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Cognos Analytics provides self-service analytics, infused with AI and machine learning, so you can create stunning visualizations and share your findings through dashboards and reports.
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Overview
Intelligent insights through a single view. Cognos Analytics is a solution that can do it all:
- Clean and connect your data
- Create stunning visualizations
- Show you where your business is today while helping predict what will happen tomorrow
With the new Cognos mobile app, you can get insights at-a-glance in real time, straight to your phone.
For more information or customized pricing, please email us: cpd_on_aws@wwpdl.vnet.ibm.com
Highlights
- Automated data preparation: Use built in AI to accelerate and improve blending data. Find the optimal tables for your model.
- Automate data exploration: AI helps uncover hidden trends and drivers. Get the facts behind your data. Deliver insights in real time.
- Visualize and report on data: Create powerful visualizations. Tell the story of your data. Share insights via email, Slack, or the mobile app.
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Dimension | Description | Cost/12 months |
|---|---|---|
Cognos Analytics for Cloud Pak | Cognos Analytics Cloud Pak for Data on AWS, 11 VPC | $1,333,200.00 |
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Data Preparation
Automated AI-driven data blending and table optimization for model creation
Data Exploration
AI-powered trend discovery and insight generation with real-time analysis capabilities
Data Visualization
Advanced visualization creation with interactive dashboard and reporting tools
Machine Learning Integration
Embedded machine learning algorithms for predictive analytics and insight generation
Mobile Analytics
Cross-platform mobile application for accessing and analyzing data insights remotely
Natural Language Analytics
AI-powered analytics platform enabling users to ask data questions using natural language processing
Multi-Cloud Data Platform Compatibility
Supports integration with major cloud data platforms including Amazon Redshift, Snowflake, Databricks, Google BigQuery, and Azure Synapse
Interactive Data Visualization
Capability to create personalized, interactive Liveboards for data storytelling and visualization
Enterprise Security Model
Supports unlimited permission groups and users with robust enterprise-grade security controls
Embedded Analytics Framework
Provides tools to build interactive data applications with embedded analytics capabilities
Data Workflow Automation
Drag-and-drop interface with 300+ analytic building blocks for creating and automating data workflows
Machine Learning Capabilities
Automated machine learning (AutoML) and feature engineering for data science use cases across skill levels
Data Preparation Tools
Comprehensive data access, preparation, blending, enrichment, and statistical analytics platform
Geospatial Analytics
Integrated geospatial analytics capabilities for spatial data processing and analysis
Cloud-Native Analytics
Browser-based, cloud-native experience for building and automating data pipelines with reduced technical complexity
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Centralized reporting has supported university-wide regulatory dashboards and secure data access
Reviewed on Dec 19, 2025
Review provided by PeerSpot
What is our primary use case?
IBM Cognos is primarily used for business intelligence and reporting within our organization.
I am uncertain whether our organization uses AWS as a cloud provider, but we do subscribe to some SaaS applications, though I do not know where they are hosted.
IBM Cognos is used in the education industry.
What is most valuable?
From my experience, we use regular dashboarding with IBM Cognos for producing scheduled reports and for mandatory regulatory reporting. All our departments use IBM Cognos, with each department developing their own reports while our corporate IT team provides the data.
Some people use the interactive dashboards feature of IBM Cognos, and there are also other tools in use. I think some users utilize Power BI and Tableau, but our IT organization only provides IBM Cognos as an enterprise business intelligence and reporting tool. IBM Cognos is evaluated and complies fully with all our security standards.
In my opinion, IBM Cognos is very stable. It has been around for many years and many users are familiar with it, ensuring it performs well in its intended capacity. The benefits of choosing IBM Cognos, aside from cost savings, include having institutional knowledge for maintaining this infrastructure and a reliable solution that enhances developer productivity, given our team's extensive experience with IBM Cognos.
What needs improvement?
We are generally satisfied, but I am not certain if IBM Cognos meets every feature request from users since we only provide IBM Cognos as our standard and do not maintain infrastructure for other tools.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using IBM Cognos for less than a year.
How are customer service and support?
I find IBM's support and customer service to be responsive, particularly as we have been an IBM Cognos shop for a long time. Our systems team, operating on a lot of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and maintaining long-term relations with IBM, benefits from good support coverage.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
While I am not directly involved in the setup, I know that DataStage is not difficult to set up. However, our infrastructure team faced many challenges setting up the Cloud Pak cluster on-premises, including the initial establishment of an OpenShift cluster and deploying Cloud Pak for Data on top of that solution.
What about the implementation team?
The actual report development is done by other people, while our infrastructure team provides the hardware and our system engineering team manages the installation and application maintenance for IBM Cognos.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I do not know the main differences between IBM Cognos and other business intelligence tools such as Tableau, since many users come from different teams with prior experience using various tools. Whatever tools they are familiar with likely influences their reporting solutions. While I do not track the specifics of other user tools, those who have the budget may subscribe to different solutions.
What other advice do I have?
I do not use Dell PowerStore or Dremio . I work for a university setting with a very simple infrastructure, so we only use IBM Cognos and IBM DataStage.
I am very new to the organization with less than a year of experience, but IBM Cognos has been used here for more than 16 or 17 years.
I work in the higher education space at Boston College with approximately 9,000 to 10,000 students total.
I do not develop reports for IBM Cognos. We only host IBM Cognos infrastructure for our different user groups.
My responsibility involves working with different IT teams who maintain systems across the university. I connect to them using IBM DataStage to perform ETL activities and load data into an Oracle database, from which I provide access through IBM Cognos. My team maintains the infrastructure for both DataStage and IBM Cognos.
Regarding integration, I use IBM DataStage.
We use IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak and migrated from InfoSphere DataStage. The Cloud Pak version is also installed on-premises in our own data center. The modern OpenShift cluster-based platform is what we refer to as Cloud Pak.
The installation of Cloud Pak for DataStage happened almost two years ago, while IBM Cognos has always been in place.
I believe we are currently using version 11.2.4.
Referencing the machine learning capabilities of IBM Cognos is not my expertise. I do not have information about the pricing for IBM Cognos since that is managed by a different team which handles procurement.
We only provide support for IBM DataStage and IBM Cognos.
I would rate this review 9 out of 10.
TarunKumar7
Data insights have driven smarter decisions and support proactive planning for key business areas
Reviewed on Dec 05, 2025
Review provided by PeerSpot
What is our primary use case?
IBM Cognos is a very comprehensive analytics tool that dissolves the challenge of turning complex and large data sets into clear, actionable insights by providing an intuitive platform for data visualization and reporting. It helped me quickly identify trends, monitor key performance indicators, and make informed decisions.
IBM Cognos offers a wide range of data visualization options and allows for seamless data integrations, which made the analysis process more efficient.
I also appreciate the predictive analytics capability of IBM Cognos, which enables forecasting and proactive planning, benefiting me by supporting smarter business strategies and better business outcomes.
What is most valuable?
I appreciate the built-in AI features that IBM Cognos offers, which help guide insights and suggestions, making it easier to understand patterns in the data.
The AI features in IBM Cognos helped me gain deeper insights into our business processes, enabling me to make data-driven decisions easily and understand which points need our attention and which areas of our business are performing well.
IBM Cognos has positively impacted my organization by providing an intuitive platform for data analysis.
IBM Cognos has helped me quickly identify trends, monitor key performance indicators, and make informed decisions. It has not only saved time but also improved accuracy in our analysis.
The data analysis capabilities of IBM Cognos help turn complex and large data sets into clear actionable insights.
What needs improvement?
Since IBM Cognos is a futuristic platform with many robust features, it takes time to grasp all the features and how they work, so there is a learning curve. The more I use this platform, the more confident I become, and I am able to explore more opportunities.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used IBM Cognos for the past three and a half years.
Sumit Kumar S.
Empowering Data-driven decisions with IBM Cognos Analytics: A practical and Insightful Experience.
Reviewed on Nov 11, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
What I appreciate about this product is how effortlessly it bridges the gap between data and understanding. In a classroom setting, it allowed me to demonstrate dashboards and reports in a way that was both visually engaging and easy for students to grasp.
What do you dislike about the product?
While it is a powerful, user-friendly tool, one area that could be improved is the initial onboarding experience. New users often face a steep learning curve, especially when navigating advanced features like data modelling or custom visualizations.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Using IBM Cognos Analytics in the Classroom has been a game-changer for demonstrating real-world data insights to students, management, CxO level. Its interactive dashboards and visually rich reports make complex concepts more accessible and engaging. The platform's intuitive design allowed me to focus on storytelling with data rather than just the technicalities, helping clients connect analytics to practical decision-making.
Ethan O.
Dependable Analytics Tool That Simplifies Reporting Across Teams
Reviewed on Oct 30, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Cognos analytics makes it easy to pull consistent reports from multiple data sources, Once set up it's stable and fast, and the dashboard tools helps turn complex data into clear visuals for management, I use it a couple of times every week
What do you dislike about the product?
Some configuration requires technical skill, but once built, report run smoothly without constant maintenance
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps our team centralize reporting and automate monthly summaries, Saving time and reducing manual data error
Insurance
Complete End User Reporting Analytics Tool
Reviewed on Oct 09, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Ability to create complex reports/dashboards by novice data users.
What do you dislike about the product?
Can be difficult to locate historical reports for novices.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Quick access to data for analytics based decisions rather that gut instinct of managers/area leads.