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IBM Cognos Controller vs SAP Business Planning and Consolidation comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

IBM Cognos Controller
Ranking in Financial Close Software
14th
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAP Business Planning and C...
Ranking in Financial Close Software
13th
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Financial Performance and Strategy Management (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Financial Close Software category, the mindshare of IBM Cognos Controller is 3.2%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Business Planning and Consolidation is 4.7%, down from 6.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Financial Close Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP Business Planning and Consolidation4.7%
IBM Cognos Controller3.2%
Other92.1%
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Featured Reviews

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.
it_user90087 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
​​It's a robust solution with no issues​. In my view, it is necessary to introduce another way to create reports apart from MS Excel.
There are no tutorials or wizards inside the tool, and I think they would be very useful sometimes. Having said that, I suspect that it is one of the SAP's strategies, because they get a lot of money from SAP training and don't want people learning who to work with their products on their own. There is another thing as well which could be improved. In my view, it is necessary to introduce another way to create reports apart from MS Excel, and it must be a way that can be exploited through mobile devices as well.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
12%
Construction Company
8%
Logistics Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Energy/Utilities Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
No data available
 

Also Known As

No data available
SAP BPC
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Emirates National Oil Company
Medtronic, Cirque du Soleil, Antarc, B&G Manufacturing, EarlySense, eBay, Ferrero, James Austin Company, Lenovo, Sagem, RAK Ceramics, Vodafone
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