IBM Cognos Analytics Pricing Plans
Explore flexible pricing for individual users or your entire enterprise
Try Cognos Analytics free for 30 days Buy now for USD 10.60* per user/month
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Choose the right plan for your team

Available on-cloud and on-prem

Starting at USD 10.60 * Cognos Analytics on Cloud On-Demand

Cloud service ideal for smaller teams and organizations, offering user license options tailored with basic or premium functions.

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Dedicated cloud environment hosted and managed by IBM for large organizations or an entire enterprise.

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Deployed and managed by you on your infrastructure.

IBM Cognos Analytics on Cloud On-Demand
  • Multi-tenant SaaS environment; managed by IBM
  • Self-service purchase
  • Ideal for teams of up to 200 users
  • Secure access to on-prem or cloud data sources
  • Access to the latest product innovations
  USD 10.60*/user/mo. Standard user Buy now on IBM marketplace USD 42.40*/user/mo. Premium user

Dashboarding

Stories

AI Assistant

Mobile app

Standard reporting:

  • View saved report output
  • Receive reports sent by email
  • View and interact with active reports

Premium reporting: 

  • Create or edit reports
  • Run reports (in html, csv, Excel, and other formats)
  • Schedule reports and jobs
  • Save report output in Cognos

Exploration

IBM Cognos Analytics on Cloud Hosted

Environment for enterprise scale.

  • Production and non-production environments available
  • Integrate with your existing authentication partners
  • VPN access to on-premises data
  • Mix and match licenses based on user requirements 
*Access with Cognos Mobile App Only Mobile

USD 5.30*/user/mo.

Viewer

USD 42.40*/user/mo.

User

USD 84.80*/user/mo.

View dashboards and explorations and create pin boards**

AI Assistant and proactive alerts**

View reports, interact with dashboards

  • Use storytelling, collaboration and Cognos Mobile features

Execute and receive promoted reports

Data preparation and connectivity to cloud and on-premise data

Create reports, dashboards and open source visualizations

Managed report distribution - scheduling and bursting

Smart data discovery and AI exploration

Integration with IBM Watson Studio (requires separate subscription)

IBM Cognos Analytics Client-Hosted

Available as stand-alone software package or as Cognos cartridge for Cloud Pak for Data. Deploy on-prem or on your preferred cloud virtual (IaaS) infrastructure.

  • Full Sys Admin and CA Admin control & responsibilities
  • Configure and manage the hardware, OS and application as per your need
**Access with Cognos Mobile App Only Mobile

USD 5.72*/user/mo.

Viewer

USD 13.75*/user/mo.

User

USD 45.80*/user/mo.

Explorer

USD 85.90*/user/mo.

Admin

USD 515*/user/mo.

View dashboards and explorations and create pin boards**

AI Assistant and proactive alerts**

View reports, interact with dashboards

Use storytelling, collaboration and Cognos Mobile features

Create reports, dashboards and open source visualizations

Managed report distribution - scheduling and bursting

Execute and receive promoted reports

Data preparation and connectivity to cloud and on premise data

Smart data discovery and AI exploration

Advanced Pattern Detection

Jupyter Notebooks & Python

Cognos SDK

Security and User Management

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