G2 Vendor Directory

SAS Visual Analytics vs. IBM Cognos Analytics

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

MetricSAS Visual Analytics

by SAS Institute

IBM Cognos Analytics

by IBM

Overall rating4.44.1
Review count218511
Ease of use8.87.9
Ease of setup7.97.7
Quality of support8.97.9
Meets requirements8.98.5
NPS61.35265736.425339
Small Business31.8%16.8%
Mid-Market25.8%26.1%
Enterprise42.4%57.1%
Total page views1401,685
Total LLM citations3606,704

SAS Visual Analytics

SAS® Visual Analytics is a single application for reporting, data exploration and analytics that empowers everyone to easily discover and share powerful insights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWiNNoXYZG8

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Integrations
  • Data Visualization
  • Data Analysis
  • Intuition
  • User Interface

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