Nitin Kawale - PeerSpot reviewer
Member Board Of Directors at Pattern
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A simple and user-friendly solution that is easy to set up
Pros and Cons
  • "Alteryx is a simple and easy-to-use solution."
  • "Alteryx's predictive data models are pretty average and can be improved."

What is most valuable?

Alteryx is a simple and easy-to-use solution.

What needs improvement?

Alteryx's predictive data models are pretty average and can be improved. If I'm using it on a day-to-day basis, the predictive model should keep improving based on data gathering and data preparation.

How are customer service and support?

Alteryx is a user-friendly solution; its content is available everywhere to help users use its functions.

How was the initial setup?

The solution’s initial setup is super easy.

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What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Alteryx is an expensive solution.

What other advice do I have?

Alteryx uses the UI interface wherein you can easily do a lot of things, and it doesn't have to code a lot.

My initial objective was to understand if a non-technical person with a small data science team could leverage a platform that can do a lot of things other than putting in a lot of resources. That's one of the reasons why our company chose Alteryx.

Alteryx is one of the few tools where user experience and customer feedback are up to the mark. I was from a non-technical background, and I wanted to create operators and do a lot of analysis and data cleaning on my own. With Alteryx, I didn't have to do anything except create the flow.

I would recommend Alteryx to other users.

Overall, I rate Alteryx ten out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Ritika Saxena - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Engineer at Tredence Inc.
Real User
Top 10
Easy to use and doesn't require coding for complicated functions
Pros and Cons
  • "It is a stable and scalable solution."
  • "They should make the solution user-friendly for nontechnical people by giving specific names to the options."

What is our primary use case?

I use the solution to build an ETL workflow.

What is most valuable?

The ease of use is the solution's most valuable feature. It doesn't require coding for usage. I only have to drop and drag the available options to perform complicated functions.

What needs improvement?

They should make the solution user-friendly for nontechnical people by giving specific names to the options. That will be helpful for them to understand.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for six months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the solution's stability as a ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable solution. We are two users who created a workflow using it. We use it once a month or two.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I rate the solution's pricing as a ten, as it is highly priced.

What other advice do I have?

I rate the solution as a nine.

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Director at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Real User
It collects data, manipulation and some Geo-spacial mapping.
Pros and Cons
  • "The tools are built-in. You just plug and play, drag and drop, once you understand how to use the tools, it is easy."
  • "I think better visualization would be helpful to this solution."
  • "It is a little bit pricey."
  • "It seems to me that it is not always user friendly."

What is our primary use case?

It collects data and manipulation and some Geo-spacial mapping.

How has it helped my organization?

It provides opportunities to do some pretty complex tasks easily, without having to worry about the Java. The tools are built-in. You just plug and play, drag and drop, once you understand how to use the tools, it is easy.

What needs improvement?

I think better visualization would be helpful. In terms of data extraction, during the sequel queries of servers as an example, you can structure your sequel query and it's fine, very readable, but once you run it, it crashes into one complex single line, and makes it very difficult. Then you you almost have to go back to management studio, and run it through management studio and put it through restructuring, and it just seems to me that that's not very user friendly.

For how long have I used the solution?

One to three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a very stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

For our purposes, the scalability is fine. But, I think that scaling it for a big enterprise would probably be an expensive endeavor.

How is customer service and technical support?

I would rate the tech support a 7.5 out of 10.  They do not necessarily provide lots of hands on support themselves, instead they farm it out to partners and forums. 

How was the initial setup?

The learning curve for implementation was a bit steep. You pretty much have to teach yourself as you are setting up the solution. Once you do that, you are OK.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It is a little bit pricey. The desktop version is cheaper, it is on a one year license. And, if you want to do anything on an enterprise name it is quite expensive. The current pricing model may get to be too much in three to four years time.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We also considered DataBricks.

What other advice do I have?

I would advise that you should ask yourself what you need and want, and do a one-month trial.

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Project Manager at a university with 11-50 employees
Real User
Top 20
Helps us in merging multiple data tests and utilizing various data sources
Pros and Cons
  • "It is efficient in optimizing our ability to get information."
  • "The solution can be made more affordable."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use case for the solution is merging multiple data tests and utilizing various data sources.

How has it helped my organization?

The solution has improved our organization by enhancing the speed by which we can pull data.

What is most valuable?

It is efficient in optimizing our ability to get information.

What needs improvement?

The solution can be made more affordable.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using the solution for approximately two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable. I rate them a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable. However, based on the price, it can be pretty costly, and organizations tend to limit the availability of that software to its users.

How are customer service and support?

We have not had any experience with customer service and support.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward.

What other advice do I have?

I rate the solution a ten out of ten. The solution is good but can be more affordable. On the other hand, it is a great tool because of the community and can integrate various tools, data and types and software.

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Master Data Senior Business Process Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Scales well with connection feature and good stability
Pros and Cons
  • "Technical support is very helpful."
  • "The screen when you are looking into your workflows and your ETL processes needs to be improved. You cannot manage it very well."

What is our primary use case?

The solution allows us to create some reports that my organization uses, that my team uses. We also move some data from one particular legacy ERP into a shared SQL server to mix information from defense applications into one repository for analytic purposes.

What is most valuable?

The connection feature is quite useful to our organization. We connect with other databases. We connect with Microsoft SQL databases or with Oracle databases, and we connect with SharePoint lists, and we can connect with Outlook email servers as well.

The stability is very good. It hasn't given us any issues.

The scalability has been great.

Technical support is very helpful.

What needs improvement?

Our IT team has a lot of restrictions. Therefore, we cannot extend all the functions and all the features that Alteryx has, unfortunately. That's due to the fact that the internal restrictions we have are from a security standpoint.

The desktop license is expensive.

The screen when you are looking into your workflows and your ETL processes needs to be improved. You cannot manage it very well. For example, the column size, and items like that should be adjustable.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for a couple of years. It's been a while.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution has been stable so far. It doesn't crash and freeze. There are no bugs or glitches. It's good. The stability of the tool is perfect for us.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We've found the scalability to be quite good. We are connected to big databases, small databases, medium databases, any kind of database. For us, it's great. 

In Latin America, there are about 30 to 40 people on the solution. In North America, probably a couple of hundred people are on the solution, and in Europe probably over 100. In Asia, there are probably around 50 more, and the India teams probably have a little more.

How are customer service and technical support?

I've not personally used technical support, however, we have a person on our team who is more of an expert on all of the features. Sometimes, if he has questions, he will contact them. We have a very quick response, from what I understand. So far, it's been a good experience and we are satisfied with their level of support.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We have a few hundred office licenses so far.

I haven't compared the solution to other licenses and therefore cannot really specify if it's the most expensive option or not, or if the current pricing is unreasonable. This is the tool our company's IT team selected for us and we can use it if we need it. It's not something I chose. It's something my company provides as a tool from an ETL standpoint.

What other advice do I have?

We don't use all the functionalities due to the restrictions we have inside our network. So far, what we use is enough. We can't extend to use all the functions and all the capabilities the tools have. However, that is because of the unique internal restrictions we have.

We use the solution just as a reporting tool and consolidate information from different systems to create analytics, however, I know that Alteryx has far more extended capabilities than we have explored. We use it as a personal user tool. We don't use it as a company strategy to move databases from one side to another side and make consolidations. We use it on a very small scale.

I'd recommend the solution to others.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. We've been largely satisfied with the solution.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Manager - Analytics at Bigtree Entertainment Pvt Ltd (Bookmyshow)
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Stable, scalable, and offers excellent drag and drop features
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution has excellent drag and drop functionality. There's no need for coding."
  • "The solution just lacks in terms of data visualization. That is why we use Tableau and Qlik in our organization. They help to pick up the slack. If data visualization was added, Alteryx would be a very good tool, and much more complete."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution for ETL purposes and also for a lot of our modeling and scheduling.

What is most valuable?

The solution has excellent drag and drop functionality. There's no need for coding. There are nodes ready for us to use as well. It makes everything extremely easy. The user-friendliness is a big draw for us.

What needs improvement?

The solution just lacks in terms of data visualization. That is why we use Tableau and Qlik in our organization. They help to pick up the slack. If data visualization was added, Alteryx would be a very good tool, and much more complete.

The solution could maybe use a connector as a direct input for MySQL or something like that. Right now, we use ODBC connectors for MySQL. If a direct connector was available on this product that would be very helpful, especially for our organization.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability of the solution is good. We don't have issues with the product crashing and we don't find there are bugs and glitches that affect its quality. It's reliable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is very smooth. If a company needs to expand the service, they should be able to do so easily.

How are customer service and technical support?

The technical support is great.

There's a very good community that surrounds the solution. However, you can also reach out to Alteryx directly as well. They're just a call away if you need them. I would say our organization is satisfied with the level of service they provide. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing of the solution is a bit on the expensive side. We use an Alteryx Server and Designer as well. The server itself is a bit pricey.

What other advice do I have?

We're just a customer. We don't have a business relationship with the company.

Our organization is dealing with large amounts of data, yet we do not have the money to buy a Microsoft product like SQL. Alteryx is a pretty good alternative to handle the ETL part of the workload.

We've been largely satisfied with the solution.

I would rate the solution eight out of ten overall. We've been happy with the results that have been provided to us so far. If the solution offered a connector as a direct input for MySQL, or better data visualization, I'd rate it higher.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud
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Senior Insights Analyst at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Geo features have made spatial mapping large retail universes possible
Pros and Cons
  • "It allows for manipulation and automation, which has greatly reduced the amount of time required per project."
  • "Geo features have made spatial mapping large retail universes possible."
  • "A feature which allows the user to be able to click on an output (in a file browser) and see the creation of the module would be fantastic."
  • "When a process completes there is a notification, but the notification does not include the process's name."

What is our primary use case?

It handles multiple large data sources, and prepping/manipulating the feed to the Live dashboards for internal and external distribution.

How has it helped my organization?

It allows for manipulation and automation, which has greatly reduced the amount of time required per project.

What is most valuable?

Geo features have made spatial mapping large retail universes possible. The basic package of manipulation tools are the tools that my team use the most. It makes lengthy Excel processes seamless and lighting quick in comparison.

What needs improvement?

A feature which allows the user to be able to click on an output (in a file browser) and see the creation of the module would be fantastic. Also, when a process completes there is a notification, but the notification does not include the process's name.

For how long have I used the solution?

Three to five years.
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Team Lead- Supply Chain Advisory, New Energies at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 20
Good price and data transformation capability, but slows down a bit while ingesting a large file
Pros and Cons
  • "The data transformation feature is the most valuable. The ability to ingest data, visualize data, and transform that data is useful."
  • "Sometimes, there are performance constraints. Especially when a large file has to be ingested, the system slows down a bit. Its performance is the only thing that can be improved."

What is our primary use case?

We have multiple use cases, but the most typical use case is to clean the data and use it for reporting.

What is most valuable?

The data transformation feature is the most valuable. The ability to ingest data, visualize data, and transform that data is useful.

What needs improvement?

Sometimes, there are performance constraints. Especially when a large file has to be ingested, the system slows down a bit. Its performance is the only thing that can be improved.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for just two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate it an eight out of ten in terms of stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's able to scale. We currently have a lot of users who use this solution.

How are customer service and support?

We had a good experience with them. We are happy. I would rate them a four out of five.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

It's simple.

What about the implementation team?

We did it on our own.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It has a good price.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I would rate it a seven out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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