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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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Automated Data Preparation
Built-in AI capabilities to accelerate and improve data blending with optimal table selection for models
AI-Powered Data Exploration
Automated discovery of hidden trends and drivers within datasets with real-time insight delivery
Data Visualization and Reporting
Creation of powerful visualizations with multi-channel sharing capabilities including email, Slack, and mobile applications
Machine Learning Integration
Machine learning infused analytics for predictive insights and business forecasting
Mobile Analytics Application
Native mobile app providing real-time at-a-glance insights and analytics access on mobile devices
AI-Powered Analytics Agent
Agentic analytics experience with dedicated AI analyst capabilities for automated research and analysis
Multi-Cloud Data Platform Compatibility
Support for multiple cloud data warehouses including Amazon Redshift, Snowflake, Databricks, Google BigQuery, and Azure Synapse
Automated Insight Generation
Next-generation dashboards with automatic detection, summarization, and personalized insight delivery capabilities
Self-Service Analytics
Self-service analytics platform with unlimited permission groups and users for enterprise-scale deployments
Cross-Platform Integration
Integration capabilities to embed actionable insights across business applications and mobile platforms
API-First Architecture
Platform designed with API-first approach enabling seamless integration of analytics capabilities within applications
Embedded Analytics
In-context analytics integration within applications to deliver action-oriented insights
AI-Powered Analytics
AI-driven analytics capabilities for generating insights and enhancing decision intelligence
Custom Data Integration
Seamless integration of analytics across business systems and data sources
Insight Generation Engine
Analytics engine designed to produce actionable insights for decision-making
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Customer reviews
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Reporting has become faster and secure access control now supports quick client insights
Reviewed on Apr 02, 2026
Review provided by PeerSpot
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for IBM Cognos is to generate reports for clients and maintain IBM Cognos . My company is a retail company that provides the best price solutions to clients, and we use client data to generate reports in IBM Cognos.
In terms of my main use case for IBM Cognos, we also focus on IBM Cognos upgradation and maintenance. Whenever IBM Cognos is down, we investigate the issue and fix it.
What is most valuable?
The best features IBM Cognos offers include good security and easy configuration. The setup is not complicated.
What I appreciate about the security features in IBM Cognos is that if you want to build it from the start, it is not complicated, as it only takes a few steps, around five to seven steps to configure it. Security-wise, we have separate gemstones in our organization, which makes it very useful when you go through gemstones across prod, QA, and dev environments.
Regarding the features, the dashboard and integration in IBM Cognos are also easy to use. We have one server administration where we configure client information such as SQL information, JDBC connection strings, permissions, and groups. We manage which groups can access particular reports and handle all of that.
IBM Cognos has positively impacted my organization. As of now, we are also working with Looker in parallel. IBM Cognos generates reports very fast and quickly. Generating a report takes hardly two to three seconds, making it faster compared to Looker .
What needs improvement?
IBM Cognos can improve its error messages, as whenever something is wrong, it does not give us the proper error message, and we end up rebooting the entire software.
Additionally, they can improve the documentation. I believe restarting IBM Cognos takes time, around three to five minutes, so they can work on that as well.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using IBM Cognos for the last three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
In terms of stability, IBM Cognos performs at 95 percent reliability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of IBM Cognos is fine.
How are customer service and support?
We have never been in a situation where we needed to contact customer support.
What was our ROI?
Hopefully, I have seen a return on investment with IBM Cognos. Only one or two people in our organization initially knew about IBM Cognos, and later on, I learned about it as well. This demonstrates that it requires a lesser number of people. You do not need a huge team for maintaining or working with IBM Cognos.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing IBM Cognos, I believe we were looking into Looker as well, since both are similar solutions.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to others looking into using IBM Cognos is that if they have not used anything else, they can proceed with it, as it is good and easy to set up. Everything appears to be good with IBM Cognos. I would rate this product an 8 out of 10.
Monalika G.
Great UI, Needs Better Usability
Reviewed on Mar 26, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I use IBM Cognos Analytics mainly for dashboard and report making for clients, and I appreciate how it helps make my presentations better and easier to understand. I like the UI, and enjoy the basic features like making charts and the modeling feature, even if I don't use them frequently. I find that with IBM Cognos Analytics, I can do more than with Excel, and the visuals it provides are better for presenting.
What do you dislike about the product?
Easy to use feature, it is not very easy and comfortable sometimes. Like Power BI has layout change and drag and drop.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use IBM Cognos Analytics for dashboard and report making, which makes my presentations better and easier to understand.
Vinay J.
Intuitive and Customizable Reporting with IBM Cognos Analytics
Reviewed on Mar 25, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I majorly use IBM Cognos Analytics for reporting because it provides a clear pictorial representation of how the business is doing, helping C-level executives understand growth. I find it very easy to use and appreciate that it can be well customized to fit our needs. There are multiple options to choose from when designing dashboards, which makes building them easy. Additionally, there are plenty of different charts available to use for dashboard creation. The initial setup was not that complicated, which was a relief.
What do you dislike about the product?
The only thing which I feel is like, the look and feel should be made more linear. Something similar like Grafana. I tried to integrate it with an application, but somehow could not went through it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
IBM Cognos Analytics provides clear pictorial representations of business performance, helping C-level executives understand growth.
Anita B.
Comprehensive Order Insights, Needs Modern UI
Reviewed on Mar 24, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I like that I can pull the order history from a long time ago, like years, and have everything in Excel. I also appreciate being able to compare which transactions were big deals and which were small transactions and group them together. It's quite convenient for analyzing the data across different channels.
What do you dislike about the product?
I think all the layout could be a bit more modern. And like, sometimes, I need to, like, really wait for a couple of minutes until I get my report. So that could be a bit quicker.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use IBM Cognos Analytics to view full order history, including contacts, which I can't find on other platforms. It helps analyze and view data across different channels.
Consulting
Great for Exploring Data and Sharing Polished Reports, but Needs Improvement
Reviewed on Mar 18, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
That you can go from exploring data to building polished reports and sharing them across an organization, all within the same platform
What do you dislike about the product?
It feels heavier to use and less intuitive than other tools that may offers fewer features.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Having all the features in one tool makes things easier and saves me time, especially when I’m working through longer workflows.