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IBM Cognos vs. SAP Analytics Hub
March 2024
Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between IBM Cognos and SAP Analytics Hub 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.
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Featured Review
KARTHIKEYAN THANGARASU
A strong reporting tool with good dashboard functionality, but lacking a configurable UI
This solution has provided us with a single control tool, which allows us to easily provide reports for the different sections of our banking... Read more →
Yasir Khalid
Powerful capabilities for cross-functional reporting and dashboard creation, with real-time access
Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use.
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Pros
"Mapbox integration for geospatial analytics down to longitude/latitude layers.""One of the strong suits of Cognos is its robust corporate reporting capability.""IBM Cognos is an excellent solution for tax, planning, budgeting, profit and loss statements and balance sheets.""We are able to generate quality reports easily which allows us to decrease response time.""The solution's most valuable feature is its ease of use, which makes it easily compatible with other tools.""This solution allows you to input a wide range of file formats.""The most valuable features are Report Development (Functionality) and Information Distribution (Flexibility).""Report Studio: This is the most powerful and sophisticated tool for professional reporting."

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"SAP Analytics Hub offers a user-friendly interface with effortless configuration, seamless updates, and real-time availability of information. It avoids the complexities associated with batch processing, providing a smooth and efficient experience.""What I like best about this solution is that it is built into the SAP line, making it easier to integrate with other SAP products.""For report scheduling, I always prefer SAP because it has the most powerful scheduling features, like sending reports to more than 1,000 customers per day. That option is not as good in Microsoft BI and in Tableau it only exists as an add-on option.""This product provides good reports using a single pane of glass.""Data consistency is also a notable feature; the system takes care of data consistency, so you don't need to handle it manually."

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Cons
"Extending dynamic cubes aggregate awareness with calculated measures.""It would be nice to offer free online training on the tool for end-users.""I would like them to reinclude PowerPlay. One thing that I am missing in the current Cognos is what was formally named PowerPlay. They have basically removed PowerPlay from it, which is something that I fail to understand because it was the most wonderful tool for business intelligence that I've ever used. As far as I know, they don't provide this functionality anymore, so this is one thing that I dislike about Cognos.""The performance is a bottleneck and something that can be improved.""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 small features that are missing. It would be nice if the graphics were better. You can use external sources for charts, but it's quite complex to use and not easy to implement. If you want a new chart, you can download it from multiple tools and implement it into IBM Cognos.""Tableau and Power BI are faster than Cognos.""It could have more options for themes."

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"Pricing and support are integrated into the system. However, the support process can be challenging, particularly when navigating the SAP support site, which lacks user-friendliness and ease of access.""The technical support for Analytics Hub is limited and could be improved.""The interface can be simplified because it is not a user-friendly experience.""The analytics part of SAP has not been that good up until now. They're still in the infant stage and development is still going on. SAP has some cloud analytics and they're trying to configure it in Lumira, but it's not that good at this point.""Faster implementation of new functions for the new product is an area of improvement in SAP Analytics Hub."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "There is need to assess the purchase license accordingly so as to avoid audit penalties."
  • "The pricing and licensing policies are comparatively cheaper than other products in the market ."
  • "IBM Cognos offers competitive pricing similar to other BI vendors in the market."
  • "Pricing should be improved."
  • "The pricing of this product is meant for medium to large-scale enterprises."
  • "It is my understanding that the cost is very low. It's not very expensive."
  • "Cognos is super expensive compared to Tableau ($70/month) and Power BI ($20/month) — I think Cognos is roughly $200 a month."
  • "It is quite pricy. I think Microsoft BI is cheaper. Tableau might also be cheaper, but it also depends on the usage. If you have very many users, Cognos can be a problem. It could be cheaper than Tableau but not for so many users. If you have a few thousand users, Tableau, which is generally quite expensive, can be cheaper than Cognos."

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  • "The pricing is reasonable."
  • "They are pursuing a highly assertive approach to target businesses of all sizes within the industry."
  • "It is an expensive solution."

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    Comparison of SAP BO, Tableau, QlikView, Cognos, Microsoft, OBIEE and Pentaho

    Valuable Features

    1. SAP BO/BI Enterprise scalability Security Ease of use Semantic layer 2. Tableau Visualization Data discovery Turnaround time 3. IBM Cognos Enterprise scalability Security In-memory feature 4. MS BI - Flexibility 5. Pentaho - Open source but still enterprise grade 6. QlikView Data visualization Turnaround time. 7. OBIEE Enterprise security Semantic model

    Room for Improvement

    1. SAP BO/BI Visualization 2. Tableau Scalability 3. IBM Cognos Ease of use 4. MS BI Visualization Ease of use 5. Pentaho Ease of use Semantic layer 6. QlikView Scalability 7. OBIEE Visualization Database connectivities

    Use of Solution

    I have used SAP for almost 12 years Tableau – Rate 6/10 overall but 9/10 for visualization. I have used it for three years IBM Cognos - Rate 7/10 and I have used it for three years MS BI - Rate 5/10 and I have used it for two years Pentaho - Rate 5/10 and I have used it for over five years QlikView- Rate 7/10 and I have used it for two years OBIEE – Rate 7/10 and I have used it for five years

    Customer Service and Technical Support

    Customer Service: SAP BO/BI - Below average Tableau - Good IBM Cognos - Average MS BI - Average Pentaho - Average QlikView - Above average OBIEE - Average Technical Support: SAP BO/BI - Below average Tableau - Good IBM Cognos - Average MS BI - Average Pentaho - Average QlikView - Above average OBIEE - Average

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    Questions from the Community
    Seeking lightweight open source BI software
    Top Answer:It depends on the Data architecture and the complexity of your requirement Some great tools in the market are Qlik Sense, Power BI, OBIEE, Tableau, etc. I have recently started using Cognos… more »
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    What do you like most about IBM Cognos?
    Top Answer: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… more »
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    What needs improvement with IBM Cognos?
    Top Answer:Compared to Tableau and PowerBI, the IBM interface is easier to use. However, the drag-and-drop functionality isn't as straightforward. Formatting is also more challenging in the cloud than in other… more »
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    What do you like most about SAP Analytics Hub?
    Top Answer:Data consistency is also a notable feature; the system takes care of data consistency, so you don't need to handle it manually.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Analytics Hub?
    Top Answer:It is an expensive solution.
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    What needs improvement with SAP Analytics Hub?
    Top Answer:SAP does not have any capability of self-service analytics. It has a GUI, which has nothing to do with end-user empowerment. It should work more on integration. While SAP Analytics Hub doesn't… more »
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    Ranking
    7th
    out of 108 in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
    Views
    9,284
    Comparisons
    5,390
    Reviews
    10
    Average Words per Review
    396
    Rating
    8.2
    27th
    out of 108 in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
    Views
    701
    Comparisons
    556
    Reviews
    3
    Average Words per Review
    420
    Rating
    7.3
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    Cognos, Cognos Analytics, IBM Cognos Analytics
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    Overview

    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:

    • IBM Cognos Insight: Create personal and managed workspaces for data analysis. Using these interactive workspaces, you can share insight results with managers. Cognos Insight supports write-back, and you can also use these workspaces to capture and integrate management goals, commitments, and forecasts.

    • IBM Cognos Workspace: With IBM Cognos Workspace, you can create rich, interactive workspaces using IBM Cognos content as well as data from external sources. You can view and open your favorite workspaces and reports, edit content in your workspaces, and share your workspaces via email.

    • IBM Cognos Analytics: IBM Cognos Analytics utilizes built-in AI and intuitive searches which helps users to quickly create the visualizations and a wide range of reports. Cognos Analytics provides cognitive and managed self-service, enabling you to gain insights from controlled and trusted data.

    • IBM Cognos Report Studio and IBM Cognos Query Studio: Easily create structured and query reports. IBM Cognos allows users to create application and report templates. In addition, report authors can reuse report objects to apply filters, fields, and styles to reports. Users can set the language of the user interface and report content according to the user's native language.

    • IBM Cognos Event Studio: Receive notifications of events that occur within your organization in real time. Event Studio enables the creation of agents that detect the occurrence of business events, failures, or anomalies, based on the change of specific events or data conditions. Notification can be sent via email, publication in the portal, or by triggering reports.

    • IBM Cognos Connection: This is the Web portal for IBM Cognos BI and is the central area for accessing all the IBM Cognos functions. In the web portal, users can schedule and distribute reports, create tasks, administer the server and the access permissions, and more.

    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.”

    SAP Analytics Hub simplifies access to analytics scattered across multiple heterogeneous environments. The solution recommends the best analytics to fit personalized needs and grants users with actionable insights without compromising agility.

    Sample Customers
    More than 23,000 leading organizations across multiple industries use Cognos. Some examples of Cognos customers include BMW Financial Services, Quinte Health Care, Troy Corporation, Michigan State University, and GKN Land System.
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    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Insurance Company8%
    Healthcare Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization58%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Computer Software Company5%
    Government5%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company19%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Energy/Utilities Company11%
    Construction Company6%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise61%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business8%
    Midsize Enterprise61%
    Large Enterprise31%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise72%
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    IBM Cognos is ranked 7th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 132 reviews while SAP Analytics Hub is ranked 27th in BI (Business Intelligence) Tools with 6 reviews. IBM Cognos is rated 8.0, while SAP Analytics Hub is rated 7.2. 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 SAP Analytics Hub writes "Powerful capabilities for cross-functional reporting and dashboard creation, with real-time access". IBM Cognos is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Oracle OBIEE, Tableau, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform and Oracle Hyperion, whereas SAP Analytics Hub is most compared with SAP Analytics Cloud, Workday Prism Analytics, Logi Analytics and Salesforce Einstein Analytics. See our IBM Cognos vs. SAP Analytics Hub report.

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