Alteryx Designer vs SAS Access comparison

Alteryx and SAS are both solutions in the Data Integration category. Alteryx is ranked #11 with an average rating of 7.5, while SAS is ranked #63. Alteryx holds a 1.8% mindshare in DI, compared to SAS’s 0.4% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Alteryx users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of SAS users who would recommend it.

Alteryx Designer

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90% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

SAS Access and Alteryx Designer are products in data analysis, competing in features, deployment, and pricing. Users prefer Alteryx Designer due to its user-friendly interface and automation capabilities.

Features: SAS Access provides direct, secure data access, robust integration options, and high-speed data management. Alteryx Designer offers a visual workflow interface for seamless data extraction, transformation, and analysis. It also allows easy automation of manual processes.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SAS Access requires extensive environment-specific configurations for deployment. Alteryx Designer offers straightforward deployment with user-friendly tools, cloud integration, and comprehensive support.

Pricing and ROI: SAS Access has higher initial setup costs due to licensing and infrastructure needs. Alteryx Designer offers lower setup costs and significant ROI through streamlined operations and reduced labor overhead.

To learn more, read our detailed Alteryx Designer vs. SAS Access Report (Updated: September 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

Alteryx Designer

Ranking in Data Integration

11th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SAS Access

Ranking in Data Integration

63rd

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Alteryx Designer is 1.8%, down from 3.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAS Access is 0.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Integration Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Alteryx Designer	1.8%
SAS Access	0.4%
Other	97.8%

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Featured Reviews

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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Robert Heck

Co Owner at Hecht und Heck GmbH

The solution is stable, scalable, and flexible

I rate the solution eight out of ten. The number of people required to maintain the solution is dependent on the other applications running. The solution in itself does not require a lot of maintenance. The solution is flexible and I recommend it when you have more complex applications with special requirements.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Alteryx Designer is stable."

"The product is very stable. The performance is reliable."

"Workflow automation, in general, is valuable."

"It helps them to create customized workflows, transform data, perform calculations, and consolidate multiple data sources into a target database."

"I like Alteryx Designer's drag-and-drop feature, where you drag a component, configure it and quickly run it."

"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."

"I have been using Alteryx Designer only for data modeling and data structuring."

"The product offers very good analytics."

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"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the ease of access to the data in those databases."

"The most valuable part of SAS/ACCESS is what it is made for: connecting to remote systems that are not part of your physical SAS environment."

"The most valuable feature is you have native access to the external databases."

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."

"An improvement for Alteryx Designer would be faster bug fixes and updates."

"It would be simpler if they provided a component where you could simply enter some parameters and see the results."

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

"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."

"The major concern in Alteryx Designer stems from the high costs attached to the product."

"If the price were reduced then it would be more competitive."

More Alteryx Designer cons

"The solution can provide access to the newer databases that come out sooner."

"The pricing model needs to be reconsidered and adjusted."

"I can't really recall any missing feature or general improvement that is needed. We don't really add too many new kinds of databases and therefore our needs are already met."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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 solution is expensive. It has license fees, which are renewable every year."

"Alteryx is a little bit expensive compared to competing solutions."

"The tool is priced high."

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

"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."

"Alteryx Designer is a very expensive solution."

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"The pricing model is complex and is based on modular packages as well as the size of the applicable environment."

"The solution's pricing and licensing are expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

22%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Computer Software Company

Energy/Utilities Company

Financial Services Firm

21%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Insurance Company

10%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	17

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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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SAS/Access

Overview

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Alteryx

SAS/ACCESS is an out-of-the-box solution for integrating SAS and third-party databases. You can read, write and update data regardless of the database or platform. Because the data appears native to SAS, there is no need to learn Structured Query Language (SQL) or any other database-specific query languages.

SAS

Sample Customers

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Los Angeles County, West Midlands Police, Credit Guarantee Corporation, Canada Post, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty

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