# IBM Cognos Controller Reviews **Vendor:** IBM **Category:** [Financial Close Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/financial-close) **Average Rating:** 3.9/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 36 ## About IBM Cognos Controller IBM Cognos Controller is a comprehensive, web-based solution designed to automate and manage the financial close, consolidation, and reporting processes for organizations of all sizes. It enables finance teams to streamline their workflows, reduce reliance on IT support, and ensure compliance with global and local accounting standards. By providing real-time access to financial data and robust audit trails, Cognos Controller enhances accuracy, transparency, and control in financial reporting. Key Features and Functionality: - Automated Financial Consolidation: Facilitates the consolidation of financial data across various entities, including intercompany eliminations and currency conversions. - Comprehensive Reporting: Offers over 260 pre-built reports and supports both statutory and management reporting requirements. - Real-Time Data Access: Provides immediate access to financial data for analytical reporting and decision-making. - Audit and Compliance: Ensures compliance with standards such as IFRS, FASB, Basel II, and Sarbanes-Oxley, with full audit trails to satisfy external and internal auditors. - User-Friendly Interface: Designed for finance professionals, allowing them to manage the system independently without extensive IT involvement. - Integration Capabilities: Seamlessly integrates with other IBM solutions, including IBM Planning Analytics, to support forward-looking performance management. Primary Value and User Benefits: IBM Cognos Controller addresses the challenges of financial consolidation by automating complex processes, thereby reducing manual errors and accelerating the financial close cycle. It empowers finance teams to focus on strategic analysis rather than time-consuming data collection and reconciliation tasks. The solution's compliance with various accounting standards and its robust audit capabilities provide organizations with confidence in their financial reporting, enhancing credibility with stakeholders and regulatory bodies. By offering a centralized, controlled, and compliant environment, Cognos Controller enables organizations to achieve greater efficiency, accuracy, and insight in their financial operations. ## IBM Cognos Controller Reviews ### 1. Accounting analysis in the Controller **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Fabiano C. | Financial consultant, Consulting, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 20, 2025 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** IBM Controller offers easy integration with Planning Analytics and provides numerous features for creating financial and accounting reports. I use the application frequently, and whenever I encounter an issue, I have quick and easy access to IBM support. I’ve implemented it several times without difficulty. From my experience, I understand that it is an easy-to-use application. **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** Some features of excel-link and client controller **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** Construction of performance accounting reports ### 2. Consolidation gets easier **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rajesh J. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 23, 2023 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** Link the TB to COGNOS grouping and get going. Enter the date with all the assumptions / actual parameters and your consolidated financial statement is ready to serve to auditors for audit. **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** Struggle to take out the Consolidated Cash Flow for various companies in various countries operating in various currencies. There are some errors always thrown and staruggle starts to match them. **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** The benefit is being robust and cloud based. This can be accessed from anywhere in the world and multiple controllers can work and enter the data simultaneously. Unique login makes it more like accountability lies on the person who enters the data. In case any mistake, the detection is easy. ### 3. CC defines a new way to control the close, consolidated reporting process, its a must have **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Brijendra C. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 01, 2023 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** Independence from IT leads to faster work and more structured way to define and execute tasks **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** It was slower, in its earlier build, but with updates, it has improved a lot, **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** Timely closure of financial cycles ### 4. Pretty good budgeting and forecasting tool **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Oil & Energy | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 03, 2019 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** Multiple roles with various right steps Integration with excel and SAP softwares Easy user interface Administrator role can be performed by finance team member, not IT **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** Lack of shiny colors. Interface used to be black, grey and white (when I used to work on it back in 2012-2015). You wish to have some colors while scratching numbers and aligning budget. The layout on the screen for changing the properties of a report is overwhelming. It's hard to remember where certain properties live. Ease of overwriting all data in the cubes - think it should be limited, or somehow warning the user, before the trouble is done **Recommendations to others considering IBM Cognos Controller:** Just go for it! At the beginning it will take quite an effort to set-up things and it is very important to devote this time and make in properly installed and running. However, once done, you will love financial controlling! **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** Budgeting Control over expenses Analysis Quick forecasting No need to store all data in excel ### 5. Not much experience, but seems to be a solid tool **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 11, 2019 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** Definitely the quality of functionality - I assisted with a financial operation in which this tool was used. We primarily looked at this tool as part of a trade study for a short term intern project and ended up using it to generate mock reports for management. The reports were detailed enough that management decided to continue using the tool. **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** Definitely not the most user-friendly product- most tools used for financial report generation are not. Generally, having prior experience in these kinds of tools helps but for a first time user not in the finance field, it was not easy. **Recommendations to others considering IBM Cognos Controller:** Definitely read through documentation and watch tutorials before using the tool. **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** We used to IBM Cognos Controller to generate financial reports for management - the reports are detailed and the tool is versatile enough that it continued being used after the project EOL. We created scripts to parse information from the reports and feed it to a dashboard. ### 6. Very Easy to use and store information **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dan O. | Analyst, Corporate & Investment Bank, Banking, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 17, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** Cognos is one of the best tools that our team uses on a daily basis. I would highly, highly recommend to anyone! **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** System is going through a lot of updates and changes, and that can cause some delays **Recommendations to others considering IBM Cognos Controller:** Make sure to work closely with admin for smooth imp. **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** It allows us to quickly and efficiently look at our data and see what areas we need to look out ### 7. Good Product for Analytics **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Neha S. | Performance Test Lead, Financial Services, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 21, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** Easy GUI and robust customization along with flexible reporting. Good customer support practices and easy to navigate support. Sales team is pleasure to work with. I like how you can configure your own home page and have your personal views and can save your views as well. **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** Clutter icons on toolbar and coloring plus fonts. Dashboard based reporting could be improved and exporting of data needs improvement. The screen also needs better design so that users feel less stressed while using it and should be able to change toolbar buttons and dashboards. We also think it can do better by having settings button on the home page itself. **Recommendations to others considering IBM Cognos Controller:** Good product with robust configuration capabilities **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** We have increased revenue by 10M by targeting customers due to good data mining and reporting. We also have folks who target base by data driven decisions making. This helps company in making better informed decisions and improve top line and bottom line both. We are planning to do lot more with IBM and plan to rol this our at other sites and to more users so that profitability can be improved ### 8. Get the best software to analyze and update your plan. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** john n. | Manager, Real Estate, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 15, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** It is easy to use. Data can easily be transformed that eases the reporting process. It has a friendly user interface which allows even those implementing it for the first time to have an easy time. **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** I like everything about IBM. However, it can hardly process structured data directly. If you are using another software, the costs of switching might also be high. **Recommendations to others considering IBM Cognos Controller:** IBM Cognos Controller is a software which allows the integration of Microsoft excel. It therefore makes it easy especially to those familiar with excel sheets. It has a friendly user interface and headed to the right direction. I can therefore recommend it for companies of all levels. It also allows you to do a step by step analysis giving you results at every stage whether working with groups or otherwise. **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** It has been enabling me to edit values directly in an exploration sheet. It also makes it possible to distribute numeric values through data spreading in leaf cells. It is also possible to view and add comments in cells. It has thus been enabling to give some explanation on the varying data and values in a spread sheet. I am not in a position to provide screenshots since I use it with my office computer and I am on leave. ### 9. Risk Analyst **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 20, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** This software is an affordable cloud based solution to a lot of key business which makes it stand out amongst other software's and creates competition. I love the features in software and it really helps when viewing data and visibility wise. Great for financial analysis and solution base. **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** The only part that I dislike is that the layout can be more tech friendly. Most cloud based soft wares have a similar kind of layout which makes it very dull for the user. Along with this, there can be additional features that can be added to help users with their analysis. **Recommendations to others considering IBM Cognos Controller:** I suggest changing the layout for users and adding more functions that can help in terms of modeling risks and heavy analysis work. **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** The business problems that I am solving through this software deals with working with data in general in terms of loss data. I am able to view trends depicted through graphs and through other metrics in this software which helps the business out in terms of focusing on solution base work. ### 10. Purchasing Manager **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** sonia o. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 27, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** the ease of it being a cloud based item- its a great feature **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** I have not used it long enough to see any significant negatives. For me I need several months to figure out its issues. **Recommendations to others considering IBM Cognos Controller:** Its worth giving it a try but I would recommend a use of appproximately 6 months in order to determine if it is the right product for this industry. A few weeks isnt enough to determine and it is a very large investment so we want to make sure it is perfect **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have been using it mainly for my accounting, more specifically in order to track cost savings if any ### 11. Efficient software **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Amreen C. | Financial Budget Analyst, Defense & Space, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 20, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** This software gets the job done! Easy to switch between budgets and use for forecasting purposes. **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** Initially, it wasn’t so user friendly. Took longer training that I hoped but it’s a less of a headache than the last software we were using **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am working in business management and doing budget analysis to make sure we are funded for all our networks. IBC Cognos Controller gives me the benefit of doing all that outside of excel. All the formulas i previously had to create are not needed with this software. I am able to keep track of the budgets and forecasts. ### 12. Great product, does not seem to be getting the investment in needs. **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 11, 2019 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** This is a great purpose built application that makes financial consolidation a snap for the smallest and largest of organizations. **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** I wish IBM would recognize the strategic importance of this product in its analytics portfolio. PLease give us a cloud version of the product. **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** Financial reporting, consolidation, intercompany eliminations, topside financial entries, budget to actual reporting. ### 13. Cognos **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 12, 2019 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** The tools were intuitive and current with business financial management requirements. **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** We went to a very low level of detail which translated into a lot of additional effort with a lesser return in value. We should have paid more attention to this. **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** Reporting and deployment insights. ### 14. Amazing Review! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** L. Sean G. | Manager, Accounting, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 29, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** The ability and usability of the application! The application is amazing. **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** The technical support aspect is poor. The response time as well as the helpfulness of technical support is poor. **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** That works well with our VPN. It also is compatible with our Macs as well as our windows products. My company switched to Congos from a lesser product. We are very pleased with the software. ### 15. Cognos Review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Clint N. | Associate Mission Assurance Engineer, Defense & Space, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 17, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** The system works very well for report gathering and connecting with other commuter systems. The format is user friendly, but could use improvements. **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** The layout of the system seems to be a little dated and could use an upgrade in that regard. I’ve always thought this would be a good improvement. **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** Report gathering and combining from other systems ### 16. Financial Results, Simplified **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 28, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** The ability to quickly and accurately produce quarterly financial results. **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** Slow interface at times, results can take time to calculate given large sets of data used on an enterprise level. **Recommendations to others considering IBM Cognos Controller:** Make sure that the product fits your company's needs as I feel it is best suited for large-scale implementations at large firms/corporations. **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** Market-wide financial results month over month and quarter over quarter are easier to compile and present. Since our market covers most of Florida, it's very important to have a system that can quickly compile results. ### 17. Databases that work for you! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 05, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** I like the fact that I can easily query tables to find the data that I want to report out the data into an excel format, for example **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** I dislike the server bounce time that can be too lengthy if you are pulling a lot of data **Recommendations to others considering IBM Cognos Controller:** I definitely recommend that you get a demo from the company. They are always willing to come onsite to help you out **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use it in our risk reports to report BAU metrics ### 18. IBM Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** pamela s. | Manager, Contract Administration, Defense & Space, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 27, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** The application is easy to use and is integrated with other applications within our system **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** It would be great if it was available offline. **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** Financial management reports ### 19. Finance, automated. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 21, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** How easily it allows us to deliver quarterly financial results for our market. We are able to utilize the technology to provide our market executives clear and concise data. **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** The interface takes time to learn and training is time consuming. **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are solving connectivity issues with different parts of the firm. We are able to consolidate data from many area using one platform. ### 20. Decent product **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 28, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** It just works. We got it installed with our systems and the number of incidents we’ve had dropped to zero. The pricings are always on time and correct in our systems now. **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** It was challenging in terms of selling it to the business when it came to cost **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** The reports we had trouble running on in-house software. ### 21. cognos **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 24, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** they provide better features for clearing cache and different ways of running the reports. we do use cognos sdk which is +1 **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** well the support part of it they do provide but any resolution would cost us **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** we are trying to publish the reports using essbase and cognos and these report are used by senior manager for analysis ### 22. works well **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 25, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** This is a good reporting package, its very helpful for reporting sales analytics. **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** The IBM help staff can be a little slow, there is always too much down time. **Recommendations to others considering IBM Cognos Controller:** Works well for sales compensation and other analytical uses. **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** Use it for sales analytics and sales compensation. I focus on adjusting the sales compensation of our sales team. ### 23. Good but could be improved **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Real Estate | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 26, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** The ability to share information with colleagues **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** Glitches and crashes sometimes during meetings **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** Data analysis, presenting ### 24. Cognos: simple and user friendly **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jackie Q. | Sr. Account Director - Chevrolet Retail, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 24, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** Cognos was very easy to learn. The set up team were extremely helpful and always answered my questions very quickly. **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** There are a few items that I felt could have been more user friendly. For example, I need to double click on items rather than clicking once to open. It's really a minor issue though now that I'm used to the tools. **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** Cognos has been instrumental in quickly viewing different budgets across various accounts. With one click, spend in categories can be determined on a monthly basis. ### 25. Cognos is a solid tool **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Writing and Editing | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 28, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** It has the ability to capture and report financial data so that we can answer the business' questions. The tool is intuitive, which is helpful for newer users. **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** Takes time to set up the database but is awesome after going live. **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** Flexibility and speed of reporting ### 26. Efficient financial reporting program **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 22, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** Accelerates close and reporting for our financials with IT support and help where needed **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** It took a while to get used to the new system and figure out the perks, but will be much easier going forward **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** Creates good metrics and financial reports at the end of the period ### 27. Latency issues are very common. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 25, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** I think the user interface is very user friendly and easy to navigate. **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** The system is very slow, latency problems are very common. **Recommendations to others considering IBM Cognos Controller:** I would recommend using Cognos just be aware of the system latency issues. **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** The ability to identify the true identity of transactions. ### 28. Can be a bit more user friendly **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 21, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** The data process ability. I can easily slice and dice and get the most valuable information I like to get **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** User interface , not very intuitive in terms of navigating the settings controls etc. **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** Consolidated risk positions ### 29. Associate in Product Control **Rating:** 1.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 21, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** User experience was seamless, just sometimes takes a while to load **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** Promoting you to log in a lot; times out wuicjly **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** Accounting and finance for commodities business; understanding root cause analysis ### 30. B **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 20, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** The ability to pull data and reports without a tech background **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** There is nothing i don’t teuly diLike. Perhaps making it easier to understand during first use **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** Solving inaccurate reporting ### 31. Top quality controller from IBM **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 20, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** It’s incredibly easy to work with and it’s user friendly **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** It could be lighter, I feel there a re a lot of feature many don’t use **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** Logistics ### 32. IBM Cognos 10 **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Insurance | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 10, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** Being able to run reports in a timely manner for upper level manager. **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** How long it takes to build a report from scratch. **Recommendations to others considering IBM Cognos Controller:** I would try the system out before using it. The look of the system is a little outdated for where technology is going. **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** Problem I am solving is making sure the financials that are in the FDW match what business units are showing on their books. How easy it is to compare data. ### 33. All in One **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospital & Health Care | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 19, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** I love that we have the ability to ensure accurate data and reconciliation of our finances and have reduced the amount of errors. **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** We are still in the honeymoon phase but no issues yet. **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** Much more accurate data and we can control the whole process in one system. ### 34. Best software for creating management reports **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 14, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** The software let’s you create financial and management reports, and provide the CFO with an enterprise view of key ratios and metrics. **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** Overall there is not much to dislike about the software **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is flexible and easy to implement financial models to support the business. ### 35. Cognos **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Insurance | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 21, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** What I like best is the detail of the reports. I also like that the reports come out very professional. **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** What I dislike is that the display keys are hard to get to. **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** Pulling premium, loss and expenses out of the financial data warehouse. A benefit is the accuracy of the data. ### 36. Great when working properly **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Banking | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 15, 2018 **What do you like best about IBM Cognos Controller?** Extremely easy to pull reports and data, makes financial close simple and efficient **What do you dislike about IBM Cognos Controller?** Periods where it is unusable with no help from IBM teams **What problems is IBM Cognos Controller solving and how is that benefiting you?** Great tool for storing and reporting on compensation data ## IBM Cognos Controller Discussions - [What is IBM Cognos Controller used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-ibm-cognos-controller-used-for) - [Capital is not displayed for foreign currency entities](https://www.g2.com/discussions/capital-is-not-displayed-for-foreign-currency-entities) - 1 upvote - [View IBM Cognos Controller pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-cognos-controller/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-06-04+05%3A44%3A36+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=ee9cd07a-22b7-40c0-8968-c6af57e306c4&secure%5Btoken%5D=ba6aa15bee7b87aa079575d7fa302687a23b37701385a240da788597657357d2&format=llm_user) ## IBM Cognos Controller Integrations - [SQL Server 2019](https://www.g2.com/products/sql-server-2019/reviews) ## IBM Cognos Controller Features **Reconciliation** - Consolidation - Management **Agentic AI - Accounting & Finance** - Autonomous Task Execution **Reporting** - Report Types - Standard - Custom **Closing Process** - Audit - Journal Entries - Distribution **AI - Financial Close** - Autonomous Task Execution - Compliance - Reconciliation - Data Collection - Analysis ## Top IBM Cognos Controller Alternatives - [BlackLine Financial Close Management](https://www.g2.com/products/blackline-blackline-financial-close-management/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (1,050 reviews) - [Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-financial-consolidation-and-close/reviews) - 4.0/5.0 (33 reviews) - [SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC)](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-business-planning-and-consolidation-bpc/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (84 reviews)