Alteryx Designer vs SSIS comparison

Alteryx and Microsoft are both solutions in the Data Integration category. Alteryx is ranked #12 with an average rating of 7.6, while Microsoft is ranked #4 with an average rating of 7.7. Alteryx holds a 2.8% mindshare in DI, compared to Microsoft’s 7.9% mindshare. Additionally, 89% of Alteryx users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 79% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

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89% willing to recommend

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79% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

SSIS and Alteryx Designer are competitive data integration and analytics tools. Alteryx Designer tends to have the upper hand due to its intuitive drag-and-drop features and versatility, offering enhanced data processing capabilities.

Features: SSIS provides reliable ETL capabilities, integration with SQL Server, and options for data warehousing. It is known for seamless performance within Microsoft environments. Alteryx Designer offers advanced data blending, analytics, and user-friendly interfaces ideal for business analysts, making it versatile for diverse data operations.

Room for Improvement: SSIS could enhance its user-friendly interfaces and broaden its non-Microsoft compatibility. It might also benefit from more advanced data analytics features. Alteryx Designer could improve by reducing its initial licensing costs, enhancing its scalability features, and enriching its training resources for deeper learning capabilities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SSIS requires technical expertise for deployment, benefiting from Microsoft's ecosystem integration. Alteryx Designer offers easy installation and minimal technical barriers, supported by responsive customer service, which facilitates a smooth user experience for non-technical users.

Pricing and ROI: SSIS is cost-effective, especially when used with Microsoft tools, providing solid ROI. Alteryx Designer, despite its higher initial costs, delivers substantial ROI through improved process efficiency and its comprehensive data handling capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

Alteryx Designer

Ranking in Data Integration

12th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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SSIS

Ranking in Data Integration

4th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Alteryx Designer is 2.8%, down from 3.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SSIS is 7.9%, down from 8.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Ajay Nayak

Senior Data Engineer at Baxter International Inc.

An easy-to-use automation solution with satisfying customer support

Sometimes, while getting data from a third-party product, like data sources that are not present in your system, Alteryx works a bit slowly. Even if you have a good configuration and you are pulling data from an SQL server like SAP, then the solution also has a slow work process. It shouldn't be that much slow if you are pulling ten thousand records, it should not take thirty minutes.

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BobAmy

Sr. Architect - Data warehousing & BI at Molina Healthcare, Inc.

Robust and does a good job of handling overload conditions

We purchase an add-on called task factory primarily to allow bulk delete, update, and upsert capability. I'd like to see this be part of the standard package. I believe there are ways to build a model and set variables so that it can be a generic process. In my next system, I would like to have a generic process that would handle all the logging and processing in a model that can be modified and enhanced as the need for a better process, or different statistics to be logged is discovered. I'd want this in a way that the model can be changed and all the processes, with their unique parameters, could all be changed with the model upgraded. I believe they should add some features that help to create the code using a model. This would allow for continuous improvement of the model uses and easy replication of all the different programs that use the model.

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The product is intuitive and easy to use."

"When you open a raw Excel file, it can be hard to look at everything in detail. Alteryx makes it much easier to go through the data, summarize it, and use different tools for analysis."

"Alteryx Designer is stable."

"It has an easy setup process."

"Workflow automation, in general, is valuable."

"The functionality of drag and drop is the most valuable. It is a very user-friendly tool that can be understood easily. My teams also work with other solutions, such as Integration Services, and these solutions are very difficult for people who don't have technical knowledge."

"Alteryx Designer's best features are that it's easy to use and performs well."

"The main valuable aspect is the simplicity of use across all features."

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"Its compatibility with Microsoft products has been very valuable to our company. It fits well within the architecture."

"The debugging capabilities are great, particularly during data flow execution. You can look into the data and see what's going on in the pipeline."

"SSIS is an easy way to do data integration from various data sources. It doesn't matter whether it's a database, flat files, XML, or Web API. It can talk to the and join them all together."

"The most valuable feature of SSIS is that it can handle real complex transformations."

"The most valuable thing is that it is easy to connect with Microsoft tools. In Europe, particularly in France, a lot of companies use Excel, SQL Server, and other Microsoft tools, and it is easier to connect SSIS with Microsoft tools than other products."

"The most valuable features for our company are the flexibility and the quick turn around time in producing simple ETL solutions."

"The initial setup of this solution is very straightforward."

"SSIS is easy to use."

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Cons

"The only thing is sometimes it can be a bit slow."

"I would like to be able to include small snippets of code inside of the solution. The tool has only drag-and-drop features to make it easy to use, but sometimes I feel like this makes it more complicated."

"Alteryx Designer overall should be easier to use."

"Optimizing processing times is one area I would like to see improved in Alteryx Designer. Sometimes, the workflows take an extremely long time to run. There are days when I have had to wait two to three hours for a single process to complete. There needs to be a functionality to split the processes."

"The actual usage part of it needs to be explained more. It's too vague right now."

"Alteryx's data science and machine learning capabilities are where it loses out to DataIQ."

"For smaller clients with ten to 15 employees, Alteryx can be expensive."

"For smaller clients with ten to 15 employees, Alteryx can be expensive. The server capabilities are costly too. The technical support could also improve by being quicker in response times."

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"The creation of the measure in the DAC's model could be improved."

"Sometimes, there are compatibility issues with some features. From time to time, I also face issues when trying to migrate. If I misconfigure things when I use Snapshot, the migration will fail.It can take a long time to migrate huge amounts of data, so it would be nice if that could be faster."

"SSIS is not stable."

"At one point, we did have to purchase an add-on."

"SSIS is stable, but extensive ETL data processing can have some performance issues."

"I have a tool called ZappySys. I need that tool to cut down on the complexity of SSIS. That tool really helps with a quick turnaround. I can do things quickly, and I can do things accurately. I can get better reporting on errors."

"Integration and the user interface are areas with certain shortcomings that require some improvements."

"I would like to see more standard components out of the box, such as SFTP, and Data Compression components."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the product's pricing a two to three out of ten."

"I rate the price of Alteryx Designer as a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is extremely expensive, and ten is a highly cheap product."

"It is too expensive for our country. We are a small country, so it is too difficult to sell this solution. With Alteryx Designer, if you want to automate the data and run the flows, you have to pay more money. We were trying to automate the flows, and we found out that people have to pay 600 more for this feature, which makes it even more expensive. We are a partner for Tableau, and we are working with Tableau Prep, which is like a mini Alteryx. In Tableau Prep, you can drag and drop and make new connections with the different data sources. You can make all the connections. You can also publish a source. You don't have to pay more money with Tableau. You pay like $5 per user per month to access it."

"I rate the price of Alteryx Designer a ten on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."

"I rate Alteryx Designer a six out of ten for pricing."

"Alteryx is a little bit expensive compared to competing solutions."

"The solution is expensive. It has license fees, which are renewable every year."

"Each license is something like $4,000."

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"My advice is to look at what your configuration will be because most companies have their own deals with Microsoft."

"Based on my experience and understanding, Talend comes out to be a little bit expensive as compared to SSIS. The average cost of having Talend with Talend Management Console is around 72K per region, which is much higher than SSIS. SSIS works very well with Microsoft technologies, and if you have Microsoft technologies, it is not really expensive to have SSIS. If you have SQL Server, SSIS is free."

"We have an enterprise license for this solution."

"People have to opt for a perpetual-based licensing model."

"SSIS is a cheaper option compared to the cost of other ETL tools."

"t's incredibly cost effective, easy to learn the basics quickly (although like all ETL tools requires the traditional learning curve to get good at) and has an immense user base."

"I'm not involved in licensing details, but SSIS provides value to our organization by simplifying data management tasks."

"The solution is economical. You don't have to worry about the pricing as long as you're installing both services on the same server."

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Feb 20, 2014

Informatica PowerCenter vs. Microsoft SSIS - each technology has its advantages but also have similarities

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Alteryx Designer?

When you open a raw Excel file, it can be hard to look at everything in detail. Alteryx makes it much easier to go through the data, summarize it, and use different tools for analysis.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Alteryx Designer?

It's cheaper than Palantir, but even Alteryx is too much for small clients. It is expensive, considering the server capabilities.

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What needs improvement with Alteryx Designer?

For smaller clients with ten to 15 employees, Alteryx can be expensive. The server capabilities are costly too. The technical support could also improve by being quicker in response times.

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Which is better - SSIS or Informatica PowerCenter?

SSIS PowerPack is a group of drag and drop connectors for Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services, commonly called SSIS. The collection helps organizations boost productivity with code-free compo...

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What do you like most about SSIS?

The product's deployment phase is easy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SSIS?

The solution comes free of cost.

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Alteryx

SSIS is a versatile tool for data integration tasks like ETL processes, data migration, and real-time data processing. Users appreciate its ease of use, data transformation tools, scheduling capabilities, and extensive connectivity options. It enhances productivity and efficiency within organizations by streamlining data-related processes and improving data quality and consistency.

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