We performed a comparison between IBM Cognos and QlikView based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Reporting solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The initial setup is quite straightforward."
"The Report Studio that is aimed at professional report writers."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"For planning, forecasting, in-boxing, modeling in general and for predicting numbers and doing work analysis, they are excellent."
"Security administration tools are powerful and flexible."
"IBM Cognos is an excellent solution for tax, planning, budgeting, profit and loss statements and balance sheets."
"Mapbox integration for geospatial analytics down to longitude/latitude layers."
"The correlation analysis is excellent. It's one of the best that I have used to date."
"The product’s most valuable feature is its ability to view the entire data available for analysis."
"Our Qlikview applications help us to get a good idea of our Client Base Performance and assist us in the decision making for Seasonal Specials. On the other hand QlikView helps us to get a grasp on our Suppliers and helps us to negotiate pricing with them."
"You can do a lot of things on the back end which are not possible in the other solutions on the market."
"QlikView is one of the strongest tools, I would say. Also, it has a very vast capability to process the data"
"Scripting as per a customer's need, which is a pretty cool feature and not available in other tools."
"We use QlikView for its cost-effectiveness and ease of integration with databases."
"It excels in supporting database connections and various database types."
"The integration with Salesforce has helped us gain access to crucial sales data in real-time."
"It would be better if it is was easier to implement without extensive training for it."
"Cognos charts are not as fast as those of the other tools, even with DQM (dynamic query mode)."
"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 applications, like Power BI. Also, if you encounter an issue, it takes more time to resolve it on the formatting side."
"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."
"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."
"IBM Support can be slow at times, but they can usually deliver in a timely manner."
"We need more predictive analytical functions, not only diagnostic or decryptic analytics."
"If a user wanted to see something not included in the application the new object had to be created by a power user or developer because Qlik view's scripting has somewhat of a learning curve."
"There could be a feature to analyze the sales and accounting data of the client."
"There is a challenge on the frontend when it comes to browsing data through QlikView, as it isn't entirely compatible with other platforms we use."
"They could improve the speed."
"Though the initial setup phase is simple, when it comes to the integration with the custom systems, the configuration and the compatibility sometimes take some more time."
"They could improve the update time."
"The tool is expensive in Turkey."
"Scalability really depends on the size of your data and QlikView server architecture. For the biggest data sets, it could become an issue at some point."
IBM Cognos is ranked 4th in Reporting with 132 reviews while QlikView is ranked 5th in Reporting with 158 reviews. IBM Cognos is rated 8.0, while QlikView is rated 8.2. 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 QlikView writes "Useful for data visualization and business intelligence". IBM Cognos is most compared with Microsoft Power BI, Oracle OBIEE, Tableau, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform and Oracle Hyperion, whereas QlikView is most compared with Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Amazon QuickSight, SQL Server and MicroStrategy. See our IBM Cognos vs. QlikView report.
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