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FloQast vs IBM Cognos Controller comparison

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Categories and Ranking

FloQast
Ranking in Financial Close Software
6th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM Cognos Controller
Ranking in Financial Close Software
13th
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Financial Close Software category, the mindshare of FloQast is 3.5%, down from 5.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Cognos Controller is 3.0%, up from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Financial Close Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
FloQast3.5%
IBM Cognos Controller3.0%
Other93.5%
Financial Close Software
 

Featured Reviews

Jusitn Jusitn - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Accountant
Month-end close has become faster and team now focuses on higher-value reconciliation work
FloQast has positively impacted our organization by decreasing our month-end close time from 10 days to five days. The reduction in close time has affected my team and the organization overall by making things a lot more clear and streamlined. Our preparer can log in at the beginning of the day, see what is on their to-do list, what is high priority, and at the higher level, it allows us to focus on our value-add tasks and not focus so much on the rudimentary administrative month-end close task of compiling checklists and compiling support, as FloQast more or less automates all that for us.
Pauli Leppänen - PeerSpot reviewer
Group Controller at Eleda Group
A tool useful for areas like reporting and group consolidation
Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten. My company hasn't faced any issues regarding scalability, which we can't overcome. Regarding the scalability, there is some work required in the product. A user should also have some knowledge to be able to operate the tool's scalability feature. Sometimes, my company has to contact our support partner to figure out how to do certain things in the product. So far, my company hasn't encountered any issues with the tool where we have to deal with volumes even though we have to deal with a lot of leasing contracts, like over 2,000. My company expects the product to offer more scalability. My company has around 70 licenses.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"FloQast has positively impacted our organization by decreasing our month-end close time from 10 days to five days."
"FloQast has positively impacted my organization by helping our month-end close be more streamlined, and at my previous company, it helped us go from a 15-day close to a 10-day close and then a 6-day close."
"If there's already a scheduled report and we want a subset of that report, that can also be created. So we do not have to schedule a new report or create a new subscription for that. At this rate, we can create a subset out of one report itself."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is a properly working solution... The functionalities and package offered by the product seem to be the right fit for our company."
 

Cons

"FloQast could be improved with more robust automations, meaning if a reviewer marks it reviewed in the support, that could be reflected in FloQast as well, and vice versa."
"IFRS 16 functionality is something that is not embedded in IBM Cognos Controller."
"IBM should work on a little flexibility and user-friendliness, in the current interface. It looks very rigid and hard to read. We need to give flexibility to the user in the current situation."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The product is expensive, but compared to its other alternatives in the market, I feel that IBM Cognos Controller is a reasonably priced tool."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Construction Company
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Construction Company
9%
University
7%
Logistics Company
7%
 

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with FloQast?
I think FloQast could be improved, especially their flux module, by having a more powerful feature to allow teams to flux at a more granular level, such as a vendor level detail flux.
What is your primary use case for FloQast?
For our main use case with FloQast, we utilize it for month-end close tracking, reconciliation, and close management, as well as our fluxes. A specific example of how I use FloQast for month-end cl...
What advice do you have for others considering FloQast?
The advice I would give to others looking into using FloQast is that user adoption is key, ensuring every single accounting staff member and management are leveraging the tool because if not everyo...
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