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Alteryx vs IBM SPSS Modeler 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
6.9
Number of Reviews
87
Ranking in other categories
Predictive Analytics (1st), Data Preparation Tools (1st)
IBM SPSS Modeler
Ranking in Data Science Platforms
12th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
Data Mining (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Data Science Platforms category, the mindshare of Alteryx is 3.8%, down from 6.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM SPSS Modeler is 3.3%, up from 2.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Science Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Alteryx3.8%
IBM SPSS Modeler3.3%
Other92.9%
Data Science Platforms
 

Q&A Highlights

SI
BI / Big Data / Analytics Solutions Architect at a energy/utilities company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Nov 02, 2020
 

Featured Reviews

ManojBehera - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Staff Cyber Security Cloud Data Architect at GE Healthcare
Automated complex ETL workflows have reduced coding effort and improved data integration
One area for improvement is in integrating mostly the data which comes from telemetry, where I can see some sort of improvisations can be made. It is a massive amount of unstructured data, and I believe Alteryx is able to handle it, but there can be some improvements. Suggestions for improvements in Alteryx include areas for increasing efficiency, particularly in processing telemetry data, which involves dealing with large volumes of unstructured data. Additionally, I believe when we use filter tools immediately after the input source, there can be slowdowns when handling massive data. The user experience of Alteryx is generally good, but there are areas for improvement from a user's perspective, particularly regarding user interface enhancements. I think there's always room for improvement, but otherwise, Alteryx has been a great tool for me. We haven't experienced significant disruptions while increasing data volumes, though I sense there could be performance issues as data grows exponentially. This is an area that could use improvement in Alteryx.
RB
Business Owner at SASS GmbH
Support and flexibility enable effective project initiation and meet customer needs but deployment requires enhancement
The customer comes to you and says they want to deploy it and make a production out of this, which is very difficult and expensive with IBM SPSS Modeler. With MATLAB, there is no problem. I have a solution, and then I convert my MATLAB solution to C programming language. This I can deploy, and I can check it, and it is MISRA compatible. It is very easy to deploy it, to go from MATLAB to C or C++, which is actually needed in the car industry. In the car industry, they want to have it in the hardware. You cannot put MATLAB or IBM SPSS Modeler in the hardware of a car, but with C, there is no problem with a microcontroller. They can shoot it into the microcontroller, and I can check it with Polyspace, and it is MISRA compatible, which is an industrial standard. There is nothing similar in IBM SPSS Modeler. I made solutions with IBM SPSS Modeler, and then the customer said they wanted to make a production out of it, and it was not possible. I stopped with IBM SPSS Modeler 18. It is now 18.6 from what I know at the moment. I do not believe that there is a possibility to design a graphic user interface with it. It is itself a graphic user interface, where you put all sorts of little icons into the display.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution does a good job with data transformation."
"Alteryx has made us more agile and increased the speed and effectiveness of decision making."
"Alteryx has helped us spend more time identifying results instead of performing analysis manually, helped us in our loading process including scrubbing data and identifying data elements that need to be corrected, and enabled us to understand our data sets a lot better."
"The solution has excellent drag and drop functionality. There's no need for coding."
"All of the data science features in terms of unioning and joining data together are valuable."
"Fast data processing and cleaning."
"Overall, I'd have to say the tool is pretty awesome."
"It is a very user-friendly product that doesn’t require a strong technical background; you can build something within an hour."
"It got us a good amount of money with quick and efficient modeling."
"Compared to other tools, the product works much easier to analyze data without coding."
"I would recommend SPSS to someone who has just started trying to run a lot of modeling, it's a good starting point."
"It is pretty scalable."
"Stability is good."
"Most of the other solutions are trying to imitate IBM Modeler."
"New algorithms are added into every version of Modeler, e.g., SMOTE, random forest, etc. The Derive node is used for the syntax code to derive the data."
"​It works fine. I have not had any stability issues; it is always up.​"
 

Cons

"Alteryx's development environment could be improved as it requires installation locally and can't be developed in the cloud."
"There are a few hiccups with specific data sets and languages or formats that the data comes in. We had some issues looking at XML format in added data, but it wasn't significant."
"Alteryx can improve the model management and deployment processing of large workloads."
"In some ways, I believe it is not yet as integrated as it could be."
"They can provide some pre-built tools for predictive analytics instead of us having to build all the tools."
"Alteryx could be improved in the area of analytics and central governance."
"The only area where the product lags is documentation and videos on the analytical app and the batch macro."
"The solution could improve in the visualization."
"The forecasting could be a bit easier."
"When you are not using the product, such as during the pandemic where we had worldwide lockdowns, you still have to pay for the licensing."
"This tool has a lot of bugs."
"The biggest issue with the visual modeling capability is that we can't extract the SQL code under the hood."
"Time Series or forecasting needs to be easier. It is a very important feature, and it should be made easier and more automated to use. For instance, for logistic regression, binary or multinomial is used automatically based on the type of the target variable. I wish they can make Time Series easier to use in a similar way."
"When I used it in the office, back in the day, we did have some stability issues. Sometimes it just randomly crashed and we couldn't get good feedback."
"​Initial setup of the software was complex, because of our own problems within the government."
"Expensive to deploy solutions. You need to buy an extra deployment unit."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"Alteryx is generally more suited for medium—to large companies due to its potentially high licensing costs."
"Alteryx isn't extortionately expensive, but it's not cheap either."
"A designer and scheduler for $13K/year in total is pretty much earning you the money back in time and in other resources."
"I don't know much about the licensing, but there are some additional costs for certain features."
"It's probably on the pricey side, but they provide some really useful ways to grow and test."
"There are some implementation services and internal effort costs at the beginning but there is nothing else."
"The cost of the solution could be reduced."
"The government has funds and a budget, it's hard to say if it's expensive or cheap. In Canada, they have a yearly budget. They used to encourage people to use the modeler for development. If ten users use the server with ten licenses, it runs faster. But if forty users use the same appliance, everything slows down. People then think it's not easy to do things and prefer using remote tools like Python to extract data from the database. It's not about being expensive or cheap, but about people's knowledge and experience in how to do the work."
"If you are in a university and the license is free then you can use the tool without any charges, which is good."
"Having in mind all four tools from Garner’s top quadrant, the pricing of this tool is competitive and it reflects the quality that it offers."
"When you are close to end of quarter, IBM and its partners can get you 60% to 70% discounts, so literally wait for the last day of the quarter for the best prices. You may feel like you are getting robbed if you can't receive a good discount."
"I am using the free version of IBM SPSS Modeler, it is the educational edition version."
"Its price is okay for a company, but for personal use, it is considered somewhat expensive."
"It is a huge increase to time savings."
"The scalability was kind of limited by our ability to get other people licenses, and that was usually more of a financial constraint. It's expensive, but it's a good tool."
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Answers from the Community

SI
BI / Big Data / Analytics Solutions Architect at a energy/utilities company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Nov 2, 2020
Nov 2, 2020
There are some important differences between both products. So probably, the first question I'll ask you is "for what use case are you evaluating these products?" Of course, there are some general differences, starting with the T.C.O. and functionalities. Alteryx is a code-free and code-friendly platform that allows you to tackle the whole cycle of your data, starting on the consumption from a...
2 out of 5 answers
AB
Professor Adjunct at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees
Nov 11, 2019
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.
MR
Senior Enterprise Architect at a individual & family service with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 11, 2019
I am unfamiliar with the IBM SPSS Modeler but use KNIME and Alteryx for different projects. Alteryx is an excellent, very easy to get started with and get to results data cleansing, ETL, analytics, geospatial modeling, predictive analytics. I build reusable macros in Alteryx, use flexible inputs for what-if modeling, feed information to Power BI or Tableau. It seems price competitive against SPSS.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Retailer
5%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
10%
University
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business33
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise57
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise32
 

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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM SPSS Modeler?
The government has funds and a budget, it's hard to say if it's expensive or cheap. In Canada, they have a yearly budget. They used to encourage people to use the modeler for development. If ten us...
What needs improvement with IBM SPSS Modeler?
The customer comes to you and says they want to deploy it and make a production out of this, which is very difficult and expensive with IBM SPSS Modeler. With MATLAB, there is no problem. I have a ...
What is your primary use case for IBM SPSS Modeler?
I have been using IBM SPSS Modeler for a long time. I am using IBM SPSS Modeler mainly for ETL. Sometimes I use it to compare the results of the modeling as compared to MATLAB. MATLAB is the main t...
 

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Sample Customers

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