We performed a comparison between IBM Cognos and NetSuite Business Intelligence based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Tableau, Oracle and others in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools."The initial setup is quite straightforward."
"I have worked on the features like dashboards and stories, and I do like them a lot."
"We use the account statement report. When you use an account in HSBC, you receive various types of accounts, such as the stock market, fixed accounts, credit cards, and business accounts. We can create one consolidated report called CCS support, which includes all these accounts. In that statement, we are consolidating all those accounts."
"Comparing IBM Cognos to other applications, once a person is trained on it or they have developed a skill set to operate the application, it is best in its category."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It's enabled us to report directly from our main application systems. We're removing islands of data and we're removing inefficiencies, where people or small divisions had their own store of information."
"Report Studio: This is the most powerful and sophisticated tool for professional reporting."
"Self-service is possible through the use of dashboards, which are also very intuitive. Stories can be used to pin snapshots, tell the story for meetings, etc."
"You can export almost anything whether it's graphics or data."
"I would like to see the introduction of mapbooks for supporting some geographical information."
"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."
"There are some problems with how Cognos handles huge data sets and when connecting with multiple sources and searching the data."
"They should provide improved visual reporting."
"One key area for improvement is the need to improve the self-service nature and functionality of the product in terms of visual analytics."
"Extending features on dashboards so it becomes a real dashboard building application, not only a data exploration tool."
"It could have more options for themes."
"IBM Support can be slow at times, but they can usually deliver in a timely manner."
"Graphics are limited and could be improved."
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IBM Cognos is ranked 7th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 132 reviews while NetSuite Business Intelligence is ranked 33rd in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools. IBM Cognos is rated 8.0, while NetSuite Business Intelligence is rated 10.0. 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 NetSuite Business Intelligence writes "Scripting is a great feature as is the ability to export almost anything". IBM Cognos is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Oracle OBIEE, Tableau, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform and Oracle Hyperion, whereas NetSuite Business Intelligence is most compared with Oracle OBIEE, Oracle Analytics Cloud, Microsoft Power BI and Tableau.
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