Alteryx can be used to speed up or automate your business processes and enables geospatial and predictive solutions. Its platform helps organizations answer business questions quickly and efficiently, and can be used as a major building block in a digital transformation or automation initiative. With Alteryx, you can build processes in a more efficient, repeatable, and less error-prone way. Unlike other tools, Alteryx is easy to use without an IT background. The platform is very robust and can be used in virtually any industry or functional area.
The most valuable features of Alteryx are its low-code platform, fast data processing capabilities, ease of development and deployment, stand-alone version, unlimited handling capabilities, ability to present clean data in a structured form, drag-and-drop functionality, and ready-to-use analytics module.
Users appreciate the visual data pipeline tracking, stability, ease of use without coding, ability to merge data from different sources, ability to make notes on workflows, clear visibility of data transformation, fast filtering and search tools, usefulness of macros, optimization of data processing, ability to handle various data sources, ability to handle large data volumes, and data transformation capabilities.
Some areas for improvement on Alteryx include better organization and documentation of workflows the ability for multiple professionals to work on one workflow simultaneously, browsing multiple files in the gallery, increasing the capacity of the Download Tool for pushing large datasets, enhancing connectors to improve functionality and maintenance, improving performance and optimization for database connectivity, and simplifying the user interface for easier usability.
Users would like to see the product providing more options for cloud integration and visualization, improving reporting capabilities, expanding In-DB connectivity options, enhancing data science features and components, improving data integration and scalability, developing a cloud-based development environment, integrating tailor-made algorithmic code, enhancing data visualization and filtering, improving documentation and technical support, addressing pricing concerns, and adding tools for image processing.
Users have experienced a positive return on investment (ROI) with Alteryx. They have seen excellent ROI and have witnessed a reduction in time and effort required for tasks.
The pricing for Alteryx is generally considered to be expensive. Some users suggest that if Alteryx could reduce the price for students and younger professionals, it would help promote the solution to a wider audience. Despite the high cost, many users believe that Alteryx is worth the price and offers valuable capabilities.
The primary use case of Alteryx is for tax automation, specifically for pulling data from different ERPs, transforming it, performing data validations, and generating tax returns and valuation outputs. It is also used for transforming data to generate reports for data analysis and predicting customer behavior.
Alteryx is used for data ETL, customer segmentation, data preparation, data blending, and merging multiple data sets from various sources. It is utilized for data cleaning, data handling, and data modeling, as well as for connecting to different data sources and preparing reports or extracts for visualization in other tools.
Alteryx is also used for financial projections, the amalgamation of big data, analytics deployment, and solving problems for customers in various industries such as supply chain and finance.
The technical support provided by Alteryx is considered good and professional, although not always quick. There is a helpful online community where users can search for answers to their questions. Some users have a dedicated SME assigned by Alteryx for support, while others have not needed to connect with tech support due to the stability of the platform.
Users find the initial setup of Alteryx to be easy and straightforward. Deploying the solution on a gallery typically takes around five to ten minutes, with most of the time used to ensure correct dependencies are saved.
The implementation process is not considered a big challenge, and the drag-and-drop menus and icons make it easy to learn and become familiar with the tool.
However, some users have mentioned that setting up Alteryx for enterprise use can be more complex, particularly in terms of license management and control over user access.
Alteryx is highly scalable and can handle a large number of transactions and data sets. It has been successfully used by organizations with varying numbers of users, ranging from 15 to 2000 globally.
Adding more hardware, such as CPUs and memory, can further enhance the scalability of the solution. However, the pricing model of Alteryx can be a hindrance to scaling for some organizations. Despite this, the solution has been found to be scalable and works well on multiple platforms.
Alteryx is generally stable and reliable. Users have not faced any major problems or challenges with stability. The cloud environment is also described as stable, with no bugs or glitches. However, there may be some stability issues with the server environment, particularly when running flows.
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Alteryx Features Include:
Some of the most valuable Alteryx features include:
Scalability, stability, flexibility, fast performance, no-code analytics, data processing, business logic wrapping, scheduling, ease of use, data blending from different platforms, geo-referencing, good customization capabilities, drag and drop functionality, intuitive user interface, connectors, machine learning, macros, simple GUI, integration with Python, good data transformation, good documentation, multiple database merging, and easy deployment.
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Alteryx Benefits
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Reviews from Real Users
"Automation is the most valuable aspect for us. The ability to wrap business logic around the data is very helpful." - Theresa M., Senior Capacity Planner at a financial services firm
"Alteryx has made us more agile and increased the speed and effectiveness of decision making." - Richard F., Director, Digital Experience & Media at Qdoba Restaurant Corporation
"The scheduling feature for the automation is excellent." - Data Analytics Engineer at a tech services company
"The product is very stable and super fast, five-star. It's significantly more stable than its nearest competitor." - Director at a non-tech company
“A complete solution with very good user experience and a nice user interface.” - Solutions Consultant at a tech services company
"There are a lot of good customization capabilities." - Advance Analytics PO at a pharma/biotech company
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