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Alteryx vs Pentaho Business Analytics comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.3
Alteryx provides responsive customer service via an active online community and personalized assistance for complex technical issues.
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Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
5.0
Alteryx needs better UI, training, pricing, cloud functionality, and advanced machine learning features to improve competitiveness.
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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.4
Alteryx is scalable and flexible for enterprises, though some users have concerns about costs and very large data sets.
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Setup Cost

Sentiment score
8.5
Alteryx, though costly, is preferred by larger enterprises for its ROI and time-saving value, with trial options available.
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Alteryx is more cost-effective compared to Informatica licenses, offering savings.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
Alteryx is stable and efficient for big-data analysis, with high ratings despite occasional bugs and slower server performance.
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I didn't need to reach out to Alteryx for support because available documents usually provide enough information to resolve issues.
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
7.0
Alteryx offers user-friendly, no-code data blending, predictive analytics, and integration with Python and R for versatile data processing.
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Alteryx is user-friendly and allows easy creation of workflows compared to Informatica PowerCenter.
 

Categories and Ranking

Alteryx
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
78
Ranking in other categories
Predictive Analytics (1st), Data Science Platforms (4th), Data Preparation Tools (1st)
Pentaho Business Analytics
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
42
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (21st), Cloud Operations Analytics (4th), Reporting (15th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Business Intelligence solutions, they serve different purposes. Alteryx is designed for Predictive Analytics and holds a mindshare of 24.4%, down 25.7% compared to last year.
Pentaho Business Analytics, on the other hand, focuses on BI (Business Intelligence) Tools, holds 0.6% mindshare, down 0.6% since last year.
Predictive Analytics
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Vivek Vaibhav - PeerSpot reviewer
Has a good UI and drag-and-drop features which makes it easy to understand
There have been some issues with licensing, particularly with the increased prices. This has led some companies, including ours, to consider reducing the number of licenses or potentially discontinuing their use of Alteryx. Since most of our team members work with Alteryx, deploying workflows to clients who may not have licenses became a hurdle. Every user needed a license to run the workflows, which could pose difficulties, especially for clients who only needed occasional access for small data analyses. Unlike other software like Microsoft Power BI, which offers free trials or user licenses for basic functionality, Alteryx doesn't provide such options, potentially limiting its accessibility for occasional users. It should improve scalability.
Sayan König - PeerSpot reviewer
Flexible, easy to understand, and simple to set up
The repository should be improved. There should be the possibility to have versioning, to make it combinable with some Git repositories or something like that, to check out the processes and make sure it has a traceable history. The solution could really be improved. There are too many bugs in our version.
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Comparison Review

it_user6978 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 10, 2013
Jaspersoft vs. Pentaho – Which one to use & is there any need to purchase the commercial edition
Any company (be it technology, manfucaturing, human resource, ecommerce, SME etc) always has the need for Business Intelligence to some or the other extent. If cost is one of the consideration factor, then the 2 BI tools which are at the forefront are Pentaho and Jaspersoft. But, often the same…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
24%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
24%
Computer Software Company
14%
Government
7%
Educational Organization
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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...
Seeking lightweight open source BI software
There are many...It would rather depend what System BI architecture or Enterprise legacy you have at your end...I would recommend as follows: 1) If you have legacies of SAP, Oracle - look for SAP...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pentaho Business Analytics?
The organization has both options based on their needs and budget constraints. The Enterprise Edition is expensive with references to an added number of features.
What needs improvement with Pentaho Business Analytics?
The product to me is not as user-friendly as other players in the market. It also still needs improvement in the reporting module. You will need to search for deployment examples or need to have a ...
 

Also Known As

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Pentaho, Kettle, Hitachi Pentaho Business Analytics
 

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