Alteryx vs Sisense comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Alteryx
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
74
Ranking in other categories
Predictive Analytics (1st), Data Science Platforms (3rd), Data Preparation Tools (1st)
Sisense
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools (17th), Cloud Analytics (5th), Reporting (13th), Data Visualization (14th), Embedded BI (9th)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Predictive Analytics category, the market share of Alteryx is 26.7% and it increased by 3.2% compared to the previous year. The market share of Sisense is 1.7% and it increased by 293.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Predictive Analytics
Unique Categories:
Data Science Platforms
6.5%
Data Preparation Tools
31.6%
BI (Business Intelligence) Tools
1.0%
 

Featured Reviews

Ricardo Espinosa L. - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 31, 2023
Filters data incredibly fast, suits large companies, and recommended for reading millions of records
We mainly use Alteryx for large files.  It's incredibly fast for loading and filtering the data. We use it to read clients' information and general entries. We have files of about 20 gigs with perhaps millions of records, and we use macros in order to filter the information. The filtering is…
PR
Oct 23, 2023
A cloud solution to centralize and analyze all processes with technical support
There are multiple stages of the availability. The first primary thing is cost. The second one is how large your data is and whether you want to research data in real-time or if it's frequency-based. There are much better solutions like Superset or Looker. If you look at consolidated data that refreshes regularly, like once daily, Sisense is definitely on the good side. It doesn't offer anything extra except for the good visualizations. Sisense is on top of the market. There is an associated brand value. If you want to share reports with the clients, that would also be easier. We were evaluating Sisense, but the pricing was too high for us. We decided to try it and purchased an initial membership plan for 10 or 13 people. We worked directly with the Sisense team, but for a long time, we could not onboard our dataset. We explored multiple solutions, including onboarding a sample dataset first or directly catching the data through queries inside items. This is their primary KPI and USP - you can write questions in site settings and people. We tried to host this somehow, but all of our attempts failed. After multiple discussions, I could onboard the queries directly with the help of the support team. We have dashboards all over the place. It was getting tough for us to track down where the information was. We needed a central location where all the dashboards are present. We were also hopeful that the AI features in Sisense could help us point to deeper insights that we cannot find ourselves all the time. We were evaluating between Sisense, Superset, and Looker Studio. And I think Sisense is relatively fast compared to Looker Studio, for sure. Looker Studio also has some build problems, such as the inability to support custom queries. So, it's not a scalable solution for us. One person currently does maintenance, but we are considering two or three for this job. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The analytics are easy​."
"Alteryx is so advanced. It's just drag and drop."
"Alteryx has made us more agile and increased the speed and effectiveness of decision making."
"Alteryx effectively visualizes the flow of data and what happens at each stage. I also like that it's a no-code solution. I also like that you can troubleshoot certain parts of the workflow by putting them in a sandbox."
"It allows for manipulation and automation, which has greatly reduced the amount of time required per project."
"Alteryx speeds up the time to obtain business answers/insights on data."
"The data transformation feature is the most valuable. The ability to ingest data, visualize data, and transform that data is useful."
"The drag-and-drop functionality, the ready-to-use analytics module, and the ability to track my data pipelines visually are the solution's most valuable features."
"The solution's technical support team is good."
"A very simple setup: Easy to download, install, and updates are pain free."
"Allows us to execute heavy, complex computations on the fly so customers can slice and dice the data based on their business needs."
"No issues with stability. It is a very stable solution."
"Support is very responsive and clearly one of the strengths of Sisense. I have always received a fast response and the staff is very helpful."
"We like that this solution allows us to use data cubes to set up specific visualizations."
"The best part about this solution is how easy it is to mash up the data from many sources. Sisense is fast compared to other solutions."
"Ability to work with very large data sources without the limitations of Excel."
 

Cons

"The formula we currently use in Alteryx can be automated."
"The solution could improve in the visualization."
"When a process completes there is a notification, but the notification does not include the process's name."
"Alteryx can improve in data science. They have to have more features and components in the data science aspect because they claim to be a data science tool. However, in order to be more competitive, they have to improve on their data science propositions. Thre are other solutions on the market, such as other players in the market, Data2Go or DataIQ, and Alteryx needs to catch up."
"Even when it already includes some AI models, this area could be improved."
"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 only weakness I would say is on the visualization side of having that dynamic incapability."
"The workflow and pipeline need to improve."
"They should improve the filters to create downloaded data by moving them to the top of the dashboard."
"The solution's setup process could be easier."
"The initial version we purchased only ran on Windows servers, which was less than ideal for our DevOps team. I believe that has been remedied in the latest release."
"I would also like to be able to run a bursts of reports based on different field values with PDF output right in the tool, rather than filtering on each field value and generating each PDF manually."
"Larger datasets will sometimes give a "Accumulated logs" error when trying to make minor changes. T"
"I would like to see more development and growth for the support of Knowledge Base and Community forums."
"I would like Sisense to improve its performance, particularly when we are dealing with large-scale data."
"This solution does not have tabs. In order to have tabs, you have to download an add-on to mimic the tabs. They should be integrated to improve the solution."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"Alteryx is an expensive solution."
"I don't know much about the licensing, but there are some additional costs for certain features."
"The desktop platform costs $5,000 per year. It's very costly."
"I rate the solution's pricing as a ten, as it is highly priced."
"The designer has a list price of $5,995 USD."
"Opt for the three year subscription. It is 20% less than the yearly one."
"A designer and scheduler for $13K/year in total is pretty much earning you the money back in time and in other resources."
"This solution is more expensive than Tableau, Qlik and Dundas. It is an expensive tool. They charge $75,000 while Tableau is $45,000."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
23%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Retailer
6%
Financial Services Firm
25%
Computer Software Company
16%
Healthcare Company
6%
Government
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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 directly if you want to know more.
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, R integrations if your team requires this. It can handle over 2 billion rows of...
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 the following: - An excellent desktop tool for Data Prep and analytics. - Featu...
What do you like most about Sisense?
The solution's technical support team is good.
What needs improvement with Sisense?
Sisense is good in terms of visualization, but it has some drawbacks. For example, it doesn't have any way to sort or filter tables directly on the server side. Also, you can't have multiple tabs; ...
What is your primary use case for Sisense?
We use the solution to centralize all processes.
 

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