Alteryx Designer vs Toad Data Point comparison

Alteryx and Quest Software are both solutions in the Data Integration category. Alteryx is ranked #11 with an average rating of 7.6, while Quest Software is ranked #29 with an average rating of 9.0. Alteryx holds a 2.6% mindshare in DI, compared to Quest Software’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 89% of Alteryx users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Quest Software users who would recommend it.

Alteryx Designer

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Toad Data Point and Alteryx Designer compete in the data preparation and analytics space. Alteryx Designer has an advantage due to its advanced features and versatility, despite its higher cost.

Features: Toad Data Point provides efficient data connectivity, query capabilities, and seamless interaction with various database environments. Alteryx Designer offers powerful data transformation, predictive analytics tools, and extensive data processing capabilities. Alteryx Designer is favored for its broader feature set, offering comprehensive solutions for complex data needs.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Toad Data Point ensures easy deployment with minimal technical intervention and offers robust customer support. Alteryx Designer, while more complex during deployment, provides strong customer service to facilitate the process and supports extensive scalability.

Pricing and ROI: Toad Data Point is noted for its lower setup costs, providing a cost-effective solution with significant ROI for budget-conscious businesses. Alteryx Designer requires a higher initial investment but offers substantial ROI due to superior data management and analytics capabilities, making the investment worthwhile according to many businesses.

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Alteryx Designer vs. Toad Data Point

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Categories and Ranking

Alteryx Designer

Ranking in Data Integration

11th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Toad Data Point

Ranking in Data Integration

29th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Preparation Tools (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Alteryx Designer is 2.6%, down from 3.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Toad Data Point is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Integration

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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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Aaron Payne

ERP Manager at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Offers power developers the tooling they need

I am not the end user of this solution. I am not close enough to it because I manage the platform that it runs against. The end users who use the Toad tool come against the database that my team manages, so it is hard for me to provide any area for improvement when it comes to the Toad tool. However, in the administration case, cost is a significant issue. The Mac license is incredibly expensive. It is 1,600 dollars each, which is more than the Windows version. Scalability is difficult when it is that costly.

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

Pros

"The most valuable features are the integrated properties and integrated connectivity."

"The solution's ability to hold a huge amount of data in its memory is significant."

"It helps them to create customized workflows, transform data, perform calculations, and consolidate multiple data sources into a target database."

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

"I have been using Alteryx Designer only for data modeling and data structuring."

"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."

"We use Alteryx Designer for analytics. It's quite helpful because once we set it up, we don't have to manually update or process data repeatedly. It saves time, especially for financial reporting, which is typically done monthly or quarterly. Once we set it up initially, we only need to make occasional updates if necessary."

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"One of the greatest features is that you can get data from anywhere to anywhere with Toad Data Point."

"The Connectivity and Connection Manager supports a broad number of connection types, and it is trivial for end-users to set up their own connections to sources."

"It provides better SQL development tooling than SQL Developer, which is not a sufficient tool for all development use cases. It offers power developers the tools they need."

"The most valuable features of Toad Data are you could write a parameterized query and it wouldn't error out, it would give you the parameters that you could input. The auto-formatting feature is useful because it was great for keeping your queries neat and understandable. The auto comment, and uncomment toggles that you could do were convenient."

"The best thing about it is its automation features."

"We love it."

"I have never experienced any issues with customer service."

"With Toad Data Point, I can automate most steps automatically."

Cons

"Its price can be improved. It is too expensive for our country. Because of its high price, we can't sell Alteryx Designer in this region. We used to be their reseller partner. There is also an additional cost for automating the data and running the flows, which makes it even more expensive. It will be very good if they can let users automate the data for free. Other solutions like Tableau provide this feature for free."

"The conditional join feature should be improved."

"If the price were reduced then it would be more competitive."

"Alteryx could move faster to create a cloud equivalent of the desktop version of Designer."

"We discontinued using Alteryx's data science studio because it was not very user-friendly."

"Based on my experience, the tool could be improved by providing sample reports or pre-configured workflows tailored to specific industries, like finance. It needs to integrate an AI chatbot as well."

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

"It would be simpler if they provided a component where you could simply enter some parameters and see the results."

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"Toad Data could improve by having additional features, such as query prediction. This could help someone who's not the strongest programmer. If the software could help them write queries correctly it would be very helpful, especially for small development teams or teams that lack the input skills necessary to write and program efficiently."

"I used their report writing a little bit, however, it could improve since it's not a really good report writer and it's a little clunky."

"The Mac license is incredibly expensive. It is 1,600 dollars each, which is more than the Windows version. Scalability is difficult when it is that costly."

"The Mac license is incredibly expensive. It is 1,600 dollars each, which is more than the Windows version."

"It's not user-friendly. Once you start using it, you eventually get to know the features."

"On the scheduling server, some scheduled reports just sit there and never execute for the first time. After manually executing the first time, they run with no issues."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool is priced high."

"The product is a bit expensive, it should be looked into."

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

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

"The pricing is bit expensive."

"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."

"Alteryx Designer is an expensive solution."

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"The Mac licenses are expensive, costing 1,600 dollars each. This is much higher than for the Windows version. I maintain a very limited number of licenses due to this cost."

"The price of Toad Data Point was approximately $500 annually."

"The cost of this product is reasonable."

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Educational Organization

24%

Financial Services Firm

16%

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Financial Services Firm

35%

Healthcare Company

12%

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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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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Toad Data Point?

The Mac licenses are expensive, costing 1,600 dollars each. This is much higher than for the Windows version. I maintain a very limited number of licenses due to this cost.

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What needs improvement with Toad Data Point?

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What is your primary use case for Toad Data Point?

We primarily use Toad Data Point for end users where SQL Developer does not provide sufficient tooling. Toad Data Point offers better SQL development tools compared to SQL Developer, making it the ...

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Toad Data Point is a cross-platform, self-service, data-integration tool that simplifies data access, preparation and provisioning. It provides nearly limitless data connectivity, desktop data integration, visual query building and workflow automation.

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