I use the solution to build an ETL workflow.
Data Engineer at Tredence Inc.
Easy to use and doesn't require coding for complicated functions
Pros and Cons
- "It is a stable and scalable solution."
- "They should make the solution user-friendly for nontechnical people by giving specific names to the options."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The ease of use is the solution's most valuable feature. It doesn't require coding for usage. I only have to drop and drag the available options to perform complicated functions.
What needs improvement?
They should make the solution user-friendly for nontechnical people by giving specific names to the options. That will be helpful for them to understand.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for six months.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the solution's stability as a ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable solution. We are two users who created a workflow using it. We use it once a month or two.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I rate the solution's pricing as a ten, as it is highly priced.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the solution as a nine.
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Team Lead- Supply Chain Advisory, New Energies at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Good price and data transformation capability, but slows down a bit while ingesting a large file
Pros and Cons
- "The data transformation feature is the most valuable. The ability to ingest data, visualize data, and transform that data is useful."
- "Sometimes, there are performance constraints. Especially when a large file has to be ingested, the system slows down a bit. Its performance is the only thing that can be improved."
What is our primary use case?
We have multiple use cases, but the most typical use case is to clean the data and use it for reporting.
What is most valuable?
The data transformation feature is the most valuable. The ability to ingest data, visualize data, and transform that data is useful.
What needs improvement?
Sometimes, there are performance constraints. Especially when a large file has to be ingested, the system slows down a bit. Its performance is the only thing that can be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for just two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate it an eight out of ten in terms of stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's able to scale. We currently have a lot of users who use this solution.
How are customer service and support?
We had a good experience with them. We are happy. I would rate them a four out of five.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
It's simple.
What about the implementation team?
We did it on our own.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It has a good price.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I would rate it a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Solutions Sales and Design at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Data preparation that saves time, is reliable, and has the ability to connect to a variety of sources
Pros and Cons
- "The drag-and-drop features are useful for data scientists who do not like to code because it is already in the system."
- "All of the reports are migrated or exported in an Excel file, and most of the time, a business intelligence tool is required. They could have better reporting. The aesthetic could be improved."
What is our primary use case?
Alteryx is typically used for data preparation and blending. I have clients who use it for Special Analytics as well as Churn Analytics.
How has it helped my organization?
Everything was manual and repetitive. With Alteryx, instead of spending three hours preparing the reports, it will only take them two minutes because everything is connected to the database.
What is most valuable?
The drag-and-drop features are useful for data scientists who do not like to code because it is already in the system.
Alteryx has good prep and blend features, as well as the ability to connect to various sources.
What needs improvement?
My understanding is that they will include a visualization feature.
All of the reports are migrated or exported in an Excel file, and most of the time, a business intelligence tool is required.
They could have better reporting. The aesthetic could be improved.
We have limitations on the number of fields. It doesn't really get everything if we have to add more columns.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with Alteryx for four years.
We are working with the latest version.
We're working on both the design and the server version on-premise.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
So far Alteryx has been stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Alteryx is scalable. If you use the server, you simply add to the specifications based on the size of the data.
How are customer service and support?
I have not contacted Technical Support. I have a team of Alteryx experts, so we don't rely on other support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We are also working with the Designer Platforms for four years. It includes the Data Science features.
We were working with the most recent version.
I am familiar with many solutions.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is fine.
Prebuilt connectors are available, and you may need to create middleware, particularly for SharePoint. Most clients have it in either SharePoint or GoDrive which doesn't have a direct connector, we will have to create another one.
As long as you are connected to the source countryside, the tool itself doesn't require any special maintenance.
What was our ROI?
I have a lot of business use cases where the ROI is less than a year, and sometimes even in three months.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The designer version has a list price of $5,995 USD. The server version is even more expensive because it is only for collaboration. The designer license is needed to access the servers for collaboration, which in my opinion is expensive.
What other advice do I have?
We were an Alteryx partner.
In terms of Alteryx, we resell the solution to our clients. I do have a team that handles the implementation. I specifically look for clients and see if there are any other excuse use cases that we can do with them.
Be aware of it, there are several versions, and there is a free trial that they can use. Once they understand how to do everything you're doing in the system, it's very simple to transfer it to Alteryx.
I would rate Alteryx an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Consultant at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
User-friendly and straightforward implementation
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of Alteryx is user-friendliness."
- "The scalability worries me a lot at the moment because the cost of the solution is high and it is not growing considerably. Unfortunately, we started during early COVID times and because of the economic downturn, all the cost cuttings, and everything, it is not growing as expected."
What is our primary use case?
We have very similar use cases with Alyterx, Knime, and Trifecta. We are taking the data from disparate systems and transforming and making the data available for further visualization.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Alteryx is user-friendliness.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Alteryx for approximately one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
If the speed of the database increases when we are performing the jobs on the Alteryx server it is not giving me a lot of visibility on how I can improve the performance of the jobs. Alteryx product is fine, but the server is somewhat weak. The only desirable feature we can use is scheduling.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability worries me a lot at the moment because the cost of the solution is high and it is not growing considerably. Unfortunately, we started during early COVID times and because of the economic downturn, all the cost cuttings, and everything, it is not growing as expected.
How are customer service and support?
I would rate the technical support of Alteryx a six out of ten.
Recently the support has been facing attrition problems and we are experiencing a lot of wait time. I do not like the premium support service. We did not subscribe to the premium support because it would have increased the cost on our side.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have used Knime and Trifecta previously.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of Alteryx is straightforward. However, when we are setting it up for an enterprise it gives too much leeway for an end-user. For example, the license location, activation, and license management are not good. When we want to have some control over who is using the license, who is not using the license, there are some issues, we already informed Alteryx about it. We need better control over the whole process.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The cost of the solution could be reduced.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Alteryx an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Data Analytics Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Easy to set up with a good interface and straightforward scalability
Pros and Cons
- "The scheduling feature for the automation is excellent."
- "The technical support could have a little bit of improvement."
What is our primary use case?
Most of my use cases have been around just helping customers out, specifically in the financial sector. Within our company, I've been automating the reports, project reports, and using it mostly for the automation of weekly reports in our company.
What is most valuable?
The scheduling feature for the automation is excellent. The machine learning suite has been pretty useful in terms of building models. I've been exploring it for a while. The in-database tools are extremely useful as well.
The interfaces are perfect.
The solution is easy to set up.
The stability is quite good.
We have found that the scalability is good and very easy to handle.
What needs improvement?
I still haven't had any issues with the Alteryx designer. I don't have anything to speak negatively of now, however, I'm sure there are some features that need improvement.
The technical support could have a little bit of improvement.
They should work to make the solution less expensive.
The product needs some more tools for the image processing part. That would be pretty good. There's an image processing suite, however, it could use a little bit of improvement as well as the visualization aspect.
They should maybe add some capabilities for more interactive dashboarding. That would be great.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using Alteryx for a while now. I'm still learning about it. I'm still exploring it, but I've been using it for a while.
I've been using it for a little bit over six months now.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The product has been pretty stable, however, we aren't heavily utilizing the solution. It's hard to pass a fair judgment on our part, as we don't have that many users and the utilization of the server and designer haven't been very heavy so far. That said, for us, it's been extremely stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability is extremely easy and very straightforward on Alteryx, especially the server for the controllers. You can easily start adding nodes for workers as well. The scalability is one of the things that get our customers mostly excited about how easy it is to start scaling the server.
In our organization, we have four Alteryx designer users and eight or nine server users.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support is okay and could be better. Sometimes, it takes about two to five days to hear an answer from the technical support team. That said, when they do reply, they're very helpful. The community is very helpful. However, due to the fact that there's such a wide range of issues that could be going on, you could get lost in trying to find a solution on the community.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have not personally used any different solution.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is extremely straightforward.
It took about 30 minutes for the designer and the server overall to be deployed. It was easy and it's really fast.
There isn't much maintenance needed. I handle all of the maintenance myself.
What about the implementation team?
Everything was handled by the company in-house. We didn't need any help from consultants or integrators.
What was our ROI?
While we have personally seen ROI so far, I wouldn't be the one to make that judgment as to how much. That's mostly due to the fact that I'm the data engineer. I don't have a look at the numbers. I just automate processes and help customers out. That said, customers are happy with their investment in this product overall.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Since we're partners, we get licenses. That said, from the feedback I hear, the price is a little bit more on the expensive side.
We do yearly subscriptions. There are machine learning suites that do come at an extra cost as well.
What other advice do I have?
We are partners with Alteryx.
I'm using version 21, the latest version, which may be either 21.1.4 or 0.3.2.
I would advise potential new users to go through the community to learn. They should go through the learning path for the Alteryx solution for both the designer and the server. It's good to take it slowly. New users should be able to do this within a month or two. The solution is pretty straightforward to learn.
I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Director at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Easy to use interface with a great in-database feature
Pros and Cons
- "The support is very good."
- "The principal problem is the pricing. They're expensive products."
What is our primary use case?
The solution is primarily used for data preparation, data cleansing, and, in some cases, predictive analytics. That said, the major use is in the preparation of data.
What is most valuable?
I am the sales guy. I don't work with the product every day. However, I hear from my customers that they like the easy-to-use interface. Another feature they like is the in-database feature, and, right now, the new intelligence suite add-on they delivered a couple of years ago.
The support is very good.
What needs improvement?
The principal problem is the pricing. They're expensive products. They don't have an option to scale the product while the customer is starting to use the product. There are no options for customers that want to move from smaller scale and expand the solution to the rest oth the organización. The Designer (pleople who develope models and flows) cost 5,195 USD each one, but if you want to collaborate, you have to buy a server which cost 80,000 USD not matter how many users you have, so you cannot scale from a small group of users to a large one.
It's only available as an on-premises solution.
It would be ideal if the product offered some sot of option for smaller companies.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is hard to scale in that it is pricey. You need to buy a server. You would need to have the correct sizing, and, if you don't, you would need to buy a bigger server, which is expensive. They don't have a way to grow the product progressively, in a progressive way.
How are customer service and support?
The support is very good overall. We are satisfied with their level of service. They are knowledgeable and responsive.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We also use Dataiku. We are partners for both products.
In the case of Dataiku, they have a stacking in Amazon. We are offering this option right now. I know that they are going to deliver an option in Google Cloud also. Alteryx, on the other hand, is only on-premises.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The licensing model that they use makes it a very expensive proposition for many companies. It requires buying a server, as it is only on-premises.
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.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I've been searching about the difference between both Dataiku and Alteryx products. I'm working to evaluate the two and compare them to each other. Technically, we have a customer who is comparing both products, so we have to prepare a document comparing them for that purpose.
What other advice do I have?
We are Alteryx partners.
I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten. It's a very good product, however, the pricing makes it quite expensive.
In comparison, I love Dataiku. I've seen it's a very, very good product and we are working hard to start offering this product to all our customers. They have an option for companies to from medium-size to large-size. However, they don't have options for small customers. That said, you can start from, for example, an investment in $30,000 and up. You can go progressively investing in the product. That's not the case for Alteryx.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Master Data Senior Business Process Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Scales well with connection feature and good stability
Pros and Cons
- "Technical support is very helpful."
- "The screen when you are looking into your workflows and your ETL processes needs to be improved. You cannot manage it very well."
What is our primary use case?
The solution allows us to create some reports that my organization uses, that my team uses. We also move some data from one particular legacy ERP into a shared SQL server to mix information from defense applications into one repository for analytic purposes.
What is most valuable?
The connection feature is quite useful to our organization. We connect with other databases. We connect with Microsoft SQL databases or with Oracle databases, and we connect with SharePoint lists, and we can connect with Outlook email servers as well.
The stability is very good. It hasn't given us any issues.
The scalability has been great.
Technical support is very helpful.
What needs improvement?
Our IT team has a lot of restrictions. Therefore, we cannot extend all the functions and all the features that Alteryx has, unfortunately. That's due to the fact that the internal restrictions we have are from a security standpoint.
The desktop license is expensive.
The screen when you are looking into your workflows and your ETL processes needs to be improved. You cannot manage it very well. For example, the column size, and items like that should be adjustable.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for a couple of years. It's been a while.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution has been stable so far. It doesn't crash and freeze. There are no bugs or glitches. It's good. The stability of the tool is perfect for us.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We've found the scalability to be quite good. We are connected to big databases, small databases, medium databases, any kind of database. For us, it's great.
In Latin America, there are about 30 to 40 people on the solution. In North America, probably a couple of hundred people are on the solution, and in Europe probably over 100. In Asia, there are probably around 50 more, and the India teams probably have a little more.
How are customer service and technical support?
I've not personally used technical support, however, we have a person on our team who is more of an expert on all of the features. Sometimes, if he has questions, he will contact them. We have a very quick response, from what I understand. So far, it's been a good experience and we are satisfied with their level of support.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We have a few hundred office licenses so far.
I haven't compared the solution to other licenses and therefore cannot really specify if it's the most expensive option or not, or if the current pricing is unreasonable. This is the tool our company's IT team selected for us and we can use it if we need it. It's not something I chose. It's something my company provides as a tool from an ETL standpoint.
What other advice do I have?
We don't use all the functionalities due to the restrictions we have inside our network. So far, what we use is enough. We can't extend to use all the functions and all the capabilities the tools have. However, that is because of the unique internal restrictions we have.
We use the solution just as a reporting tool and consolidate information from different systems to create analytics, however, I know that Alteryx has far more extended capabilities than we have explored. We use it as a personal user tool. We don't use it as a company strategy to move databases from one side to another side and make consolidations. We use it on a very small scale.
I'd recommend the solution to others.
I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. We've been largely satisfied with the solution.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Manager at Bain & Company
Fast data processing, highly scalable, and good community support
Pros and Cons
- "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."
- "They can provide some pre-built tools for predictive analytics instead of us having to build all the tools. It should also be improved from the visualization aspect. It should have better visualization capabilities. There are tools out there that have better visualization capabilities, which Alteryx is lacking currently."
What is most valuable?
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.
What needs improvement?
They can provide some pre-built tools for predictive analytics instead of us having to build all the tools.
It should also be improved from the visualization aspect. It should have better visualization capabilities. There are tools out there that have better visualization capabilities, which Alteryx is lacking currently.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for more than six years.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I have done a lot of work on Alteryx and deployed it on client servers, and Alteryx is a highly scalable solution in my opinion.
It is mostly used by the analytics team, which includes analyst associates and project leaders. The consulting team also uses it pretty often. We would like to increase its usage because it is a pretty good software to work with.
How are customer service and technical support?
I believe their technical support is pretty great. I mostly use the Alteryx community, which is really helpful. It is maintained by Alteryx people.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I used SQL previously, but it was not very good for quick and dirty analysis. So, I switched to Alteryx.
How was the initial setup?
It is straightforward. It is on the cloud, but the major functions that we have are on the desktop itself. The cloud solution is good for client deployments.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My organization pays for it, and I do not look into the financial aspect of the licensing, but I know it is pretty expensive.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Alteryx a nine out of ten.
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