Difference between IBM Cognos and SAP Business Objects(BO)

COGNOS	BO
Divided into many tools like Analysis Studio, Query Studio, Report Studio	All in one package- Web Intelligence
Appropriate integration between all the tools	Many tools and no Proper Integration between Queries, Excessive.
Metadata is common to all tools, which offers performance and scalability	Flexible and Scalable
Separately Structured Interfaces	Integrated Dashboards
Very clear and service oriented Business Intelligence	Unclear BI future perspective because of too many tools
Can be done even with the basic End Users.	IT professionals needed for every change
Loss of Performance while scaling up the hardware	Performance is consistent while Scaling UP
No proper tool available to store the documents	Business Objects XI Info view is used to store the documents.
Customers feel Cognos is Complex	Customers complain BO is not fully Business Intelligence yet.
Impromptu is relatively weaker.	BO's adhoc reporting capability is superior
Cognos ROLAP Tools and MOLAP Cubes	BO is primarily ROLAP
Inbox drill through from one report to other	Time Consuming Drill Through feature
Learning is exhaustive because of many separate tools.	Learning is easy since many tools are merged.