Pricing plans
On Demand
Standard license per user, per month
A cloud solution for 1 to 200 users. Start in minutes, no download or credit card required.
On Cloud Hosted
Viewer licenses per user, per month
A dedicated cloud solution for up to 10,000 users.
Client Hosted
Per year, admin subscription
If you need to manage your analytics solution on your own infrastructure.
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IBM® Cognos® Analytics On Demand
A fully managed solution for up to 200 users
• Reporting, data discovery and dashboarding
• Upgrades, infrastructure and scaling
• Mix and match licenses based on user requirements in one tenant
• No minimum quantity, pay as you grow
Cognos Analytics Hosted on IBM Cloud
A fully managed, dedicated environment for 100 to thousands of users
• Each instance requires a minimum of 1 analytics user and has a minimum annual subscription
• 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 in one tenant
| Viewer | User | |
|---|---|---|
| USD 40/user/mo. | USD 80/user/mo. | |
| View reports, interact with dashboards, storytelling and collaboration and Cognos Mobile | ||
| Execute and receive promoted reports | ||
| Data preparation and connectivity to cloud and on premises | ||
| Smart data discovery and AI exploration | ||
| Pixel-perfect reporting and dashboards, open source visualizations | ||
| Managed report distribution - scheduling and bursting | ||
| Integration with IBM Watson Studio (requires separate subscription) | ||
Cognos Analytics Client Hosted or Hybrid
For those who need complete control over their analytics solution
• Red Hat® OpenShift® deployment with IBM Cloud Pak® for Data
• Support for third-party providers like AWS, Azure, Google
• Administrator license required for app administration, security, user on-boarding and SDK
| Admin | Explorer | User | Viewer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD 450/user/mo. | USD 75/user/mo. | USD 40/user/mo. | USD 12/user/mo. | |
| View reports, interact with dashboards, storytelling and collaboration and Cognos Mobile | ||||
| Execute and receive promoted reports | ||||
| Data preparation and connectivity to cloud and on premises | ||||
| Smart data discovery and AI exploration | ||||
| Create pixel-perfect reports and dashboards, open source visualization and managed report distribution | ||||
| Jupyter Notebooks & Python | ||||
| Manage Security and User Management | ||||
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Integrate multicloud data
Unite data on premises or from any cloud with IBM Cloud Pak® for Data and IBM® Cognos® Analytics.