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Alteryx vs Alteryx Designer Cloud comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 8, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Alteryx
Ranking in Data Preparation Tools
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
82
Ranking in other categories
Predictive Analytics (1st), Data Science Platforms (5th)
Alteryx Designer Cloud
Ranking in Data Preparation Tools
6th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Data Preparation Tools category, the mindshare of Alteryx is 26.8%, down from 34.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Alteryx Designer Cloud is 8.6%, up from 7.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Theresa McLaughlin - PeerSpot reviewer
Quick development enables seamless data processing despite occasional support issues
There were times when the product would fail during development without an apparent reason. The support structure changed; initially, we received great support, however, it later became less reliable due to licensing issues and a tiered support system. Licensing negotiations were problematic, affecting our product usage. For instance, our licenses were temporarily lost during negotiations when an agreement couldn't be reached.
reviewer1464411 - PeerSpot reviewer
Robust, great for financial decision making, and very scalable
This product really needs to improve its ease of use. The solution needs to do a better job of promoting and marketing itself. Alteryx is much better at this and as a consequence is more recognizable. Trifacta needs to showcase its technology better. It truly should encompass the A to Z execution of how you execute business process modeling in an intelligent automation form. A future release needs to be something that's easier to handle. I wouldn't say a layman should be able to use the solution as data wrangling is something that somebody has got to really be certified in. I have a friend who's worked at IBM for 30 years, and now he's just getting certified as a data scientist. However, if the solution was designed as something that really could assist a new data scientist or kids coming out of college, something that's easier for them to wrap their heads around, that would be helpful. The interface on Trifacta is way too busy. I used to do UX and it's just awful. It looks a little bit like Excel. I can't stand it. The UI of Alteryx is much, much better.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The design portion of this tool is easy to use without code, which his something that something we can appreciate."
"Alteryx is a simple and easy-to-use solution."
"It is a stable and scalable solution."
"All of the data science features in terms of unioning and joining data together are valuable."
"One-stop shop for data preparation, blending, prediction, and optimization in a single workflow."
"It allows for manipulation and automation, which has greatly reduced the amount of time required per project."
"Alteryx has helped us spend more time identifying results instead of performing analysis manually. It has helped us in our loading process, including scrubbing data and identifying data elements that need to be corrected. It enables us to understand our data sets a lot better."
"The ease-of-use allows non-technical business users to directly create their own solutions without the use of additional development resources."
"It works well for data scientists and can really help them drill down on the information in order to give management tangible data points for larger business decisions."
 

Cons

"Mastering Alteryx, a comprehensive solution, takes time. However, once you have gained proficiency with its layout and how to drag, drop, and connect components, it becomes remarkably easy, yet still thorough."
"It would be great to create the final users' visualization within Alteryx."
"There could be a bit of improvement related to performance. Sometimes it demands a lot of resources for running it, like memory and search."
"I'd like to see more artificial intelligence business tools or features in Alteryx."
"The next feature release should include easier reporting."
"From a commercial standpoint, more options should be available for pricing. The licensing model needs to be specific."
"Alteryx's development environment could be improved as it requires installation locally and can't be developed in the cloud."
"A colleague of mind mentioned that the solution should have more options for the visualization of data."
"This product really needs to improve its ease of use."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It can be a bit pricey, especially after the first year."
"There are some implementation services and internal effort costs at the beginning but there is nothing else."
"​Very transparent.​"
"There is a license required for this solution."
"The price could be better."
"Alteryx isn't extortionately expensive, but it's not cheap either."
"In order to have designers, and, if you want to collaborate, you have to buy a server. If the designer is $5,000, and if you want a server, you have to pay $80,000."
"ROI is huge. There are some secondary benefits, like analysts getting their post 5 PM time back or the ability to shorten all closing processes to a half or less."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
24%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
5%
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Questions from the Community

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