We have multiple use cases, but the most typical use case is to clean the data and use it for reporting.
Team Lead- Supply Chain Advisory, New Energies at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Good price and data transformation capability, but slows down a bit while ingesting a large file
Pros and Cons
- "The data transformation feature is the most valuable. The ability to ingest data, visualize data, and transform that data is useful."
- "Sometimes, there are performance constraints. Especially when a large file has to be ingested, the system slows down a bit. Its performance is the only thing that can be improved."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The data transformation feature is the most valuable. The ability to ingest data, visualize data, and transform that data is useful.
What needs improvement?
Sometimes, there are performance constraints. Especially when a large file has to be ingested, the system slows down a bit. Its performance is the only thing that can be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for just two years.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate it an eight out of ten in terms of stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's able to scale. We currently have a lot of users who use this solution.
How are customer service and support?
We had a good experience with them. We are happy. I would rate them a four out of five.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
It's simple.
What about the implementation team?
We did it on our own.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It has a good price.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I would rate it a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Senior Manager, Data Science and AI / ML Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Helpful support, beneficial intelligence suite, and reliable
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of Alteryx is the intelligence suite."
- "Alteryx can improve the model management and deployment processing of large workloads."
What is our primary use case?
We are using Alteryx mostly for mission learning, forecasting, and predictive modeling use cases.
How has it helped my organization?
Alteryx has improved our organization because it provides an easy way to build machine learning models as well as to do citizen data science work.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Alteryx is the intelligence suite.
What needs improvement?
Alteryx can improve the model management and deployment processing of large workloads.
In a future release, there should be more cloud integration with GCP. The ability to connect to GCP components as well as deploy things on the cloud would be beneficial.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Alteryx for approximately four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Alteryx is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have found Alteryx scalable in our usage, when we increase users we will see how it can adjust.
We have approximately 100 people using this solution in my organization. The users are from different departments, such as financial analysts, data scientists, and data analysts. We are using the solution extensively and plan to keep using it.
How are customer service and support?
Alteryx support is good.
I rate the support from Alteryx a four out of five.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have not used other solutions in the same category in the company I work for.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of Alteryx was straightforward. The full deployment took approximately three days to a week.
What about the implementation team?
We did the implementation of Alteryx in-house. We have three to five people for the maintenance and deployment of the solution.
What was our ROI?
To my knowledge, we haven't quantified, the return on investment, but we have seen a return on investment.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to others is that the solution has a lot of room for expansion and they should get going on a couple of use cases, even if they are small automation use cases, and then build from there. You can always build in machine learning and more sophisticated use cases as you go along.
I rate Alteryx an eight out of ten.
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On-premises
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Professor Adjunct at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees
It saves time on a lot projects
Pros and Cons
- "It saves time on a lot projects. "
- "The analytics are easy."
- "In the database, it should be more functional and connect to more big data, especially using IPI."
What is our primary use case?
- Data integration
- Automation
- Data analytics
How has it helped my organization?
It saves time on a lot projects.
What is most valuable?
The analytics are easy.
What needs improvement?
In the database, it should be more functional and connect to more big data, especially using IPI.
For how long have I used the solution?
More than five years.
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Associate Solutions Analyst at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
I can pipe external data onto a server in a temporary table. This frees my machine up while the server does all the heavy lifting.
What is most valuable?
One of the most valuable features to me is its ability to take millions of rows of data, blend them with more millions of rows of data, then output the data set to a Tableau Data Extract (*.tde), which I would then use to build a dashboard in Tableau.
Another of its most valuable features gives me the ability to pipe external data onto a server in a temporary table. This frees my 16GB machine up while the server does all the heavy lifting. Blending data this way is faster, as a simple blend of a couple of million rows can take a minute or two. Also, because Alteryx can output to a *.tde, we are able to use it hand-in-hand with Tableau Server to develop data access solutions for our users.
How has it helped my organization?
Non-computer-savvy business users used to require periodic and ad-hoc reports to spot trends or so they could work with our customers on spend allocation. Some of these reports took days or weeks to compile. Alteryx allowed us to access all the data, blend it, and output it as a dashboard for the user to access any time they needed it. It took the strain off the reporting team and it gave the user a simple interface from which to work.
What needs improvement?
The company is constantly pushing updates and making the product more user friendly and faster. Although I have about seven months’ experience using it, I don’t feel like I’ve even scratched the surface on its capabilities. I haven’t used its spatial, data investigation, predictive/predictive grouping, market basket analysis, time series, demographic analysis, behavior analysis, or macro-building features.
If there's one thing that I would like improved, it's the in-database tools to function the same way as outside-database tools. For instance, if there is data that is being blended outside database with a join, there are nodes that you can select so you can see the data that didn't get joined. As you can see with the purple join
For how long have I used the solution?
I started using Alteryx in the beginning of January, 2016.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I did not you encounter any stability issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I did not you encounter any scalability issues.
How are customer service and technical support?
I haven’t had to use technical support, as far as actually speaking to people, but I have used Alteryx Community to find solutions to some of the challenges I faced. Alteryx Community has a great selection of training videos and documentation, and its users are posting more and more, which offers other users solutions without having to reach out to Alteryx representatives.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I did not previously use a different solution.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was straightforward. Another user in my department decided he wasn’t going to use Alteryx, so he transferred the license key to me. I downloaded the program and started using it.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It’s quite pricey for an Alteryx Designer license (~$5200 for a one-year subscription), but once you use the product, you won’t want to go back to whatever you were using before.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I did not evaluate other options.
What other advice do I have?
Before you download the 14-day trial, compile a list of processes that you want to improve. Once you start improving processes, you won’t want the trial to run out.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Solutions Sales and Design at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Data preparation that saves time, is reliable, and has the ability to connect to a variety of sources
Pros and Cons
- "The drag-and-drop features are useful for data scientists who do not like to code because it is already in the system."
- "All of the reports are migrated or exported in an Excel file, and most of the time, a business intelligence tool is required. They could have better reporting. The aesthetic could be improved."
What is our primary use case?
Alteryx is typically used for data preparation and blending. I have clients who use it for Special Analytics as well as Churn Analytics.
How has it helped my organization?
Everything was manual and repetitive. With Alteryx, instead of spending three hours preparing the reports, it will only take them two minutes because everything is connected to the database.
What is most valuable?
The drag-and-drop features are useful for data scientists who do not like to code because it is already in the system.
Alteryx has good prep and blend features, as well as the ability to connect to various sources.
What needs improvement?
My understanding is that they will include a visualization feature.
All of the reports are migrated or exported in an Excel file, and most of the time, a business intelligence tool is required.
They could have better reporting. The aesthetic could be improved.
We have limitations on the number of fields. It doesn't really get everything if we have to add more columns.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with Alteryx for four years.
We are working with the latest version.
We're working on both the design and the server version on-premise.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
So far Alteryx has been stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Alteryx is scalable. If you use the server, you simply add to the specifications based on the size of the data.
How are customer service and support?
I have not contacted Technical Support. I have a team of Alteryx experts, so we don't rely on other support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We are also working with the Designer Platforms for four years. It includes the Data Science features.
We were working with the most recent version.
I am familiar with many solutions.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is fine.
Prebuilt connectors are available, and you may need to create middleware, particularly for SharePoint. Most clients have it in either SharePoint or GoDrive which doesn't have a direct connector, we will have to create another one.
As long as you are connected to the source countryside, the tool itself doesn't require any special maintenance.
What was our ROI?
I have a lot of business use cases where the ROI is less than a year, and sometimes even in three months.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The designer version has a list price of $5,995 USD. The server version is even more expensive because it is only for collaboration. The designer license is needed to access the servers for collaboration, which in my opinion is expensive.
What other advice do I have?
We were an Alteryx partner.
In terms of Alteryx, we resell the solution to our clients. I do have a team that handles the implementation. I specifically look for clients and see if there are any other excuse use cases that we can do with them.
Be aware of it, there are several versions, and there is a free trial that they can use. Once they understand how to do everything you're doing in the system, it's very simple to transfer it to Alteryx.
I would rate Alteryx an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Consultant at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
User-friendly and straightforward implementation
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of Alteryx is user-friendliness."
- "The scalability worries me a lot at the moment because the cost of the solution is high and it is not growing considerably. Unfortunately, we started during early COVID times and because of the economic downturn, all the cost cuttings, and everything, it is not growing as expected."
What is our primary use case?
We have very similar use cases with Alyterx, Knime, and Trifecta. We are taking the data from disparate systems and transforming and making the data available for further visualization.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Alteryx is user-friendliness.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Alteryx for approximately one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
If the speed of the database increases when we are performing the jobs on the Alteryx server it is not giving me a lot of visibility on how I can improve the performance of the jobs. Alteryx product is fine, but the server is somewhat weak. The only desirable feature we can use is scheduling.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability worries me a lot at the moment because the cost of the solution is high and it is not growing considerably. Unfortunately, we started during early COVID times and because of the economic downturn, all the cost cuttings, and everything, it is not growing as expected.
How are customer service and support?
I would rate the technical support of Alteryx a six out of ten.
Recently the support has been facing attrition problems and we are experiencing a lot of wait time. I do not like the premium support service. We did not subscribe to the premium support because it would have increased the cost on our side.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have used Knime and Trifecta previously.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of Alteryx is straightforward. However, when we are setting it up for an enterprise it gives too much leeway for an end-user. For example, the license location, activation, and license management are not good. When we want to have some control over who is using the license, who is not using the license, there are some issues, we already informed Alteryx about it. We need better control over the whole process.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The cost of the solution could be reduced.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Alteryx an eight out of ten.
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Director at a non-tech company with 11-50 employees
Stable and very fast with good scalability options
Pros and Cons
- "The product is very stable and super fast, five-star. It's significantly more stable than it's nearest competitor."
- "The only area where the product lags is documentation and videos on the analytical app and the batch macro."
What is our primary use case?
Our clients buy the product license and then ask us to configure and set it up for them. We also provide training on product use and act as troubleshooters if customers have problems. The company has a 15-member team that provides training and consulting on multiple technologies.
We have clients who are from tax, audit, and automation. They also use Automation Anywhere and Robotic Process Automation Application.
There are three primary use cases for this product.
Firstly, we have a case study that involved lot of buy and sell transactions in Dubai (real estate). We wanted to create a model that takes up all the data sets that are frequently upgraded, and then be able to extract a ballpark transaction value based on multiple parameters. A big task was to sanitize the data including how to handle incomplete data sets.
Secondly, it is used to automate reconciliation of tax related system entries. For example, or for tax reconciliation such as a client in India where there is something similar to VAT called GST, a requirement to reconcile different transactions and make sure both party's accounting books match.
Finally, there is a case where you have your own accounting software such as SAP and it has to talk to another software application, which is not SAP compatible so we use Alteryx.
What is most valuable?
There's no single feature I can think of that stands out as being the most valuable, but we've worked on multiple areas such as analytical apps, especially to connect with Facebook, LinkedIn, and multiple other online data APIs. We also use batch macros to automate and repeat steps many times over. These two features help us a lot. They are slightly more advanced, so it's not for a regular user, but these are the areas where people ask for assistance.
What needs improvement?
I think the only area where the product lags is documentation and videos on the analytical app and the batch macro. We have learned the hard way, but I see people struggling there. Secondly, the tools for data science are not as user-friendly as KNIME.
Additional features that could be included would be improved documentation, more user-friendly data science, and the pricing should be more competitive.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been working with the product for 1.5 years. My team has been working with it for 3+ years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The product is very stable and super fast, also five-star. In fact, the reason people use Alteryx is that it's fast. It's significantly more stable than the nearest competitor.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Scalability is excellent, five-star.
How are customer service and technical support?
Technical support is very forthcoming in helping people out.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We use several solutions for our clients. The two main ones are Alteryx and KNIME. Probably 90% use Alteryx and 10% KNIME.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward.
What other advice do I have?
I would suggest that the decision to purchase the product should be based on a company's level of deployment. If it's for a process for a pharma company, which is a smaller enterprise. then I recommend starting with KNIME. As the data gets bigger, switch to Alteryx.
I think they should have a student version just like Tableau does. Not all the tools, but the basic top 10 or 15 tools. The reason I suggest this is because there's a huge need for Alteryx users, but because of its 14-day trial period, a lot of students cannot get a handle on it so a scaled-down light version would be good.
I would rate this product an 9 out of 10.
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Hi,
You can apply for a student license here: www.alteryx.com
Also, I want to mention the Community (community.alteryx.com), where you can find a lot of material about the product/s and Apps and batch macros that you mentioned).
Hope this helps.
Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Great performance and modelling features; very user friendly
Pros and Cons
- "The modeling features are very good."
- "There are a few imputation techniques which they really need to include."
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case is for ML related and deep learning related things like data cleaning and and then later we work on machine learning. I'm a business analyst and we are customers of Alteryx.
What is most valuable?
The modelling features are very good in Alteryx and better than what you'd find in open-source software. Python and R rule the market. Although Alteryx is a paid software, it is equally able to provide better performance without writing a single line of code. That's the USP of the software as such. It's very user friendly.
What needs improvement?
There are a few imputation techniques which they really need to include. Things you'd find in Python. And there are advanced techniques coming in every day there. Alteryx needs to update more quickly. There are also a few things from geospatial or updating perspectives that are still better in open-source software than what you find in Alteryx.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using this solution for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
In terms of stability, we haven't had glitches or issues with the software.
How are customer service and technical support?
I have had contact with technical support in license related things, but it's more community based where you can learn and resolve things if you have hiccups. If there are any issues, the technical support will resolve it for us. We have seven people in the company using this solution.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is not complex.
What other advice do I have?
I think Alteryx is a good software to work with. It's user-friendly and more accurate than other products in terms of the predictions and modelling.
I would rate this solution an eight out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Best part of the tool is in-db agreed... I wish in-database tool had three output nodes as well.