IBM Cognos vs TIBCO Jaspersoft comparison

IBM and TIBCO are both solutions in the Reporting category. IBM is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.3, while TIBCO is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.7. IBM holds a 3.3% mindshare in RT, compared to TIBCO’s 1.9% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 83% of TIBCO users who would recommend it.

IBM Cognos

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83% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

IBM Cognos and TIBCO Jaspersoft are both prominent players in the business intelligence (BI) market. IBM Cognos appears to have the advantage due to its comprehensive analytics capabilities, especially for enterprise environments, compared to Jaspersoft's focus on affordability and open-source community features.

Features: IBM Cognos provides robust reporting with tools like Report Studio and Query Studio, allowing for secure and flexible analytics. It supports diverse data integration and reporting formats facilitating customization and scalability. TIBCO Jaspersoft emphasizes cost-effectiveness with open-source community support, offering advanced features like ad-hoc reporting and a versatile dashboard design.

Room for Improvement: IBM Cognos could improve its user interface, data visualization, and usability for non-technical users, along with better integration and data modeling flexibility. Performance issues and complex reporting structures are noted challenges. TIBCO Jaspersoft requires enhancements in stability, customization, and visualization design to match modern data discovery tools, alongside user interface upgrades and better community version support.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM Cognos supports various deployment options, including on-premises and cloud, but is seen as complex and expensive, particularly regarding technical support services. Jaspersoft offers deployment flexibility across public, private, and hybrid clouds, gaining a reputation for cost-effective support, particularly in its open-source version. IBM Cognos benefits from a solid knowledge base and customer service, though its cost and complexity are often criticized. Jaspersoft is favored by smaller enterprises for its community support and manageable deployment.

Pricing and ROI: IBM Cognos is known for its extensive suite of enterprise capabilities, albeit with a higher cost leading to significant investments, especially for large-scale deployments. Pricing flexibility is possible through third-party resellers and bundled solutions. TIBCO Jaspersoft offers a more economical entry point with its open-source options and competitive enterprise pricing, enabling businesses to scale BI initiatives without extensive financial strain. IBM Cognos yields higher ROI through its comprehensive capabilities in larger environments, whereas TIBCO Jaspersoft suits cost-conscious companies focused on essential BI features and customization.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Cognos

Ranking in Reporting

5th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

136

Ranking in other categories

BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (9th)

TIBCO Jaspersoft

Ranking in Reporting

12th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Embedded BI (8th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Reporting category, the mindshare of IBM Cognos is 3.3%, down from 4.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO Jaspersoft is 1.9%, down from 2.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Reporting Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
IBM Cognos	3.3%
TIBCO Jaspersoft	1.9%
Other	94.8%

Reporting

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reviewer2648136

EDW Manager at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

Centralized reporting has supported university-wide regulatory dashboards and secure data access

From my experience, we use regular dashboarding with IBM Cognos for producing scheduled reports and for mandatory regulatory reporting. All our departments use IBM Cognos, with each department developing their own reports while our corporate IT team provides the data. Some people use the interactive dashboards feature of IBM Cognos, and there are also other tools in use. I think some users utilize Power BI and Tableau, but our IT organization only provides IBM Cognos as an enterprise business intelligence and reporting tool. IBM Cognos is evaluated and complies fully with all our security standards. In my opinion, IBM Cognos is very stable. It has been around for many years and many users are familiar with it, ensuring it performs well in its intended capacity. The benefits of choosing IBM Cognos, aside from cost savings, include having institutional knowledge for maintaining this infrastructure and a reliable solution that enhances developer productivity, given our team's extensive experience with IBM Cognos.

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Ashish-Sahu

Technical Manager at Bahwan CyberTek

Has delivered visually appealing reports and improved user interaction

The integration of TIBCO Jaspersoft with some data sources has limitations that I encountered, and it was not very straightforward. This was one of the concerns with TIBCO Jaspersoft. The limitations include compatibility with some drivers where we do not have adequate JDBC drivers, and because of that, I am not able to make the connection pool. I do see a negative side in terms of support. I am a little disappointed because when we report any defect, it takes time to get a resolution. There are also limitations on some connectors where we do not have connectivity established. These are the few issues I faced while using TIBCO Jaspersoft.

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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

"IBM Cognos improves the effectiveness of the sales team."

"The most valuable feature of IBM Cognos is security. The solution has updated features that other competitors' solutions come out with long after IBM Cognos has had them."

"The dashboarding offered by this solution is very valuable to us."

"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"This solution allows you to input a wide range of file formats."

"The most valuable feature is developing reports from different data sources, making it a reliable data source."

"The main difference that I like about Cognos compared to other solutions is its data splitting functionality. We have all our company data inside the Cognos environment and so we prefer to split the information Cognos itself. It's more efficient this way."

"I have worked on the features like dashboards and stories, and I do like them a lot."

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"It's easy to use and maintain."

"The end-user reporting is very handy and the standard reports that can be achieved by using Jaspersoft Studio are quite impressive."

"With the online view, it's easier to create Ad Hoc reports. It has inbuilt reports so we can easily get data from the system and customize the fields."

"The designer is the most valuable feature."

"I give the stability of the solution a nine out of ten."

"The solution is standalone with the flexibility to use visualize.js to embed within the application."

"You can do quite a lot with it in terms of automated reports and dashboards."

"We can set any property dynamically."

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Cons

"I rate pricing as a four, meaning it is more expensive compared to other solutions."

"There are many problems with the product's stability part, making it an area where improvements are required."

"There are a lot of limitations with the out-of-the-box tool."

"The visualization aspect needs to be improved and I believe, this is being resolved in upcoming versions."

"There are some problems with how Cognos handles huge data sets and when connecting with multiple sources and searching the data."

"I think the GIS pieces maybe not as good as we would like."

"I need improvements, particularly with the Framework Manager, which has an outdated user interface from older versions like IBM Cognos 10 or 8. Additionally, the Event Studio, which offered great flexibility in previous versions, is no longer available in IBM Cognos Analytics 12. These are areas that could be improved to enhance the product."

"We would like to see development of the product's UI function, to make it more of a UI tool that can be configured as required."

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"Currently, JSON format is the main format we use, however, in TIBCO Jaspersoft, XML format is the default and JSON did not work because TIBCO did not fix it."

"Customization is an area with certain shortcomings in the solution that needs improvement."

"The stability of TIBCO Jaspersoft needs improvement."

"The Ad Hoc Report Writer does not include as many features as Tableau and needs to be improved to meet expectations."

"There might be some compatibility issues with the dashboard if we're using the latest version and some clients are using the older version. Some features might not be supported."

"The upgrades are not easy."

"The reporting templates have room for improvement."

"TIBCO Jaspersoft would benefit from enabling you to run multiple reports in one file and incorporating more options related to multiple reports."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"IBM Cognos price is on the higher side of the spectrum. However, with the features that it brings, such as correlation analysis, it's worth the money. They should look at the pricing more clearly because it's a little on the higher side."

"It is quite pricy. I think Microsoft BI is cheaper. Tableau might also be cheaper, but it also depends on the usage. If you have very many users, Cognos can be a problem. It could be cheaper than Tableau but not for so many users. If you have a few thousand users, Tableau, which is generally quite expensive, can be cheaper than Cognos."

"On a scale from one to ten where one is low pricing and ten is high pricing, I would rate this solution at eight."

"There is need to assess the purchase license accordingly so as to avoid audit penalties."

"Cognos is super expensive compared to Tableau ($70/month) and Power BI ($20/month) — I think Cognos is roughly $200 a month."

"There is a standard license required to use this solution. There are some additional tools but I am not sure if they are an extra cost."

"IBM Cognos is priced reasonable. However, it is more expensive than Power BI and Tableau."

"It's more expensive than similar solutions like Tableau and Power BI."

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"The pricing is cost effective because it is based on servers rather than users."

"The solution is a little bit expensive."

"Since I checked last time, only one annual license costs about $25,000."

"I give the cost of the solution a five out of ten."

"I find the price to be reliable and not overly costly."

"I would rate the pricing as four out of five because it's expensive."

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Co-Founder at Helical IT Solution (Jaspersoft, Pentaho, Talend, Kettle, DWBI, ETL, Ctools, iReport, Jasper Report)

Jun 10, 2013

Jaspersoft vs. Pentaho – Which one to use & is there any need to purchase the commercial edition

Any company (be it technology, manfucaturing, human resource, ecommerce, SME etc) always has the need for Business Intelligence to some or the other extent. If cost is one of the consideration factor, then the 2 BI tools which are at the forefront are Pentaho and Jaspersoft. But, often the same…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Insurance Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

13%

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	34
Midsize Enterprise	23
Large Enterprise	86

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	15

Questions from the Community

Seeking lightweight open source BI software

It depends on the Data architecture and the complexity of your requirement. Some great tools in the market are Qlik Sense, Power BI, OBIEE, Tableau, etc. I have recently started using Cognos Enter...

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What do you like most about IBM Cognos?

The solution's most valuable feature is its ease of use, which makes it easily compatible with other tools.

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What needs improvement with IBM Cognos?

Since IBM Cognos is a futuristic platform with many robust features, it takes time to grasp all the features and how they work, so there is a learning curve. The more I use this platform, the more ...

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Seeking lightweight open source BI software

The best and open source (No cost involved) solution for all BI requirements is Jaspersoft Open Studio. Refer to rajeshsirsikar.com for more information.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TIBCO Jaspersoft?

I am sharing a scenario for pricing: for ten thousand users and a robust server, it may cost in the hundreds of thousands USD. However, TIBCO is more enterprise-focused and might have different pri...

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Also Known As

Cognos, Cognos Analytics, IBM Cognos Analytics

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Overview

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence provides a wide range of tools to help you analyze your organization's data. IBM Cognos BI allows businesses to monitor events and metrics, create and view business reports, and analyze data to help them make effective business decisions.

IBM Cognos applies techniques to describe, summarize, and compare data, and draw conclusions. This allows users to see trends and discover anomalies or variances that may not be evident by simply reading data. Data sources that contain information from different areas of a business can be stored in separate packages. Users can see only information that they have been granted access to, based on their group or role.

IBM Cognos BI consolidates the following business intelligence functions into a single web-based solution:

IBM Cognos Insight: Create personal and managed workspaces for data analysis. Using these interactive workspaces, you can share insight results with managers. Cognos Insight supports write-back, and you can also use these workspaces to capture and integrate management goals, commitments, and forecasts.
IBM Cognos Workspace: With IBM Cognos Workspace, you can create rich, interactive workspaces using IBM Cognos content as well as data from external sources. You can view and open your favorite workspaces and reports, edit content in your workspaces, and share your workspaces via email.
IBM Cognos Analytics: IBM Cognos Analytics utilizes built-in AI and intuitive searches which helps users to quickly create the visualizations and a wide range of reports. Cognos Analytics provides cognitive and managed self-service, enabling you to gain insights from controlled and trusted data.
IBM Cognos Report Studio and IBM Cognos Query Studio: Easily create structured and query reports. IBM Cognos allows users to create application and report templates. In addition, report authors can reuse report objects to apply filters, fields, and styles to reports. Users can set the language of the user interface and report content according to the user's native language.
IBM Cognos Event Studio: Receive notifications of events that occur within your organization in real time. Event Studio enables the creation of agents that detect the occurrence of business events, failures, or anomalies, based on the change of specific events or data conditions. Notification can be sent via email, publication in the portal, or by triggering reports.
IBM Cognos Connection: This is the Web portal for IBM Cognos BI and is the central area for accessing all the IBM Cognos functions. In the web portal, users can schedule and distribute reports, create tasks, administer the server and the access permissions, and more.

Reviews from Real Users

IBM Cognos stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its powerful analysis tool and its reporting capabilities.

Prasad B., a senior software engineer at a financial services firm, notes, “The product is a very good reporting tool and is very flexible. It allows for the users to get a scheduled report. We can receive automated reports as well. They are easy to schedule on a weekly or monthly basis. It is very fast. I mean in means of report output, it's very fast compared to the actual clients involved.”

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TIBCO Jaspersoft is a versatile BI tool used for creating and integrating reports, with added functionality for business intelligence such as ad hoc report writers, online report writers, and dashboard designers. It is used for various purposes such as employee performance, revenue management and billing reports, and IT operational reporting.

The solution can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud, is user-friendly, with drag-and-drop report creation, access restrictions for user groups, and connectivity to multiple data sources. It has helped organizations fulfill their needs related to security and create reports quickly, with easy scheduling and report creation with different parameters.

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Sample Customers

More than 23,000 leading organizations across multiple industries use Cognos. Some examples of Cognos customers include BMW Financial Services, Quinte Health Care, Troy Corporation, Michigan State University, and GKN Land System.

Mosaic, Vander University, Telesoft, Entrust, Ericsson, BT, Groupon, John Hopkins, Puma

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