, Verizon, Microsoft, NHS, Scotiabank, KPMG, Bayer, Schneider Electric, Teck, Pitney Bowes, Amtrak
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