Alteryx Designer vs Spring Cloud Data Flow comparison

Alteryx and Broadcom are both solutions in the Data Integration category. Alteryx is ranked #11 with an average rating of 7.5, while Broadcom is ranked #21 with an average rating of 7.8. Alteryx holds a 1.8% mindshare in DI, compared to Broadcom’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Alteryx users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

Alteryx Designer

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90% willing to recommend

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88% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Spring Cloud Data Flow and Alteryx Designer compete in the data integration and processing space. Spring Cloud Data Flow has an edge in cost efficiency, while Alteryx Designer leads with advanced features justifying a higher price.

Features: Spring Cloud Data Flow emphasizes stream processing, scalability, and integration flexibility. Alteryx Designer offers intuitive drag-and-drop functionality, powerful data preparation, blending, and comprehensive analytics tools.

Room for Improvement: Spring Cloud Data Flow could improve its user interface and offer more intuitive tools for non-developers. It may also benefit from enhanced data preparation features. Alteryx Designer would benefit from reducing its learning curve for complex analytics and offering more robust community support. It might also improve on its data integration capabilities beyond its existing offerings.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Spring Cloud Data Flow seamlessly integrates into existing environments, supported by strong community resources. Alteryx Designer offers simpler deployment and dedicated customer support, facilitating a smoother start for teams.

Pricing and ROI: Spring Cloud Data Flow provides a cost-effective solution with lower setup costs, appealing to budget-conscious businesses. Alteryx Designer, though more expensive, offers a strong ROI through its extensive analytics capabilities and time-saving features, justifying its higher price.

To learn more, read our detailed Alteryx Designer vs. Spring Cloud Data Flow 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

Spring Cloud Data Flow

Ranking in Data Integration

21st

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Streaming Analytics (10th)

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 Spring Cloud Data Flow is 1.2%, up from 1.0% 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%
Spring Cloud Data Flow	1.2%
Other	97.0%

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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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Alokik Gupta

Software Engineer at Tech Mahindra Limited

Effective microservice and task management but needs more dashboard features

The dashboards in Spring Cloud Dataflow are quite valuable. By injecting the dependency of Spring Cloud Dataflow into our Spring Boot application and annotating it with 'enable task annotation', we can manage tasks effectively. Additionally, the platform allows us to create pipelines and use microservices like a logical AND gate, giving us greater control over our microservices.

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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

"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."

"We use Alteryx Designer for analytics. It's quite helpful because once we set it up, we don't have to manually update or process data repeatedly. It saves time, especially for financial reporting, which is typically done monthly or quarterly. Once we set it up initially, we only need to make occasional updates if necessary."

"It has an easy setup process."

"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."

"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."

"Alteryx Designer's best features are that it's easy to use and performs well."

"The most valuable features are the integrated properties and integrated connectivity."

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

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"The most valuable features of Spring Cloud Data Flow are the simple programming model, integration, dependency Injection, and ability to do any injection. Additionally, auto-configuration is another important feature because we don't have to configure the database and or set up the boilerplate in the database in every project. The composability is good, we can create small workloads and compose them in any way we like."

"The dashboards in Spring Cloud Dataflow are quite valuable."

"The solution's most valuable feature is that it allows us to use different batch data sources, retrieve the data, and then do the data processing, after which we can convert and store it in the target."

"There are a lot of options in Spring Cloud. It's flexible in terms of how we can use it. It's a full infrastructure."

"The product is very user-friendly."

"The most valuable feature is real-time streaming."

"The ease of deployment on Kubernetes, the seamless integration for orchestration of various pipelines, and the visual dashboard that simplifies operations even for non-specialists such as quality analysts."

"The best thing I like about Spring Cloud Data Flow is its plug-and-play model."

Cons

"The actual usage part of it needs to be explained more. It's too vague right now."

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

"Alteryx Designer overall should be easier to use."

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

"We need more documentation."

"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 product could offer more connectors and more databases with support for the in-database function."

"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."

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"I would improve the dashboard features as they are not very user-friendly."

"On the tool's online discussion forums, you may get stuck with an issue, making it an area where improvements are required."

"The configurations could be better. Some configurations are a little bit time-consuming in terms of trying to understand using the Spring Cloud documentation."

"There were instances of deployment pipelines getting stuck, and the dashboard not always accurately showing the application status, requiring manual intervention such as rerunning applications or refreshing the dashboard."

"Spring Cloud Data Flow could improve the user interface. We can drag and drop in the application for the configuration and settings, and deploy it right from the UI, without having to run a CI/CD pipeline. However, that does not work with Kubernetes, it only works when we are working with jars as the Spring Cloud Data Flow applications."

"Some of the features, like the monitoring tools, are not very mature and are still evolving."

"Spring Cloud Data Flow is not an easy-to-use tool, so improvements are required."

"The solution's community support could be improved."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"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."

"Alteryx Designer is an expensive solution."

"The licenses are expensive, making it difficult to consider acquiring additional licenses to the existing ones."

"Each license is something like $4,000."

"Alteryx Designer is an expensive solution."

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

"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."

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"The solution provides value for money, and we are currently using its community edition."

"If you want support from Spring Cloud Data Flow there is a fee. The Spring Framework is open-source and this is a free solution."

"This is an open-source product that can be used free of charge."

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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

24%

Computer Software Company

15%

Retailer

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	5

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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What needs improvement with Spring Cloud Data Flow?

There were instances of deployment pipelines getting stuck, and the dashboard not always accurately showing the application status, requiring manual intervention such as rerunning applications or r...

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What is your primary use case for Spring Cloud Data Flow?

We had a project for content management, which involved multiple applications each handling content ingestion, transformation, enrichment, and storage for different customers independently. We want...

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What advice do you have for others considering Spring Cloud Data Flow?

I would definitely recommend Spring Cloud Data Flow. It requires minimal additional effort or time to understand how it works, and even non-specialists can use it effectively with its friendly docu...

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Spring Cloud Data Flow is a toolkit for building data integration and real-time data processing pipelines.
Pipelines consist of Spring Boot apps, built using the Spring Cloud Stream or Spring Cloud Task microservice frameworks. This makes Spring Cloud Data Flow suitable for a range of data processing use cases, from import/export to event streaming and predictive analytics. Use Spring Cloud Data Flow to connect your Enterprise to the Internet of Anything—mobile devices, sensors, wearables, automobiles, and more.

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