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IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson

7.5 /10

What is IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson?

IBM Cognos Analytics offers smarter, self-service capabilities so you can quickly and confidently identify and act on insight. The engaging experience empowers business users to create and personalize dashboards and reports on their own - while providing IT with a proven and scalable solution that is available on-premises or in the cloud.

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Awards & Recognition

IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson won the following awards in the Business Intelligence & Analytics – Enterprise category

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2 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2023

1 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2022

IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson Ratings

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85 Likeliness to Recommend

86 Plan to Renew

6
Since last award

74 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

6
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+79 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson?

5% Negative

6% Neutral

89% Positive

Pros

Enables Productivity
Continually Improving Product
Includes Product Enhancements
Reliable

Feature Ratings

Average 77

Advanced Analytics and Data Science

Dashboard

Real-Time Visualization

BI Platform Administration

Data Exploration and Visualization

Operational Reporting Capabilities

BI Security

Data Modelling Tools

Metadata Management

Spatial Analysis

Collaboration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 75

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

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Score 8.2

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IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson Reviews

Hosam K.

Role: Human Resources
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Efficient Analytical Solution.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson from other similar products?

IBM Cognos integrates seamlessly with other IBM products, such as IBM Watson, IBM Cloud Pak for Data, and IBM Planning Analytics. Also, the service provides a wide range of deployment options with enterprise-grade scalability.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

IBM Cognos Analytics is user-friendly, efficient, flexible, scalable, and secure. The service has various AI capabilities, advanced analytics features, and natural language processing accuracy that support deeper insights and better data-driven decisions.

What do you dislike most about this product?

IBM Cognos Analytics can be complex for users with no experience in business intelligence tools and has limited integration with third-party services. Also, the pricing can be a barrier for some businesses.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It would be great to start by understanding the basics of business intelligence and the IBM Cognos analytics suite and its built-in AI features and best practices, then apply your knowledge to simple projects.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Hemanshi M.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Banking
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2023

Fantastic product! Easy to learn

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson from other similar products?

IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson stands out from other similar products due to its powerful integration of AI capabilities, advanced analytics, and natural language processing, enabling users to gain deeper insights and make data-driven decisions with greater ease and efficiency.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The advanced AI-powered analytics and natural language processing capabilities are my favorite aspects of IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson.

What do you dislike most about this product?

While IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson offers robust features, I occasionally find the learning curve for more complex functionalities to be challenging.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For someone considering IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson, my recommendations would be to invest time in learning the product's advanced features, leverage the AI capabilities for deeper insights, and explore the extensive support and resources provided by IBM to maximize the value and potential of the tool.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Karan B.

Role: Finance
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2023

Complex to understand

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson from other similar products?

The cognitive features are the best as the power of AI can be used to train and visualize the prediction of the trend in the data. Apart from that the capacity of scalability is very good as large volumes of data can be handled easily and user-access control security features make it stand out.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

As a Data Analyst, my favorite aspect is the data visualization capacity. It has more visuals and color theme selection options. Also, the story telling via dashboards is easy and effective.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It is a bit complex product as there are many features available but the learning curve is very steep. It takes a lot of time to understand how to use different features. Initial Data transformation steps are very tricky to do in this software as compared to others like cleaning and wrangling of data.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Kindly do a handful of training and practice a couple of projects before using it in production.

Pros

Respectful
Transparent
Friendly Negotiation
Appreciates Incumbent Status

IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson

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IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson Ratings

85 Likeliness to Recommend

86 Plan to Renew

6 Since last award

74 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

6 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+79 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Advanced Analytics and Data Science Techniques including predictive, data and text mining, machine learning, forecasting, what-if analysis, sentiment analysis etc.

Dashboard Includes alerts and notifications, KPIs, visual analytics, and interactive features.

Real-Time Visualization Ability to analyze and visualize data as soon as it becomes available via data-streaming pipelines.

BI Platform Administration Centralized console to manage BI portal administration. Management metrics and reports on usage, resource utilization, security, and other activities.

Data Exploration and Visualization Ability to visually manipulate, interact with, and explore data, and perform basic descriptive statistics and pattern detection.

Operational Reporting Capabilities Real-time detailed reporting to support operational business processes.

BI Security Data access control management, including access permissions management, user authentication and enforcement of access permissions via technology.

Data Modelling Tools Includes ability to model complex relationships between internal application sources and other parties.

Metadata Management A metadata layer makes reporting easy and eliminates the need for coding and SQL, allowing users to see and access information in simple business language.

Spatial Analysis Ability to natively visualize and analyze spatial data out of the box tied to postcode, zipcode or spacial co-ordinates.

Collaboration Includes ability to view, share and direct work between co-workers in real or near real-time.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

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IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson Reviews

Hosam K.

Efficient Analytical Solution.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Hemanshi M.

Fantastic product! Easy to learn

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Karan B.

Complex to understand

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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