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Alteryx vs Sisense comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Alteryx
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
77
Ranking in other categories
Predictive Analytics (1st), Data Science Platforms (4th), Data Preparation Tools (1st)
Sisense
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (22nd), Cloud Analytics (4th), Reporting (17th), Data Visualization (16th), Embedded BI (9th)
 

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.
Sisense, on the other hand, focuses on BI (Business Intelligence) Tools, holds 1.5% mindshare, up 1.4% since last year.
Predictive Analytics
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Vivek Vaibhav - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 11, 2024
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.
Wiboon Thabsuwan - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 22, 2022
Good solution for reporting and is fast compared to other solutions
My current position is as a Senior Consultant. I sell Sisense to my customers in Thailand. It is used for reporting and as an analytic dashboard The best part about this solution is how easy it is to mash up the data from many sources. Sisense is fast compared to other solutions. Sisense has a…

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 been stable."
"Geo features have made spatial mapping large retail universes possible."
"There are a lot of good customization capabilities."
"The ease-of-use allows non-technical business users to directly create their own solutions without the use of additional development resources."
"It saves time on a lot projects. ​"
"The data transformation feature is the most valuable. The ability to ingest data, visualize data, and transform that data is useful."
"It is one of the most complete and great customer service that I experienced with a software company/ecosystem."
"Data processing is most valuable. It is one of the fastest data blockers out there in the market, which is a fascinating thing about Alteryx."
"The best part about this solution is how easy it is to mash up the data from many sources. Sisense is fast compared to other solutions."
"We like that this solution allows us to use data cubes to set up specific visualizations."
"Sisense can integrate with multiple sources at one time."
"Visually displaying data."
"There are many built-in connectors, which allow us to easily add new sources of data, often in minutes."
"​Allows users to build their own solutions without as much reliance on technology staff."
"Whenever we have an issue or are unsure how to proceed, they manage to simplify the issue and help us execute it in a graceful and scalable way."
"Allows us to execute heavy, complex computations on the fly so customers can slice and dice the data based on their business needs."
 

Cons

"Alteryx is just as complicated as coding, in my opinion."
"The solution can be made more affordable."
"The event handling, such that the file system watcher, is in need of improvement."
"Mastering Alteryx, a comprehensive solution, takes time. However, once you have gained proficiency with its layout and how to drag, drop, and connect components, it becomes remarkably easy, yet still thorough."
"The solution could improve in the visualization."
"I think sometimes the solution doesn't load properly or takes so much time for the workflows. Though the workflow runs and completes the file in Excel, if you use the same formula, it's a bit slow. Also, the image processing is not so good because I tried to do some image processing and they were like, sometimes they put two to eight. In the document, it was two, but the OCR predicted it as eight."
"More statistics tools: We can use to compare SPSS statistics with some automated advisory."
"They should work on its pricing."
"I would love to have more customization capabilities for building dashboards, especially in creating custom widget sizes."
"The initial version we purchased only ran on Windows servers, which was less than ideal for our DevOps team. I believe that has been remedied in the latest release."
"I would like to see more development and growth for the support of Knowledge Base and Community forums."
"I would also like to be able to run a bursts of reports based on different field values with PDF output right in the tool, rather than filtering on each field value and generating each PDF manually."
"At present there are additional costs involved if we wish to share our data queues within this solution, which we would like to see removed."
"They should improve the filters to create downloaded data by moving them to the top of the dashboard."
"Larger datasets will sometimes give a "Accumulated logs" error when trying to make minor changes. T"
"This solution does not have tabs. In order to have tabs, you have to download an add-on to mimic the tabs. They should be integrated to improve the solution."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The desktop platform costs $5,000 per year. It's very costly."
"In order to have designers, and, if you want to collaborate, you have to buy a server. If the designer is $5,000, and if you want a server, you have to pay $80,000."
"The price could be better."
"It's probably on the pricey side, but they provide some really useful ways to grow and test."
"ROI is huge. There are some secondary benefits, like analysts getting their post 5 PM time back or the ability to shorten all closing processes to a half or less."
"Opt for the three year subscription. It is 20% less than the yearly one."
"There is a license required for this solution."
"In my opinion, it's actually quite expensive."
"This solution is more expensive than Tableau, Qlik and Dundas. It is an expensive tool. They charge $75,000 while Tableau is $45,000."
"Compared to Power BI or Tableau, Sisense is much more expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
24%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
25%
Computer Software Company
18%
University
6%
Government
6%
 

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...
What do you like most about Sisense?
The solution's technical support team is good.
What needs improvement with Sisense?
I would say that using Sisense on Linux's platform might not be advantageous for everyone. I am more familiar with Windows than Linux. With Windows, the system performs very fast. Even if your data...
What is your primary use case for Sisense?
For the use case, the tool is mostly used from an analytic point of view. We are focused on huge data size because the last time we worked with the tool, it was very good.
 

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