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We performed a comparison between Alteryx Designer and SSIS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
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Pros
"The product offers very good analytics.""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.""I like Alteryx Designer's drag-and-drop feature, where you drag a component, configure it and quickly run it.""Alteryx Designer's user interface is great, as it is very user-friendly.""The solution is easy to integrate and user-friendly.""Alteryx Designer is easier to use for machine learning models. However, I am not very good at Python scripts which you will need to make the machine learning scripts.""The solution is user-friendly.""Alteryx Designer is a tool that is pretty much easy to install."

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"The setup is straightforward. It's very easy to install.""It has good data integration and good processes.""The most valuable features for our company are the flexibility and the quick turn around time in producing simple ETL solutions.""The performance is better than doing it in some alternative ways. We don't have to worry about so much manual work.""This solution is easy to implement, has a wide variety of connectors, has support for Visual Basic, and supports the C language.""I have found its most valuable features to be its package management capabilities and the flexibility it offers in designing workflows.""We can connect with multiple data sources easily using an external connector in SSIS.""The reporting on the solution is perfect. I didn't expect to see reporting features, but they are great."

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"When configuring the Logix, the UA could be improved.""If the price were reduced then it would be more competitive.""When it comes to the pivoting part, the drill-through option is not there in Alteryx.""Its price can be improved. It is too expensive for our country. Because of its high price, we can't sell Alteryx Designer in this region. We used to be their reseller partner. There is also an additional cost for automating the data and running the flows, which makes it even more expensive. It will be very good if they can let users automate the data for free. Other solutions like Tableau provide this feature for free.""It would be simpler if they provided a component where you could simply enter some parameters and see the results.""Alteryx's data science and machine learning capabilities are where it loses out to DataIQ.""Alteryx Designer's pricing and support could be improved.""Alteryx could move faster to create a cloud equivalent of the desktop version of Designer."

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"We In upgrading SSIS, we encountered challenges fixing SQL Server and performance issues, including problems during a failover in our data warehouse.""SSIS sometimes hangs, and there are some problems with servers going down after they've been patched.""We'd like them to develop data exploration more.""At one point, we did have to purchase an add-on.""The creation of the measure in the DAC's model could be improved.""The solution could improve on integrating with other types of data sources.""I would like to see more standard components out of the box, such as SFTP, and Data Compression components.""Generic processes should be used instead of custom code for each table."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It is too expensive for our country. We are a small country, so it is too difficult to sell this solution. With Alteryx Designer, if you want to automate the data and run the flows, you have to pay more money. We were trying to automate the flows, and we found out that people have to pay 600 more for this feature, which makes it even more expensive. We are a partner for Tableau, and we are working with Tableau Prep, which is like a mini Alteryx. In Tableau Prep, you can drag and drop and make new connections with the different data sources. You can make all the connections. You can also publish a source. You don't have to pay more money with Tableau. You pay like $5 per user per month to access it."
  • "Alteryx is a little bit expensive compared to competing solutions."
  • "Alteryx Designer is an expensive solution."
  • "I rate Alteryx Designer a six out of ten for pricing."
  • "The licenses are expensive, making it difficult to consider acquiring additional licenses to the existing ones."
  • "Each license is something like $4,000."
  • "I rate the price of Alteryx Designer as a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is extremely expensive, and ten is a highly cheap product."
  • "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."
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  • "This solution has provided an inexpensive tool, and it is easy to find experienced developers."
  • "My advice is to look at what your configuration will be because most companies have their own deals with Microsoft."
  • "This solution is included with the MSSQL server package."
  • "It would be beneficial if the solution had a less costly cloud offering."
  • "Based on my experience and understanding, Talend comes out to be a little bit expensive as compared to SSIS. The average cost of having Talend with Talend Management Console is around 72K per region, which is much higher than SSIS. SSIS works very well with Microsoft technologies, and if you have Microsoft technologies, it is not really expensive to have SSIS. If you have SQL Server, SSIS is free."
  • "We have an enterprise license for this solution."
  • "It comes bundled with other solutions, which makes it difficult to get the price on the specific product."
  • "All of my clients have this product included as part of their Microsoft license."
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    Technology has made it easier for businesses to organize and manipulate data to get a clearer picture of what’s going on with their business. Notably, ETL tools have made managing huge amounts of data significantly easier and faster, boosting many organizations’ business intelligence operations There are many third-party vendors offering ETL solutions, but two of the most popular are PowerCenter Informatica and Microsoft SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services). Each technology has its advantages but there are also similarities on how they carry out the extract-transform-load processes and only differ in terminologies. If you’re in the process of choosing ETL tools and PowerCenter Informatica and Microsoft SSIS made it to your shortlist, here is a short comparative discussion detailing the differences between the two, as well as their benefits. Package Configuration Most enterprise data integration projects would require the capacity to develop a solution in one platform and test and deploy it in a separate environment without having to manually change the established workflow. In order to achieve this seamless movement between two environments, your ETL technology should allow the dynamic update of the project’s properties using the content or a parameter file or configuration. Both Informatica and SSIS support this functionality using different methodologies. In Informatica, every session can have more than one source and one or more destination connections. There are… Read more →
    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer: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.
    Top Answer:The only thing is sometimes it can be a bit slow.
    Top Answer:SSIS PowerPack is a group of drag and drop connectors for Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services, commonly called SSIS. The collection helps organizations boost productivity with code-free… more »
    Top Answer:The product's deployment phase is easy.
    Top Answer:If you don't want to pay a lot of money, you can go for SSIS, as its open-source version is available. When it comes to licensing, SSIS can be expensive.
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    SQL Server Integration Services
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    Overview

    SSIS is a versatile tool for data integration tasks like ETL processes, data migration, and real-time data processing. Users appreciate its ease of use, data transformation tools, scheduling capabilities, and extensive connectivity options. It enhances productivity and efficiency within organizations by streamlining data-related processes and improving data quality and consistency.

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    1. Amazon.com 2. Bank of America 3. Capital One 4. Coca-Cola 5. Dell 6. E*TRADE 7. FedEx 8. Ford Motor Company 9. Google 10. Home Depot 11. IBM 12. Intel 13. JPMorgan Chase 14. Kraft Foods 15. Lockheed Martin 16. McDonald's 17. Microsoft 18. Morgan Stanley 19. Nike 20. Oracle 21. PepsiCo 22. Procter & Gamble 23. Prudential Financial 24. RBC Capital Markets 25. SAP 26. Siemens 27. Sony 28. Toyota 29. UnitedHealth Group 30. Visa 31. Walmart 32. Wells Fargo
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    Buyer's Guide
    Alteryx Designer vs. SSIS
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Alteryx Designer vs. SSIS and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
    771,212 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Alteryx Designer is ranked 9th in Data Integration with 27 reviews while SSIS is ranked 2nd in Data Integration with 69 reviews. Alteryx Designer is rated 8.0, while SSIS is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Alteryx Designer writes "An easy-to-use automation solution with satisfying customer support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SSIS writes "Maintaining the solution and contacting its support team is easy". Alteryx Designer is most compared with Azure Data Factory, FME, Informatica PowerCenter, Palantir Foundry and SAP Data Services, whereas SSIS is most compared with Informatica PowerCenter, Talend Open Studio, IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) and Matillion ETL. See our Alteryx Designer vs. SSIS report.

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