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Alteryx vs Alteryx Designer Cloud comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 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 (4th)
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 May 2025, in the Data Preparation Tools category, the mindshare of Alteryx is 27.2%, down from 35.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Alteryx Designer Cloud is 8.6%, up from 8.0% 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

"Alteryx offers a cognitive approach to better understand data and purposes."
"The drag and drop and layout is simple to understand, with intuitive names of features."
"I like that I can merge data from different sources into one place."
"The product's initial setup phase is simple and straightforward."
"I like the solution's velocity, the speed with which it processes data, and its ease of use."
"Alteryx significantly reduces the time spent searching for specific information."
"I found Alteryx's ability to modify data on the fly, using in-memory processing, very useful."
"The GUI is simple and it integrates with Python."
"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

"It is a little bit pricey."
"We can't browse multiple files. When we deploy a solution on a gallery, let's say I have ten different files, and I have to upload them all at once. This is something that's difficult in the gallery. So case by case, I see some downsides, but often we do something alternative."
"Alteryx is just as complicated as coding, in my opinion."
"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."
"The solution can be quite complex in some aspects."
"The next feature release should include easier reporting."
"There is currently no cloud solution and this would be valuable for many clients."
"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

"The license price of the solution is expensive."
"There are some implementation services and internal effort costs at the beginning but there is nothing else."
"I rate the tool's pricing a two out of ten."
"While it offers extensive features, including predictive analytics, for those who mainly use it for data preparation and blending, the cost can be prohibitive."
"It has a good price."
"In my opinion, it's actually quite expensive."
"​Very transparent.​"
"My organization pays for it, and I do not look into the financial aspect of the licensing, but I know it is pretty expensive."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
24%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
6%
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Questions from the Community

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