We performed a comparison between IBM Cognos and Mode Analytics 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."This solution allows you to input a wide range of file formats."
"If they want dashboarding, storytelling, and analyzing why KPIs are met or not, then Cognos is a better candidate than Qlik Sense."
"Mapbox integration for geospatial analytics down to longitude/latitude layers."
"In terms of stability, I think that Cognos is more stable than Tableau and Power Bi because of its framework manager concept that allows us to import metadata and store it in the framework manager."
"The most valuable feature of IBM Cognos is security. The solution has updated features that other competitors' solutions come out with long after IBM Cognos has had them."
"The product is a very good reporting tool and is very flexible. It allows for the users to get a scheduled report."
"One of the strong suits of Cognos is its robust corporate reporting capability."
"Integration with Office can enable the 'download' mode of storytelling."
"The most valuable feature I would say is the flexibility in editing."
"The most important feature of the solution is the ability to run Python-based scripts."
"The tool helps to catch results and review them."
"The solution is simple for people from a viewing perspective, not a coding perspective."
"They were lacking in the initial phases of development in the area of big data, and they still need to improve that aspect of the product."
"The solution's support could be better."
"This product could use improvement in terms of usability for those with less technical know how."
"Tableau and Power BI are faster than Cognos."
"It could have more options for themes."
"It would be good if the solution had conditional formatting."
"I would like to see is more easy building, movement in the reports, and dashboard functionality within reporting. Overall more simple elements within reports. If the elements are simple then you don't have to render a full page, but you can move separate parts in the page."
"Cognos is quite slow - it's missing the performance of the PowerPlay cubes."
"I think in terms of User Interface, I would say it can be better."
"Mode Analytics needs to improve the overall user experience."
"The data visualization is cumbersome in Mode Analytics. I want the solution to add a map that has an easy interface. The UI is slow sometimes."
"The solution could run faster."
IBM Cognos is ranked 7th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 132 reviews while Mode Analytics is ranked 19th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 4 reviews. IBM Cognos is rated 8.0, while Mode Analytics is rated 7.8. 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 Mode Analytics writes "The solution is easy to learn to use and very informative". IBM Cognos is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Oracle OBIEE, Tableau, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform and Oracle Hyperion, whereas Mode Analytics is most compared with Databricks, ThoughtSpot, Tableau, Microsoft Power BI and Amazon QuickSight. See our IBM Cognos vs. Mode Analytics report.
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