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Alteryx vs Databricks vs Mode Enterprise comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Mindshare comparison

Predictive Analytics Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Alteryx15.0%
Anaplan13.8%
SAP Analytics Cloud12.8%
Other58.4%
Predictive Analytics
Cloud Data Warehouse Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Databricks8.3%
Snowflake17.7%
Dremio9.4%
Other64.6%
Cloud Data Warehouse
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Mode Enterprise0.5%
Microsoft Power BI14.5%
Tableau Enterprise11.0%
Other74.0%
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
 

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.
ShubhamSharma7 - PeerSpot reviewer
Capability to integrate diverse coding languages in a single notebook greatly enhances workflow
Databricks offers various courses that I can use, whether it's PySpark, Scala, or R. I can leverage all these courses in a single notebook, which is beneficial for clients as they can access various tools in one place whenever needed. This is quite significant. I usually work with PySpark based on client requirements. After coding, I feed the Databricks notebooks into the ADF pipeline for updates. Databricks' capability to process data in parallel enhances data processing speed. Furthermore, I can connect our Databricks notebook directly with Power BI and other visualization tools like Qlik. Once we develop code, it allows us to transform raw data into visualizations for clients using analysis diagrams, which is very helpful.
Yoeri Samwel - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps to run Python-based scripts but needs enhancement in user experience
The most important feature of the solution is the ability to run Python-based scripts.  Mode Analytics needs to improve the overall user experience.  I have been working with the solution for two years.  I rate the solution's stability a ten out of ten.  I rate the tool's scalability a seven…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I like the fact that you can easily blend data from different platforms."
"I found Alteryx's ability to modify data on the fly, using in-memory processing, very useful."
"The drag and drop and layout is simple to understand, with intuitive names of features."
"The Alteryx designer has been the most useful feature in the solution."
"Once we got it in-house, I knew its value."
"The scheduling feature for the automation is excellent."
"The value add of Alteryx is the agility for making changes, and speed of deployment."
"The ease-of-use allows non-technical business users to directly create their own solutions without the use of additional development resources."
"The technical support is good."
"The main features of the solution are efficiency."
"Databricks is a scalable solution. It is the largest advantage of the solution."
"The solution is very simple and stable."
"The Delta Lake data type has been the most useful part of this solution. Delta Lake is an opensource data type and it was implemented and invented by Databricks."
"I like cloud scalability and data access for any type of user."
"This solution offers a lake house data concept that we have found exciting. We are able to have a large amount of data in a data lake and can manage all relational activities."
"Databricks gives us the ability to build a lakehouse framework and do everything implicit to this type of database structure. We also like the ability to stream events. Databricks covers a broad spectrum, from reporting and machine learning to streaming events. It's important for us to have all these features in one platform."
"The tool helps to catch results and review them."
"The most valuable feature I would say is the flexibility in editing."
"The solution is simple for people from a viewing perspective, not a coding perspective."
"The most important feature of the solution is the ability to run Python-based scripts."
 

Cons

"What they're struggling with is it's not as mature as Tableau in the user management area. It was tougher to manage the server part of it right away, especially since the user base has grown."
"The scalability worries me a lot at the moment because the cost of the solution is high and it is not growing considerably. Unfortunately, we started during early COVID times and because of the economic downturn, all the cost cuttings, and everything, it is not growing as expected."
"The interface could be improved."
"It would be great to create the final users' visualization within Alteryx."
"There are a few hiccups with specific data sets and languages or formats that the data comes in. That may be a minor problem, but we can work through it. We had some issues looking at XML format in added data, but it wasn't significant."
"More statistics tools: We can use to compare SPSS statistics with some automated advisory."
"There are no ready models to use in analytics."
"Lacks an open source edition which would be helpful."
"Scalability is an area with certain shortcomings. The solution's scalability needs improvement."
"Overall it's a good product, however, it doesn't do well against any individual best-of-breed products."
"When I used the support, I had communication problems because of the language barrier with the agent. The accent was difficult to understand."
"The solution could improve by providing better automation capabilities. For example, working together with more of a DevOps approach, such as continuous integration."
"The data visualization for this solution could be improved. They have started to roll out a data visualization tool inside Databricks but it is in the early stages. It's not comparable to a solution like Power BI, Luca, or Tableau."
"Performance could be improved."
"The product should incorporate more learning aspects. It needs to have a free trial version that the team can practice."
"CI/CD needs additional leverage and support."
"The data visualization is cumbersome in Mode Analytics. I want the solution to add a map that has an easy interface. The UI is slow sometimes."
"The solution could run faster."
"I think in terms of User Interface, I would say it can be better."
"Mode Analytics needs to improve the overall user experience."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"​Very transparent.​"
"Its price should be lower. The key thing that we see is that talking about ROI is an important element at the time of purchase. Cost becomes a factor in every discussion. Justifying the ROI for these kinds of workflows is always a challenge, and the only way to counter the challenge is by addressing the pricing."
"It can be a bit pricey, especially after the first year."
"The pricing is $5000 per year per production license."
"There are some implementation services and internal effort costs at the beginning but there is nothing else."
"I rate the solution's pricing as a ten, as it is highly priced."
"Opt for the three year subscription. It is 20% less than the yearly one."
"Alteryx is generally more suited for medium—to large companies due to its potentially high licensing costs."
"The cost for Databricks depends on the use case. I work on it as a consultant, so I'm using the client's Databricks, so it depends on how big the client is."
"We find Databricks to be very expensive, although this improved when we found out how to shut it down at night."
"The solution is a good value for batch processing and huge workloads."
"The cost is around $600,000 for 50 users."
"The billing of Databricks can be difficult and should improve."
"I would rate the tool’s pricing an eight out of ten."
"We pay as we go, so there isn't a fixed price. It's charged by the unit. I don't have any details detail about how they measure this, but it should be a mix between processing and quantity of data handled. We run a simulation based on our use cases, which gives us an estimate. We've been monitoring this, and the costs have met our expectations."
"The product pricing is moderate."
"The pricing is per user."
"My decision-maker found the pricing expensive, but it is okay for me."
"Mode Analytics is cheap compared to other tools."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
22%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Retailer
6%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
6%
Computer Software Company
17%
Media Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Insurance Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise51
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business25
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise56
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Questions from the Community

What is the Biggest Difference Between Alteryx and IBM SPSS Modeler?
One of the differences is that with Alteryx you can use it as an ETL and analytics tool. Please connect with me direc...
What is the Biggest Difference Between Alteryx and IBM SPSS Modeler?
Alteryx is an extremely easy and flexible data tool, flexible in terms of drag and drop toolset and also has python, ...
What is the Biggest Difference Between Alteryx and IBM SPSS Modeler?
I am not familiar with IBM SPSS Modeler, therefore, I cannot compare these two products. Regarding Alteryx I can say...
Which do you prefer - Databricks or Azure Machine Learning Studio?
Databricks gives you the option of working with several different languages, such as SQL, R, Scala, Apache Spark, or ...
How would you compare Databricks vs Amazon SageMaker?
We researched AWS SageMaker, but in the end, we chose Databricks. Databricks is a Unified Analytics Platform designe...
Which would you choose - Databricks or Azure Stream Analytics?
Databricks is an easy-to-set-up and versatile tool for data management, analysis, and business analytics. For analyti...
What do you like most about Mode Analytics?
The solution is simple for people from a viewing perspective, not a coding perspective.
What needs improvement with Mode Analytics?
The solution could run faster. You just sit there, waiting during the load times, especially for the large ones. And ...
What is your primary use case for Mode Analytics?
I was put in charge of creating a lot of the dashboards, so it was very much that there weren't people at the company...
 

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Databricks Unified Analytics, Databricks Unified Analytics Platform, Redash
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Sample Customers

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