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IBM Cognos Controller Reviews

Vendor: IBM
3.8 out of 5
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What is IBM Cognos Controller?

IBM Cognos Controller supports the close, consolidation and reporting process with the agility and affordability of a cloud-based solution. It enables finance teams to automate and accelerate the financial close with minimal IT support. It also helps finance teams deliver financial results, create informative financial and management reports and provide the chief financial officer (CFO) with an enterprise view of key financial ratios and metrics.

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IBM Cognos Controller is the #10 ranked solution in top Financial Close Software. PeerSpot users give IBM Cognos Controller an average rating of 7.6 out of 10. IBM Cognos Controller is most commonly compared to CCH Tagetik: IBM Cognos Controller vs CCH Tagetik.
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Financial Close Software
July 2025
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IBM Cognos Controller mindshare

As of August 2025, the mindshare of IBM Cognos Controller in the Financial Close Software category stands at 2.5%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Financial Close Software Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
IBM Cognos Controller2.5%
BlackLine20.0%
Cadency by Trintech10.0%
Other67.5%
Financial Close Software
 
 
Key learnings from peers

Valuable Features

  • "The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is a properly working solution... The functionalities and package offered by the product seem to be the right fit for our company."
  • "If there's already a scheduled report and we want a subset of that report, that can also be created. So we do not have to schedule a new report or create a new subscription for that. At this rate, we can create a subset out of one report itself."

Room for Improvement

  • "IFRS 16 functionality is something that is not embedded in IBM Cognos Controller."
  • "IBM should work on a little flexibility and user-friendliness, in the current interface. It looks very rigid and hard to read. We need to give flexibility to the user in the current situation."

Pricing

  • "The product is expensive, but compared to its other alternatives in the market, I feel that IBM Cognos Controller is a reasonably priced tool."
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IBM Cognos Controller Reviews Summary
Author infoRatingReview Summary
Group Controller at Eleda Group4.0I use IBM Cognos Controller for reporting and group consolidation. Its functionality fits my company's needs, although I wish it supported IFRS 16 and was web-based. Despite this, it's a valuable solution, preferable to Excel and worth its cost.
Project Manager at a recruiting/HR firm with 10,001+ employees3.5No summary available