Alteryx Designer vs Quest SharePlex comparison

Alteryx and Quest Software are both solutions in the Data Integration category. Alteryx is ranked #10 with an average rating of 7.6, while Quest Software is ranked #48. Alteryx holds a 2.4% mindshare in DI, compared to Quest Software’s 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Alteryx users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Quest Software users who would recommend it.

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Alteryx Designer

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Quest SharePlex and Alteryx Designer are competitive in data management and integration. Alteryx Designer has the upper hand due to its robust analytic capabilities and comprehensive feature set which may justify its higher price.

Features: Quest SharePlex includes stable data replication, high availability, and efficient data migration, providing a reliable system for data management without downtime. Alteryx Designer offers powerful data preparation, advanced analytics, and transformative insights, ideal for comprehensive data interpretation and complex analytical tasks.

Room for Improvement: Quest SharePlex could enhance its integration features and analytical capabilities to better compete. Improvement in documentation and user interface could also be beneficial. Alteryx Designer could refine its ease of use for new users and streamline machine learning functionalities. Enhancing API connectivity and simplifying the initial setup process would also add value.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Quest SharePlex provides a clear deployment model with effective customer service. Alteryx Designer's straightforward installation and extensive knowledge base facilitate smoother deployment and assist in rapid issue resolution.

Pricing and ROI: Quest SharePlex is competitive with lower setup costs and offers good ROI due to its efficient data handling. Alteryx Designer, while having higher upfront costs, justifies its price through enhanced analytics that drive significant business insights, potentially increasing long-term value.

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Categories and Ranking

Alteryx Designer

Ranking in Data Integration

10th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Quest SharePlex

Ranking in Data Integration

48th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Alteryx Designer is 2.4%, down from 3.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Quest SharePlex is 0.7%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Integration

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Ajay Nayak

Senior Data Engineer at Baxter International Inc.

An easy-to-use automation solution with satisfying customer support

Sometimes, while getting data from a third-party product, like data sources that are not present in your system, Alteryx works a bit slowly. Even if you have a good configuration and you are pulling data from an SQL server like SAP, then the solution also has a slow work process. It shouldn't be that much slow if you are pulling ten thousand records, it should not take thirty minutes.

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Kristopher Wells

Oracle DBA at Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

It reduces the downtime and migration time exponentially

I would rate SharePlex's high availability, and disaster recovery features highly. It works as advertised in terms of rapid fill-over and switch-over opportunities. It reduces the migration time for a multi-terabyte database to an hour or less because it performs real-time replication. SharePlex reduces downtime and migration time exponentially. Something that could take 12 to 24 hours is cut down to one to two hours. By the time you start to migrate, the only remaining replication is a slight difference in data from the point when SharePlex has shut down, and the application has to also switch over to the new database. It allowed the company to replicate data more transparently. Some of the business executives probably don't even know it's there. It works 100 percent of the time, with little downtime or problems. It provides what is needed. There's little concern about whether or not it functions. It's allowed the company to achieve its objectives with its clients, reducing and minimizing downtime for substantial migrations and upgrades. It can reduce hardware and storage costs, but my company doesn't utilize it with high-availability architecture.

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Pros

"It has an easy setup process."

"Workflow automation, in general, is valuable."

"Alteryx Designer is easier to use for machine learning models. However, I am not very good at Python scripts which you will need to make the machine learning scripts."

"The solution's ability to hold a huge amount of data in its memory is significant."

"It has great UI."

"Alteryx Designer is stable."

"The product offers very good analytics."

"The functionality of drag and drop is the most valuable. It is a very user-friendly tool that can be understood easily. My teams also work with other solutions, such as Integration Services, and these solutions are very difficult for people who don't have technical knowledge."

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"Because of the volume of the transactions, we heavily use a feature that allows SharePlex to replicate thousands of transactions. It's called PEP, Post Enhancement Performance, and that has helped us scale tremendously."

"I like SharePlex's Compare and Repair tool."

"The core replication and its performance. Performance is crucial, and SharePlex is by far the fastest. The way it handles replication to multiple targets along with basic filtering, as well as from multiple sources to a single target, is very efficient."

"The core features of the solution we like are the reliability of the data transfer and the accuracy of data read and write. The stability of the solution is also excellent."

"There are some capabilities within SharePlex where you can see how the data is migrating and if it still maintains good data integrity. For example, if there are some tables that get out of sync, there are ways to find them and fix the problem on the spot. Since these are very common issues, we can easily fix these types of problems using utilities, like compare and repair. So, if you find something is out of sync, then you can just repair that table. It basically syncs that table from source to target to see if there are any differences. It will then replicate those differences to the target."

Cons

"I would like to be able to include small snippets of code inside of the solution. The tool has only drag-and-drop features to make it easy to use, but sometimes I feel like this makes it more complicated."

"Alteryx Designer is not as fast as SSIS and is not good for large datasets. It also needs to improve database procedures. Though it is easy to use, it is limited in terms of technical aspects."

"The only thing is sometimes it can be a bit slow."

"Alteryx Designer overall should be easier to use."

"Its cost can sometimes be a drawback."

"Alteryx needs to improve its web governance. The gallery you use to filter the data is something else that could use some work. For instance, if you have a report connected to a database and want to filter a specific user, you should be able to suggest a specific region or a particular year. I know that the Alteryx isn't designed for data governance, but that would be great to think about."

"It is challenging to view the data using Alteryx Designer."

"Sometimes, while getting data from a third-party product, the solution works slowly."

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"I would like the solution to have some kind of machine learning and AI capabilities. Often, if we want to improve the performance of posting, we have to bump up a parameter. That means we need to stop the process, come up with a figure that we want to bump the parameter up to, and then start SharePlex. Machine learning and AI capabilities for these kinds of improvement would tremendously help boost productivity for us."

"I don't know how easy it would be to change the architecture in an already implemented replication. For example, if we have a certain way of architecting for a particular database migration and want to change that during a period of time, is that an easy or difficult change? There was a need for us to change the architecture in-between the migration, but we didn't do it. We thought, "This is possibly complicated. Let's not change it in the middle because we were approaching our cutover date." That was one thing that we should have checked with support about for training."

"For its function in relation to replication (i.e. filtering), I'd give it a six or seven out of 10. GoldenGate has much more functionality by comparison."

"I would like more ability to automate installation and configuration in line with some of the DevOps processes that are more mature in the market. That would be a considerable improvement."

"The reporting features need improvement. It would be very good for users to have a clear understanding of the status of replication."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"The product is a bit expensive, it should be looked into."

"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."

"The pricing is bit expensive."

"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."

"The tool is priced high."

"I rate the product's pricing a two to three out of ten."

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"It is not as expensive as Oracle GoldenGate and has worked really well within our budgets."

"It's really good value for the money. There are some things they could improve on, but in terms of the pricing, features, and support, as a holistic package, we are not thinking of anything else at this point in time."

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Alteryx

SharePlex database replication empowers your organization to achieve its database goals now and into the future. Make use of built-in monitoring, conflict resolution, data comparison and synchronization capabilities backed by award-winning support.

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