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Alteryx vs H2O.ai comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 5, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Alteryx
Ranking in Data Science Platforms
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
82
Ranking in other categories
Predictive Analytics (1st), Data Preparation Tools (1st)
H2O.ai
Ranking in Data Science Platforms
16th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Model Monitoring (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Data Science Platforms category, the mindshare of Alteryx is 5.9%, down from 7.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of H2O.ai is 1.8%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Science Platforms Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Alteryx5.9%
H2O.ai1.8%
Other92.3%
Data Science Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Theresa McLaughlin - PeerSpot reviewer
Quick development enables seamless data processing despite occasional support issues
There were times when the product would fail during development without an apparent reason. The support structure changed; initially, we received great support, however, it later became less reliable due to licensing issues and a tiered support system. Licensing negotiations were problematic, affecting our product usage. For instance, our licenses were temporarily lost during negotiations when an agreement couldn't be reached.
Abhay Vyas - PeerSpot reviewer
Advanced model selection and time efficiency meet needs but documentation and fusion model support are needed
Even though H2O.ai provides the best model, there could be improvements in certain areas. For instance, when you want to work with fusion models, H2O.ai doesn't provide that kind of information. Currently, it provides individual models as outcomes. If it could offer combinations of models, such as suggesting using XGBoost along with SVM for wonderful results, that fusion model concept would be a good option for developers. I hope the fusion model concept will be implemented soon in H2O.ai. Regarding documentation, I faced challenges as I didn't see much information from a documentation perspective. When I was trying to learn how to train and test H2O.ai, there was limited documentation available. If they could improve in that area, it would be really beneficial.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution has a very strong community that is involved in the product. It helps make the usage easier and helps us find answers to our questions."
"Alteryx speeds up the time to obtain business answers/insights on data."
"I like the fact that you can easily blend data from different platforms."
"Alteryx offers a cognitive approach to better understand data and purposes."
"Alteryx has helped us spend more time identifying results instead of performing analysis manually. It has helped us in our loading process, including scrubbing data and identifying data elements that need to be corrected. It enables us to understand our data sets a lot better."
"The connectors are a very good feature."
"I think the most valuable feature for Alteryx in a health facility is that it permits cleaning, organizing, and merging of databases such as Excel and Access."
"Alteryx significantly reduces the time spent searching for specific information."
"One of the most interesting features of the product is their driverless component. The driverless component allows you to test several different algorithms along with navigating you through choosing the best algorithm."
"The ease of use in connecting to our cluster machines."
"Fast training, memory-efficient DataFrame manipulation, well-documented, easy-to-use algorithms, ability to integrate with enterprise Java apps (through POJO/MOJO) are the main reasons why we switched from Spark to H2O."
"H2O.ai provides better flexibility where I could examine more models and obtain results, and based on these results, I could make the next set of decisions."
"The most valuable features are the machine learning tools, the support for Jupyter Notebooks, and the collaboration that allows you to share it across people."
"The most valuable feature of H2O.ai is that it is plug-and-play."
"AutoML helps in hands-free initial evaluations of efficiency/accuracy of ML algorithms."
"I have utilized the AutoML feature in H2O.ai, which is one of the very powerful features where you don't need to worry about which algorithm is best for your model."
 

Cons

"They should make the solution user-friendly for nontechnical people by giving specific names to the options."
"The learning curve is long, and there is lack of e-learning; the tool is not user-friendly to a non-technical user."
"The only area where the product lags is documentation and videos on the analytical app and the batch macro."
"There are a few imputation techniques which they really need to include."
"It's a technical product and those that don't have proper training will have to deal with a steep learning curve."
"Configuration is very low."
"I mostly used it for flat files, but I have many colleagues who reported that to tune a query, in case they want to directly connect to the database, there is no option to optimize the performance of the query, as we have in Informatica."
"A feature which allows the user to be able to click on an output (in a file browser) and see the creation of the module would be fantastic."
"On the topic of model training and model governance, this solution cannot handle ten or twelve models running at the same time."
"Referring to bullet-3 as well, H2O DataFrame manipulation capabilities are too primitive."
"It needs a drag and drop GUI like KNIME, for easy access to and visibility of workflows."
"The model management features could be improved."
"One improvement I would like to see in H2O.ai is regarding the integration capabilities with different data sources, as I've seen platforms like DataIQ and DataBricks offer great integration with various data sources."
"It lacks the data manipulation capabilities of R and Pandas DataFrames. We would kill for dplyr offloading H2O."
"I would like to see more features related to deployment."
"H2O.ai can improve in areas like multimodal support and prompt engineering."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution has a more costly license than other tools in the market."
"The desktop platform costs $5,000 per year. It's very costly."
"Alteryx isn't extortionately expensive, but it's not cheap either."
"In my opinion, it's actually quite expensive."
"While it offers extensive features, including predictive analytics, for those who mainly use it for data preparation and blending, the cost can be prohibitive."
"The license is really expensive, we cannot afford to have two or three. It takes away all the budget of my area."
"There are some implementation services and internal effort costs at the beginning but there is nothing else."
"We use the free version of the solution. There are enterprise licenses available. It cost approximately $5,000 annually. It is an expensive solution and there are additional features that cost more money."
"We have seen significant ROI where we were able to use the product in certain key projects and could automate a lot of processes. We were even able to reduce staff."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
22%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Retailer
6%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Educational Organization
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise51
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

What is the Biggest Difference Between Alteryx and IBM SPSS Modeler?
One of the differences is that with Alteryx you can use it as an ETL and analytics tool. Please connect with me directly if you want to know more.
What is the Biggest Difference Between Alteryx and IBM SPSS Modeler?
Alteryx is an extremely easy and flexible data tool, flexible in terms of drag and drop toolset and also has python, R integrations if your team requires this. It can handle over 2 billion rows of...
What is the Biggest Difference Between Alteryx and IBM SPSS Modeler?
I am not familiar with IBM SPSS Modeler, therefore, I cannot compare these two products. Regarding Alteryx I can say the following: - An excellent desktop tool for Data Prep and analytics. - Featu...
What needs improvement with H2O.ai?
Even though H2O.ai provides the best model, there could be improvements in certain areas. For instance, when you want to work with fusion models, H2O.ai doesn't provide that kind of information. Cu...
What is your primary use case for H2O.ai?
I used H2O.ai on several POCs for my previous company, and it helped me find the best model. I needed to determine which model was performing better for job portal data. At that time, H2O.ai was ev...
What advice do you have for others considering H2O.ai?
For larger datasets, model computation or model training and testing typically takes considerable time because with individual models, you need to train and test each one. With H2O.ai, these concer...
 

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