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We performed a comparison between Alteryx Designer and FME based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
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"I believe in the ability to connect to multiple data sources, as well as the ease of use to transform data and output data in a variety of formats.""Workflow automation, in general, is valuable.""It has an easy setup process.""Alteryx Designer's user interface is great, as it is very user-friendly.""Alteryx Designer is stable.""I like Alteryx Designer's drag-and-drop feature, where you drag a component, configure it and quickly run it.""I have been using Alteryx Designer only for data modeling and data structuring.""Alteryx Designer's best features are that it's easy to use and performs well."

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"The most valuable feature of FME is the graphical user interface. There is nothing better. It is very easy to debug because you can see all steps where there are failures. Overall the software is easy to optimize a process.""It has a very friendly user interface. You don't need to use a lot of code. For us that's the most important aspect about it. Also, it has a lot of connectors and few forms. It has a strong facial aspect. It can do a lot of facial analysis.""We make minor subtle changes to the workbenches to improve it. We can share the workbenches. We don't have to use GitHub or anything else.""All spatial features are unrivaled, and the possibility to execute them based on a scheduled trigger, manual, e-mail, Websocket, tweet, file/directory change or virtually any trigger is most valuable.""It has standard plug-ins available for different data sources."

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"Alteryx Designer's pricing and support could be improved.""It would be simpler if they provided a component where you could simply enter some parameters and see the results.""When it comes to the pivoting part, the drill-through option is not there in Alteryx.""We need more documentation.""The product could offer more connectors and more databases with support for the in-database function.""Alteryx Designer overall should be easier to use.""Its price can be improved. It is too expensive for our country. Because of its high price, we can't sell Alteryx Designer in this region. We used to be their reseller partner. There is also an additional cost for automating the data and running the flows, which makes it even more expensive. It will be very good if they can let users automate the data for free. Other solutions like Tableau provide this feature for free.""Alteryx Designer's cost should be improved."

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"Improvements could be made to mapping presentations.""FME can improve the geographical transformation. I've had some problems with the geographical transformations, but it's probably mostly because I'm not the most skilled geographer in-house. The solution requires some in-depth knowledge to perform some functions.""To get a higher rating, it would have to improve the price and the associated scalability. These are the main issues.""FME's price needs improvement for the African market.""The one thing that always appears in the community is the ability to make really easy loops to loop through data efficiently. That needs to be added at some point."

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  • "It is too expensive for our country. We are a small country, so it is too difficult to sell this solution. With Alteryx Designer, if you want to automate the data and run the flows, you have to pay more money. We were trying to automate the flows, and we found out that people have to pay 600 more for this feature, which makes it even more expensive. We are a partner for Tableau, and we are working with Tableau Prep, which is like a mini Alteryx. In Tableau Prep, you can drag and drop and make new connections with the different data sources. You can make all the connections. You can also publish a source. You don't have to pay more money with Tableau. You pay like $5 per user per month to access it."
  • "Alteryx is a little bit expensive compared to competing solutions."
  • "Alteryx Designer is an expensive solution."
  • "I rate Alteryx Designer a six out of ten for pricing."
  • "The licenses are expensive, making it difficult to consider acquiring additional licenses to the existing ones."
  • "Each license is something like $4,000."
  • "I rate the price of Alteryx Designer as a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is extremely expensive, and ten is a highly cheap product."
  • "I rate the price of Alteryx Designer a ten on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."
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  • "We used the standard licensing for our use of FME. The cost was approximately €15,000 annually. We always welcome less expensive solutions, if the solution could be less expensive it would be helpful."
  • "The product's price is reasonable."
  • "FME Server used to cost £10,000; now it can cost over £100,000."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:When it comes to the pivoting part, the drill-through option is not there in Alteryx. When you click on a pivot table in Excel, it goes into the details of it. Alteryx Designer gives you the subtotal… more »
    Top Answer:We make minor subtle changes to the workbenches to improve it. We can share the workbenches. We don't have to use GitHub or anything else.
    Top Answer:The pricing is really bad. Last year, they rebranded the whole pricing structure. It used to be moderately priced at about £400 per user per year. Now they've changed the whole thing, and it's… more »
    Top Answer:The one thing that always appears in the community is the ability to make really easy loops to loop through data efficiently. That needs to be added at some point. There must be a technical or… more »
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    Overview

    FME is the data integration platform with the best support for spatial data. Run workflows on the desktop or deploy them in a server or cloud environment.

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    Shell, US Department of Commerce, PG&E, BC Hydro, City of Vancouver, Enel, Iowa DoT, San Antonio Water System
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company38%
    Financial Services Firm23%
    Manufacturing Company15%
    Non Profit8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization19%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Computer Software Company7%
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    Government29%
    Energy/Utilities Company10%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Comms Service Provider5%
    Company Size
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    Small Business44%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise44%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise23%
    Large Enterprise64%
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    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise64%
    Buyer's Guide
    Alteryx Designer vs. FME
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Alteryx Designer vs. FME and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Alteryx Designer is ranked 9th in Data Integration with 24 reviews while FME is ranked 23rd in Data Integration with 5 reviews. Alteryx Designer is rated 8.0, while FME is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Alteryx Designer writes "An easy-to-use automation solution with satisfying customer support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of FME writes "Great for handling large volumes of data, but it is priced a bit high". Alteryx Designer is most compared with Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Informatica PowerCenter, Palantir Foundry and SAP Data Services, whereas FME is most compared with Azure Data Factory, Talend Open Studio, SSIS, Informatica PowerCenter and SAP Data Services. See our Alteryx Designer vs. FME report.

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