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I rate technical support from IBM as eight out of ten, indicating a high quality of service.
Support is generally fast for Sev1 or Sev2 tickets but slower for lower-severity tickets.
I rate Oracle's technical support as very good, giving it a score of 8 to 9 out of 10.
They can improve their process.
It can be scaled out to other teams, but requires building cubes and implementing policies.
I rate the scalability of Oracle Hyperion as an 8 out of 10 because it remains a top choice in the market.
I rate the stability of this solution as nine out of ten, indicating it is highly stable.
Cloud configurations have not exhibited issues like crashing or slowing down for significant data volumes.
We sometimes encounter bugs and need to connect with Oracle Support.
There is room for improvement in self-service analytics and predictiveness.
For example, a company with fifty users versus five hundred users should see better pricing.
It is user-friendly and offers several advantages in financial reporting and consolidation.
The pricing model could be more flexible as it's more expensive than its competitors.
I rate pricing as a four, meaning it is more expensive compared to other solutions.
The pricing model is on the higher side compared to its competitors.
IBM Cognos is a robust governed platform with significant security features and provides excellent graphics and reporting.
It enables me to input data directly based on my security and business lines, with an inbuilt calculation engine for data aggregation and reporting.
The feature that allows automation of the budgeting and forecasting process is extremely valuable, especially when compared to Excel.
Anaplan allows for quick module changes, where adjustments in one module reflect throughout the user experience.
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence provides a wide range of tools to help you analyze your organization's data. IBM Cognos BI allows businesses to monitor events and metrics, create and view business reports, and analyze data to help them make effective business decisions.
IBM Cognos applies techniques to describe, summarize, and compare data, and draw conclusions. This allows users to see trends and discover anomalies or variances that may not be evident by simply reading data. Data sources that contain information from different areas of a business can be stored in separate packages. Users can see only information that they have been granted access to, based on their group or role.
IBM Cognos BI consolidates the following business intelligence functions into a single web-based solution:
Reviews from Real Users
IBM Cognos stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its powerful analysis tool and its reporting capabilities.
Prasad B., a senior software engineer at a financial services firm, notes, “The product is a very good reporting tool and is very flexible. It allows for the users to get a scheduled report. We can receive automated reports as well. They are easy to schedule on a weekly or monthly basis. It is very fast. I mean in means of report output, it's very fast compared to the actual clients involved.”
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