Amazon QuickSight vs IBM Planning Analytics comparison

The compared Amazon Web Services (AWS) and IBM solutions aren't in the same category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #3 in BIT , with an average rating of 7.6, and holds a 7.7% mindshare in the category. IBM is ranked #4 in BPM , with an average rating of 9.2, and holds a 9.5% mindshare. Additionally, 62% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of IBM users who would recommend it.

Amazon QuickSight

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62% willing to recommend

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94% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon QuickSight

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

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IBM Planning Analytics

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Performance Management (4th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Business Intelligence solutions, they serve different purposes. Amazon QuickSight is designed for BI (Business Intelligence) Tools and holds a mindshare of 7.7%, down 11.7% compared to last year.
IBM Planning Analytics, on the other hand, focuses on Business Performance Management, holds 9.5% mindshare, up 8.7% since last year.

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Anoop Jose

Senior Manager - Architecture and engineering excellence at a healthcare company with 201-500 employees

Helpful for visualization purposes but delayed drill-downs feature

Compared to Power BI, I felt QuickSight lacks some features, like delayed drill-downs. Drill-downs were the main area where we found QuickSight lacking. Especially for root cause analysis, the ability to drill down from a high-level problem to its root is crucial. Aside from that, QuickSight is a good service.

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Gnanavel-Chakkarapani

Junior Consultant at CMA CGM

Can easily create dashboards and helps businesses improve forecasting accuracy

The product has improved our company's forecasting accuracy since it serves as a very useful tool for our sales and controller teams as they easily get to enter the inputs using views in TM1, which gets loaded into our main database. If there are sales team members in different parts of the world, like in Hong Kong and Singapore, they may prefer to use IBM Planning Analytics, which is easy to use when compared to the Excel tool. Speaking about planning analytics and data analysis, I would say that our company used to use IBM Cognos Analytics for reporting, where we used to use Cognos Dynamic Cubes so that users can easily use its drag and drop features while getting to see the data for which the users had to wait for two to three minutes prior to its use. In our company, tons of data are loaded into the memory, and users can use Cognos Dynamic Cubes to analyze data and understand it. The AI capabilities of IBM have benefited our planning strategy as they are very useful for business. The tool allows the easy creation of dashboard reports using AI capabilities. No technical knowledge is required for business use cases. It is possible to integrate the product in scenarios where some new integrations are available. I remember that my company used Azure Data Factory to connect Azure, Oracle, and IBM WebSphere Application Server. When it comes to IBM Planning Analytics, it is complex to integrate it with LDAP and or any other authentication tool offered by Microsoft. In our company, some users like to integrate IBM Planning Analytics with the common LDAP or Microsoft AD, which we currently use for all our applications. The authentication part is difficult to configure with IBM Planning Analytics. The maintenance of the product is easy. My company has scheduled maintenance on the product every week, especially during forecast times, so that memories automatically lapse and users can freely access their servers. The use of the tool has had an impact on collaboration within our company's planning team since everyone knows how to easily access the data and publish the results. I recommend the product to those who plan to use it. I rate the tool a nine out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The product is easy to learn."

"Amazon QuickSight has introduced a new functionality called Q bar, which allows the user to do natural language queries and get additional insights using some built-in generative capabilities."

"The ease with which it integrates with different data sources is most valuable. Especially when everything is on AWS, it is easy to connect to the data source and organize different dashboards."

"QuickSight makes it easy to provision, create, and publish dashboards."

"It works well with the AWS ecosystem."

"Easily able to connect with our other services and easy to manage."

"One of the most valuable features of Amazon QuickSight has been the speed at which visualizations can be created."

"From an analytics perspective, it's really good for self-service analytics."

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"Navigating through the data to make analysis is really quick."

"The tool is flexible."

"It's a very stable, robust product."

"A lot of the platform is in-memory, so Planning Analytics can run calculations quite fast. It also offers several user interfaces. And in the newest version of Planning Analytics, there is a new one called the Planning Analytics Workspace. Maybe it could be useful for the business side."

"All the different platforms are well integrated."

"The scenario modeling capabilities are frequently used to create different scenarios, compare them, and see which action leads to which result."

"The product's stability is good."

"IBM Planning Analytics is easy to use and deploy. It is quick to develop. The calculation machine is also very fast."

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Cons

"Lacked connectivity with other third-party tools and data sources."

"There is room for improvement in terms of the number of visualizations and dashboards that are available."

"It should support integration with Python or R."

"Amazon QuickSight's visualization could be improved."

"One area is that integrating data from different sources into QuickSight can be a bit tricky, especially with Amazon Connect. To get data flowing, you need to use two additional services and configure them correctly."

"The product has some storage and SPICE data issues."

"They could provide more options for graphics and other features."

"I would like to see a feature that allows us to save a draft version before making it public and publishing it."

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"Planning Analytics could be improved by adding automation features."

"It would have been better if the solution was not just a tool kit."

"Adding predefined templates could be beneficial."

"It's highly competitive right now, and all the vendors are in a race to put out new versions with additional features. IBM comes out with new versions too often, and it has an impact on quality."

"The tool's transport layer could be improved when promoting development between environments."

"The local authentication part is difficult to manage in the product, making it an area where improvements are required."

"It's wonky, and not super user-friendly with Excel."

"The workspace API should be improved and documented so we know better which objects are used."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Amazon QuickSight charges $250 per user, which becomes expensive when managing multiple departments."

"The solution is not affordable."

"Amazon QuickSight you subscribe and you use the service."

"The product pricing is better than other vendors."

"The standard edition is free to use for exploration purposes while the enterprise edition needs to be paid for. The pricing for this solution is very reasonable."

"The pricing is cost-effective with a good plan."

"The Amazon QuickSight licensing model my company's on is pay-as-you-go, but I wouldn't be able to give the figures because that's handled by the finance department."

"It is simpler and cheaper than other solutions."

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"IBM Planning Analytics is not the cheapest solution, but it's priced per the market standard for this type of solution. I rate the price at seven out of ten."

"IBM Planning Analytics is priced well, and licensing costs are yearly."

"I would rate the tool's pricing a nine out of ten since it's expensive."

"The license of this solution is paid annually. Most of my customers choose a license that includes support."

"Compared with the other tools in the market, IBM Planning Analytics is a bit expensive."

"It is a bit expensive, but you get what you are paying for."

"Our licensing cost is approximately $50,000.00 per year."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon QuickSight?

The integration is very seamless. We stored our result CSV files in S3 and connected directly from there.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon QuickSight?

QuickSight is considered cost-effective. As far as I know, QuickSight is cheaper compared to other solutions like Power BI.

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What needs improvement with Amazon QuickSight?

QuickSight needs to add more visuals similar to what Power BI offers. I have noticed that many drill-down visuals and other visual options available in Power BI are missing in QuickSight.

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What do you like most about IBM Planning Analytics?

The most valuable features of IBM Planning Analytics for streamlining planning processes include a unified database where all data are centralized.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Planning Analytics?

The cost of IBM Planning Analytics is not cheap, considering the amount of money involved. However, it offers good ROI for customers.

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What needs improvement with IBM Planning Analytics?

The workspace API should be improved and documented so we know better which objects and tier-one objects are used.

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Also Known As

QuickSight

Cognos TM1, IBM Cognos TM1

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Overview

Amazon QuickSight is a fast, cloud-powered business analytics service that makes it easy to build visualizations, perform ad-hoc analysis, and quickly get business insights from your data. Using our cloud-based service you can easily connect to your data, perform advanced analysis, and create stunning visualizations and rich dashboards that can be accessed from any browser or mobile device.

IBM Planning Analytics is an integrated planning solution that uses AI to automate planning, budgeting, and forecasting and drive more intelligent workflows.

Built on TM1, IBM’s powerful calculation engine, this enterprise performance management tool allows you to transcend the limits of manual planning and become the Analytics Hero your business needs. Quickly and easily drive faster, more accurate plans for FP&A, sales, supply chain and beyond.

Sample Customers

MLB Advanced Media, Infor, HotelBeds, Gemini, Jivochat, Edmunds.com

ManpowerGroup, Convergys, AIG, Orchard Brands, Citibank, InterGen, Northwestern University, EF Education First, Ironside, Bazan Group, CSOB Insurance, Macquarie Group, Charles Stanley, SATO, Government of Sint Maarten, BMW Financial Services

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