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IBM Cognos Analytics vs. Mode

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricIBM Cognos Analytics

by IBM

Mode

by Mode Analytics, Inc.

Overall rating4.14.5
Review count511330
Ease of use7.98.9
Ease of setup7.79.0
Quality of support7.99.0
Meets requirements8.58.9
NPS36.42533968.965517
Small Business16.8%24.5%
Mid-Market26.1%46.4%
Enterprise57.1%29.1%
Total page views1,685230
Total LLM citations6,7042,491

IBM Cognos Analytics

IBM Cognos Analytics is a business intelligence and analytics solution that uses agentic AI to help teams transform trusted data into actionable insights, build governed analytical applications, and make better decisions. Teams can explore data, monitor KPIs, analyze performance, forecast trends, and share insights across the business. The solution is built for business leaders, analysts, report authors, IT teams, and data governance teams that need governed reporting, self-service analytics, data modeling, and flexible deployment options.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Report Generation
  • Analytics
  • Data Visualization
  • Dashboard Management
  • Dashboard Customization

Mode

Mode is the first BI platform to embrace the way modern data teams work, which enables data leaders to drive more efficient, higher impact analysis and increased data maturity through true self-service. As the unified intelligence layer, Mode maximizes modern data stack ROI and turns data into a competitive advantage for leading businesses across all sectors and stages.

Pros

  • Efficiency
  • Tracking
  • Flexibility
  • User Interface
  • Intuitive
  • Customization