Alteryx Designer vs Toad Data Point 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 #28 with an average rating of 9.0. Alteryx holds a 2.2% mindshare in DI, compared to Quest Software’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Alteryx users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Quest Software users who would recommend it.

Alteryx Designer

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Toad Data Point and Alteryx Designer compete in the data preparation and analytics space. Alteryx Designer has an advantage due to its advanced features and versatility, despite its higher cost.

Features: Toad Data Point provides efficient data connectivity, query capabilities, and seamless interaction with various database environments. Alteryx Designer offers powerful data transformation, predictive analytics tools, and extensive data processing capabilities. Alteryx Designer is favored for its broader feature set, offering comprehensive solutions for complex data needs.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Toad Data Point ensures easy deployment with minimal technical intervention and offers robust customer support. Alteryx Designer, while more complex during deployment, provides strong customer service to facilitate the process and supports extensive scalability.

Pricing and ROI: Toad Data Point is noted for its lower setup costs, providing a cost-effective solution with significant ROI for budget-conscious businesses. Alteryx Designer requires a higher initial investment but offers substantial ROI due to superior data management and analytics capabilities, making the investment worthwhile according to many businesses.

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Alteryx Designer vs. Toad Data Point

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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

Toad Data Point

Ranking in Data Integration

28th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Preparation Tools (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Alteryx Designer is 2.2%, down from 3.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Toad Data Point is 0.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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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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Aaron Payne

ERP Manager at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Offers power developers the tooling they need

I am not the end user of this solution. I am not close enough to it because I manage the platform that it runs against. The end users who use the Toad tool come against the database that my team manages, so it is hard for me to provide any area for improvement when it comes to the Toad tool. However, in the administration case, cost is a significant issue. The Mac license is incredibly expensive. It is 1,600 dollars each, which is more than the Windows version. Scalability is difficult when it is that costly.

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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

"It has an easy setup process."

"The main valuable aspect is the simplicity of use across all features."

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

"Alteryx Designer is a tool that is pretty much easy to install."

"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."

"The most valuable feature of Alteryx Designer is its ability to select all the inputs and formulas."

"The solution is user-friendly."

"The main valuable aspect is the simplicity of use across all features."

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"We love it."

"One of the greatest features is that you can get data from anywhere to anywhere with Toad Data Point."

"The Connectivity and Connection Manager supports a broad number of connection types, and it is trivial for end-users to set up their own connections to sources."

"I have never experienced any issues with customer service."

"The best thing about it is its automation features."

"It provides better SQL development tooling than SQL Developer, which is not a sufficient tool for all development use cases. It offers power developers the tools they need."

"With Toad Data Point, I can automate most steps automatically."

"The most valuable features of Toad Data are you could write a parameterized query and it wouldn't error out, it would give you the parameters that you could input. The auto-formatting feature is useful because it was great for keeping your queries neat and understandable. The auto comment, and uncomment toggles that you could do were convenient."

Cons

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

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

"When it comes to the pivoting part, the drill-through option is not there in Alteryx."

"Alteryx Designer overall should be easier to use."

"Alteryx's data science and machine learning capabilities are where it loses out to DataIQ."

"We need more documentation."

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

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"On the scheduling server, some scheduled reports just sit there and never execute for the first time. After manually executing the first time, they run with no issues."

"I used their report writing a little bit, however, it could improve since it's not a really good report writer and it's a little clunky."

"It's not user-friendly. Once you start using it, you eventually get to know the features."

"I used their report writing a little bit, however, it could improve since it's not a really good report writer and it's a little clunky."

"It's not user-friendly. Once you start using it, you eventually get to know the features."

"The Mac license is incredibly expensive. It is 1,600 dollars each, which is more than the Windows version. Scalability is difficult when it is that costly."

"The Mac license is incredibly expensive. It is 1,600 dollars each, which is more than the Windows version."

"Toad Data could improve by having additional features, such as query prediction. This could help someone who's not the strongest programmer. If the software could help them write queries correctly it would be very helpful, especially for small development teams or teams that lack the input skills necessary to write and program efficiently."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"Alteryx Designer is an expensive solution."

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

"Alteryx Designer is a very expensive solution."

"Alteryx Designer is an expensive solution."

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

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

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"The Mac licenses are expensive, costing 1,600 dollars each. This is much higher than for the Windows version. I maintain a very limited number of licenses due to this cost."

"The price of Toad Data Point was approximately $500 annually."

"The cost of this product is reasonable."

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Financial Services Firm

22%

Manufacturing Company

11%

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Financial Services Firm

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Healthcare Company

12%

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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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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Toad Data Point?

The pricing for Toad Data Point is where it gets into trouble. Microsoft is free, so if you get SQL Server, you get all the other stuff with it. You have to use several Microsoft tools that don't a...

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What needs improvement with Toad Data Point?

I used their report writing a little bit, however, it could improve since it's not a really good report writer and it's a little clunky.

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What is your primary use case for Toad Data Point?

When I use it, I'm using it for writing SQL or testing SQL code. I used to use it for moving data, loading files into database tables, from tables to other tables.

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Toad Data Point is a cross-platform, self-service, data-integration tool that simplifies data access, preparation and provisioning. It provides nearly limitless data connectivity, desktop data integration, visual query building and workflow automation.

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