IBM Cognos Analytics

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Runs on Android, api, iOS, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows. Paid plans from $10.60/mo.

IBM Cognos Analytics is ranked #41 of 92 in business intelligence tools on The Geeks Club, made by IBM Cognos Analytics (Armonk, New York, United States). It runs on Android, API, iOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is no free plan. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at $10.60/mo.

IBM Cognos Analytics plans and pricing

All plans

Standard $10.60/mo Per Standard authorized User; price shown per month Dashboards, visualizations and stories · Receive reports only · Data modules · Mobile app · Basic administration · Hosted and managed by IBM · AI capabilities and AI Assistant ibm.com · 9 Oct 2026

Premium $42.40/mo Per Premium authorized User; price shown per month All Standard features · Create, run and schedule reports · Data explorations · Custom visualizations · Advanced administration · Reporting agents ibm.com · 9 Oct 2026

Compared on business intelligence tools

Free plan: No
Paid from: $10.60/user/mo
Deployment: hybrid
Refresh frequency: real-time
Scheduled reports: Yes
Natural-language queries: Yes

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The record

Purpose: IBM Cognos Analytics is a business intelligence platform for reporting, business analytics and AI-assisted insights.
Reporting: Users can create and share customizable, multipage reports in formats including HTML, CSV, PDF and Excel.
Dashboards: The product provides interactive dashboards with visualizations, drill-downs and email or Slack sharing.
Forecasting: Time-series modeling supports trend prediction and data exploration without requiring a data science background.
AI assistant: The AI Assistant accepts natural-language questions about selected data sources and can create dashboards with dynamic visualizations.
Integrations: IBM lists integrations with Planning Analytics, SPSS Statistics, watsonx BI and watsonx.data.
Security and governance: IBM describes centralized governance, audit trails, fine-grained access controls and certified data models for governed insights.
Data connections: Cognos Analytics supports relational, OLAP and DMR data sources, and can apply Cognos security while respecting source-defined security.
Trial: The On-Demand trial is free for 30 days and includes Premium features for up to five users.
Support: IBM Support provides cases, fixes, technical documentation and known-issue information, and requires registration, an IBM Customer Number and Site Administrator approval.
Offering limits: IBM notes that offerings differ in features and components; On-Demand does not support PowerCubes or the Cognos SDK, and Framework Manager use is restricted to qualifying existing support customers.
Price from: $10.60/mo

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Business Intelligence Tools in 2026#41 of 92

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ibm.com/products/cognos-analytics· checked 9 Oct 2026
ibm.com/products/cognos-analytics/features· checked 9 Oct 2026
ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/11.2.x· checked 9 Oct 2026
ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/12.0.x· checked 9 Oct 2026
ibm.com/products/cognos-analytics/support· checked 9 Oct 2026
ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/12.1.x· checked 9 Oct 2026
ibm.com/products/cognos-analytics/pricing· checked 9 Oct 2026