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Alteryx vs Alteryx Designer Cloud comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

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 Preparation Tools
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
81
Ranking in other categories
Predictive Analytics (1st), Data Science Platforms (5th)
Alteryx Designer Cloud
Ranking in Data Preparation Tools
6th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Data Preparation Tools category, the mindshare of Alteryx is 26.7%, down from 35.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Alteryx Designer Cloud is 7.9%, up from 8.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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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.
reviewer1464411 - PeerSpot reviewer
Robust, great for financial decision making, and very scalable
This product really needs to improve its ease of use. The solution needs to do a better job of promoting and marketing itself. Alteryx is much better at this and as a consequence is more recognizable. Trifacta needs to showcase its technology better. It truly should encompass the A to Z execution of how you execute business process modeling in an intelligent automation form. A future release needs to be something that's easier to handle. I wouldn't say a layman should be able to use the solution as data wrangling is something that somebody has got to really be certified in. I have a friend who's worked at IBM for 30 years, and now he's just getting certified as a data scientist. However, if the solution was designed as something that really could assist a new data scientist or kids coming out of college, something that's easier for them to wrap their heads around, that would be helpful. The interface on Trifacta is way too busy. I used to do UX and it's just awful. It looks a little bit like Excel. I can't stand it. The UI of Alteryx is much, much better.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I like the fact that you can easily blend data from different platforms."
"All of the data science features in terms of unioning and joining data together are valuable."
"You get more support with Alteryx, and it's good for non-sophisticated users who can benefit from the support included in the price."
"Alteryx is user-friendly and allows easy creation of workflows compared to Informatica PowerCenter."
"Alteryx's connectivity is essential. We like the ability to connect the solution to multiple sources. It's easier than other data modeling and extraction solutions. It's built on a self-service concept, so it's easy for anyone to open the tool and directly import or export data from it."
"The scheduling feature for the automation is excellent."
"The drag-and-drop functionality, the ready-to-use analytics module, and the ability to track my data pipelines visually are the solution's most valuable features."
"It saves time on a lot projects. ​"
"It works well for data scientists and can really help them drill down on the information in order to give management tangible data points for larger business decisions."
 

Cons

"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."
"There's a big jump in terms of pricing between license tiers. I'm not sure I understand why the price jumps are so high."
"Lacks an open source edition which would be helpful."
"The formula we currently use in Alteryx can be automated."
"There were times when the product would fail during development without an apparent reason."
"The solution could improve in the visualization."
"Configuration is very low."
"Even when it already includes some AI models, this area could be improved."
"This product really needs to improve its ease of use."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost of Alteryx is approximately $2,900 annually."
"The seat is too expensive."
"I don't know much about the licensing, but there are some additional costs for certain features."
"The designer license costs 5000 euros. The server edition is 1000 euros."
"It can be a bit pricey, especially after the first year."
"​Very transparent.​"
"There are some implementation services and internal effort costs at the beginning but there is nothing else."
"The price could be better."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
24%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Healthcare Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
25%
Manufacturing Company
17%
Healthcare Company
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What is the Biggest Difference Between Alteryx and IBM SPSS Modeler?
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Sample Customers

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