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ReportServer vs. IBM Cognos Analytics

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

MetricReportServer

by InfoFabrik GmbH

IBM Cognos Analytics

by IBM

Overall rating4.24.1
Review count25511
Ease of use7.37.9
Ease of setup7.77.7
Quality of support8.47.9
Meets requirements8.38.5
NPS4436.425339
Small Business48.0%16.8%
Mid-Market32.0%26.1%
Enterprise20.0%57.1%
Total page views441,685
Total LLM citations1016,704

ReportServer

Powerful ad-hoc analysis coupled with support for OLAP and pixel-perfect reporting. With ReportServer you are not limited to one provider's solutions. ReportServer integrates Jasper, Eclipse BIRT, Mondrian and Excel-based reporting: choose what best suits your needs! On top, it comes with powerful admin tools and scripting capabilities that make integration into any environment easy. ReportServer Community Edition is freely available under the open source AGPL license. The feature extended ReportServer Enterprise Edition can be fully tested for 45 days. Just give it a try.

Pros

    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