Alteryx Designer vs Zapier comparison

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We performed a comparison between Alteryx Designer and Zapier based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Alteryx Designer vs. Zapier Report (Updated: May 2023).

Alteryx Designer vs. Zapier

May 2023

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Categories and Ranking

Alteryx Designer

Average Rating

7.8

Number of Reviews

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Data Integration (11th)

Zapier

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

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Cloud Data Integration (9th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Data Integration and Access solutions, they serve different purposes. Alteryx Designer is designed for Data Integration and holds a mindshare of 3.3%, down 4.3% compared to last year.
Zapier, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud Data Integration, holds 2.1% mindshare, down 2.4% since last year.

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Ajay Nayak

Senior Data Engineer at Baxter International Inc.

Dec 28, 2023

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

With Alteryx, we mostly fetch data from SQL, SQL server databases, and SharePoint. Some team members were doing the task using Excel for a long time with Macros and Excel functions like VLOOKUP, and these things become quite easy when you are using Alteryx as a solution. We have automated the…

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Dimitris Goudis

Airtable developer - Tableau analyst at Freelance

May 16, 2023

A tool for automation purposes requiring an easy initial setup while offering a very helpful technical support team

Zapier is not able to set up different modules. When automation doesn't work, it's not that easy to find why it didn't work. So, it's not about the automation process but the triggers that trigger an automation to start running. Sometimes if you set up an automation trigger on a specific application, we wouldn't know if Zapier received data to start running. So we cannot understand whether the problem is in Zapier or the steps before. Branching scenarios is something I want to add to the solution to make my life easier. We want to apply a logical workflow with a yes or no condition. On Zapier, you can have a condition, but you can build the actions after one value on this condition. So, the question can be responded to with a yes-no option or not answered. In your scenario, you have only the actions after yes get chosen. A second scenario is needed for the answer, no, and a third one for not answered. While in Make, we create a diagram, according to which if the response is yes, then do follow this path, and if it's no, then follow another path.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Alteryx Designer is easier to use for machine learning models. However, I am not very good at Python scripts which you will need to make the machine learning scripts."

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

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

"I believe in the ability to connect to multiple data sources, as well as the ease of use to transform data and output data in a variety of formats."

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

"The tool's most valuable feature is its API connections. Its predictive analytics feature has helped us pass some ETL processes to analysts rather than developers."

"Alteryx Designer is a tool that is pretty much easy to install."

"The solution is user-friendly."

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"Zapier luckily has a wide range of integrations, I would say."

"We can connect Zapier with Zoho CRM for lead generation. I like the tool's drag and drop feature."

"There are a few valuable features, like the stability that it comes with and also the number of features that it offers. I've used other services like Pabbly, but they don't offer similar numbers of applications that Zapier has or allows to integrate with – it's maximum."

"The most valuable feature of Zapier is it saves me time doing repetitive tasks."

"What's most valuable in Zapier is its simplicity, seamlessness, and smooth plug-in, so you won't need to build code for every action. I'm not a developer, but I can use Zapier."

"The product's initial setup phase was very easy."

"The product's most valuable feature is automation."

"Zapier's interface, for me, is the solution's greatest value proposition. It is designed and developed for people who don't have a clue about what they're trying to do. It has a very user-friendly interface."

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Cons

"Alteryx Designer is not as fast as SSIS and is not good for large datasets. It also needs to improve database procedures. Though it is easy to use, it is limited in terms of technical aspects."

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

"The major concern in Alteryx Designer stems from the high costs attached to the product."

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

"The product could offer more connectors and more databases with support for the in-database function."

"It is challenging to view the data using Alteryx Designer."

"Alteryx Designer's cost should be improved."

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

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"After mapping them out, and they'd worked for a while, I've had Zapier fail."

"Zapier could be a little faster, but that might not be possible. I would encourage Zapier to make more API endpoints for each application"

"The pricing of the solution is quite expensive."

"Being able to share Zaps and organize them with teammates would allow sharing and refining scenarios and even combining steps that require different people's credentials."

"With Zapier, improvements are required in the areas of concerns like bugs, ease of use, and documentation."

"It could support various languages along with Python."

"There is room for improvement in the support. They are not responsive, and they don't take much time to get resolved."

"I would like to see them improve the Quickbase integration. Currently, it only allows triggering actions when records are added, but it would be more useful if we could also trigger actions when records are modified or deleted."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Alteryx Designer is an expensive solution."

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

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

"The licenses are expensive, making it difficult to consider acquiring additional licenses to the existing ones."

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

"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."

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

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"Per task, there is a monthly plan involving 15 euros...Also, in different forms, they just give you the ability to use different features. They charge 18.58 euros for the first standard plan, which includes 750 tasks. So, it is about 25 cents per task."

"The price of Zapier is approximately $75 monthly."

"Zapier is a paid service. Its license renews monthly, and Zapier will downgrade your subscription to the free version when your credit card doesn't have funds. That significantly impacts your service because everything halts completely. Zapier doesn't have any hidden costs."

"The least expensive plan is $24 a month, and you can go all the way to $800 a month if you're a huge company using many tasks."

"Think your Zaps through to make sure you don't use more Zaps than you need."

"The product is reasonably priced."

"It's very straightforward licensing. There's only one cost you have to pay, and if you want a relevant pricing plan, I think you have two or three different models or packages which include the number of notifications or Zaps, as they call it, that you can program."

"Zapier's price is good."

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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.

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

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

What needs improvement with Alteryx Designer?

Alteryx Designer is not as fast as SSIS and is not good for large datasets. It also needs to improve database procedures. Though it is easy to use, it is limited in terms of technical aspects.

What do you like most about Zapier?

The product's most valuable feature is automation.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zapier?

The pricing is suitable. It's not cheap, but not expensive.

What needs improvement with Zapier?

The pricing could be a little cheaper.

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Overview

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Zapier is a tool for primarily non-technical users to connect together web apps.

An integration between two apps is called a Zap. A Zap is made up of a Trigger and one or more Actions or Searches.

Whenever the trigger happens in one app, Zapier will automatically perform the actions or searches in another app in order.

Zaps are very lightweight and easy to set up. Zaps do not import or export old data (they only operate on new items created after the Zap is enabled). Zaps are also not kept in sync ("two way syncing") after the Zap is triggered.

Zaps are deceivingly simple if you're used to dealing with complex and difficult integrations. Their simplicity is what enables anyone to create them.

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