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Alteryx Designer vs MuleSoft Anypoint Platform comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.9
Alteryx Designer delivers high ROI and process automation, but pricing changes impact cost-effectiveness and prompt consideration of alternatives.
Sentiment score
5.5
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform provides ROI through cost efficiency, reduced maintenance expenses, and enabling reuse in enterprises and smaller businesses.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.6
Customers appreciate the stable product, comprehensive documentation, and active community, despite occasional integration question delays and varying support ratings.
Sentiment score
6.7
MuleSoft Anypoint has highly-rated support with fast response times, though documentation and response times need improvement.
There are areas where they need to improve response time and overall competence.
Product Manager at Gruppo SCAI
I would probably rate the support for MuleSoft Anypoint Platform a nine on a scale from one to ten.
Senior Validation Engineer at Weir Group PLC
The support team is responsive and helpful.
Solutions Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
The Salesforce team offers different levels of support.
Senior Consultant at Radiotechnologies
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.9
Alteryx Designer is scalable and cloud-ready but costly licensing limits broader scalability for large datasets and complex tasks.
Sentiment score
7.3
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform offers scalable, flexible solutions for enterprises, though automated scalability and data demands can be limiting.
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is quite scalable, and it meets our use cases with no issues preventing implementation.
Solutions Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
MuleSoft provides the ability to scale, yet it is costly to do so.
Integration Lead at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
Alteryx Designer is stable, scoring high for reliability with few issues, though external factors can occasionally affect performance.
Sentiment score
7.7
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is stable, though users report occasional connector issues and variability in scalability and performance.
 

Room For Improvement

Alteryx Designer's high cost and technical limitations restrict market access, needing better integration, support, and user-friendly features.
MuleSoft users seek faster updates, improved support, better pricing, enhanced UI, and expanded Anypoint MQ and integration capabilities.
MuleSoft is considered expensive, so pricing is a major concern.
Integration Lead at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Currently, it uses other standards, but adopting OpenAPI, the standard in the market, would be beneficial.
Solutions Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
When dealing with multiple transactions or trading, the system can lose control, and tracking becomes hectic.
Senior Consultant at Radiotechnologies
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise users find Alteryx Designer expensive, with high annual costs and additional charges compared to competitors like Tableau Prep.
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform is costly, best for larger organizations, offering workload reduction but requires careful cost planning.
It's cheaper than Palantir, but even Alteryx is too much for small clients.
Product Manager at Gruppo SCAI
MuleSoft is considered one of the more expensive products in the market.
Integration Lead at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
I do not know the specific costs, but given that it is part of MuleSoft, I suspect it is not cheap.
Solutions Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
The platform reduces manual workload in maintaining infrastructure, but it does come with some cost considerations.
Senior Consultant at Radiotechnologies
 

Valuable Features

Alteryx Designer offers a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface, excelling in data preparation, transformation, automation, and integration with multiple sources.
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform excels in API management, seamless integration, user-friendly design, scalability, and connectivity for hybrid environments.
The main valuable aspect is the simplicity of use across all features.
Product Manager at Gruppo SCAI
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform helps to standardize data integration approaches, making it easier to implement integration projects.
Solutions Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
The most valuable feature is the full lifecycle management, including Anypoint Designer and Exchange, as well as Discofolio API.
Integration Lead at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
The platform is integrated with Salesforce, making it preferable when using Salesforce products.
Senior Consultant at Radiotechnologies
 

Categories and Ranking

Alteryx Designer
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (16th)
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
60
Ranking in other categories
Message Queue (MQ) Software (4th), Business-to-Business Middleware (1st), Workload Automation (4th), Cloud Data Integration (4th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Data Integration and Access solutions, they serve different purposes. Alteryx Designer is designed for Data Integration and holds a mindshare of 1.5%, down 2.8% compared to last year.
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Business-to-Business Middleware, holds 9.8% mindshare, down 12.7% since last year.
Data Integration Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Alteryx Designer1.5%
SSIS4.0%
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)3.7%
Other90.8%
Data Integration
Business-to-Business Middleware Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform9.8%
IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services12.9%
SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite9.7%
Other67.6%
Business-to-Business Middleware
 

Featured Reviews

Sergio Scorsoglio - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager at Gruppo SCAI
Simplifies predictive analytics with useful integration features and helpful plugins
I have used Alteryx Designer to perform predictive analytics that helps in predicting the selling of products, particularly in banking and financial areas The main valuable aspect is the simplicity of use across all features. Additionally, I have developed some functionality to integrate Alteryx…
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Senior Validation Engineer at Weir Group PLC
Integration workflows have become transparent and secure while error tracking is streamlined
The best features in MuleSoft Anypoint Platform for me are transparency between logging in or deploying and using different environments. Managing different environments for the transparency of error logins or how to trace traceability is very important. It's very easy to use and sort, so you can see where everything has gone right and everything has gone wrong. I'm aware of the drag-and-drop interface in MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, and it's very, very quick. It's very time-saving and very efficient. The security features on MuleSoft Anypoint Platform help maintain data integrity in my organization; I would say it's second to none. It's one of the best out there that I have worked with because of the encryption and decryption, and there are a lot of security aspects. I would assess the platform's data mapping and transformation capabilities as amazing. Automation has been straightforward; the transformation and mapping have been easy to use, easy to source, and from the source to the target. I would say it has been very good.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
7%
Energy/Utilities Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise17
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise30
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Alteryx Designer?
When you open a raw Excel file, it can be hard to look at everything in detail. Alteryx makes it much easier to go through the data, summarize it, and use different tools for analysis.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Alteryx Designer?
It's cheaper than Palantir, but even Alteryx is too much for small clients. It is expensive, considering the server capabilities.
What needs improvement with Alteryx Designer?
For smaller clients with ten to 15 employees, Alteryx can be expensive. The server capabilities are costly too. The technical support could also improve by being quicker in response times.
What advice do you have for others considering Mule Anypoint Platform?
I architected solutions using Oracle SOA/OSB, Spring Boot, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform on cloud / on-premises and hybrid modes; What I see is though if you are an enterprise and have enough money th...
How does TIBCO BusinessWorks compare with Mule Anypoint Platform?
Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether TIBCO BusinessWorks or Mule Anypoint platform integration and connectivity software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Mule...
What can Mule Anypoint Platform be used for and what do you use it for most often?
This is a very flexible solution that comes with multiple uses. My organization mostly uses Mule Anypoint Platform for API management, as it lets us build new APIs easily and design new interfaces...
 

Also Known As

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Data Integrator, Anypoint MQ
 

Overview

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Sample Customers

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VMware, Gucci, MasterCard, Target, Time Inc, Hershey's, Tesla, Spotify, Office Depot, Intuit, CBS, Amtrak, Salesforce, Gap, Ralph Lauren
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