I primarily use Alteryx to build process prototypes, exploring potential business benefits before scaling up and automating. It helps me handle various data sources, apply transformations based on business rules, and push outputs to the cloud. In the past, relying solely on documentation didn't capture the essence, so I used the solution through various approaches. Now, I use it as a live provider and send it to the IT team.
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Job Accelerator
What do you like best about the product?
Alteryx is the perfect tool to accelerate your jobs and improve your overall team’s output. It is leaps and bounds above excel and gives someone that is data minded the extra fuel to really create special things. Those that are less data driven can learn to be data driven with minimal help.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are limitations in the visual tools that Alteryx has, meaning you need a reporting tool to combine with it. The data science tools require more know how then other tools on the market.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Alteryx helps us analyze and combine data from systems that are currently not linked togheter. This allows us to run analysis that would take more time in excel or other tools.
Career Transformational - Easy to Learn - Life Changing Software
What do you like best about the product?
Alteryx is the easiest to learn data and analytics software that I ever had to learn. The drag and drop interface is easier to understand and follow. It allows you to check your work one step at the time, unline something like SQL. The applicability of hte tool, not only to data processing but also ability to use the tool for varius uses is amazing. The ability to implement Gallery and share workflows is amazing because you can capture a wide audience without all of the users having to get designer license. The included version control and access management controls on the Gallery are integral parts in making the Gallery and workflows SOX compliant, which is significant for our Finance department. Alteryx provides amazing trainings and the community is a great support mearuse for those who are just learning to use the tool.
What do you dislike about the product?
My only complait is error message handling with workflows that have been published to the Gallery. The errors could be tricky to desipher.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Alteryx is an integral part is sucessful and timely financial close.
the best platform for moving excel processes to
What do you like best about the product?
i managed to simplify alot of the manual sheets and processes, into repeatable workflows that allowed any user with not much knowledge to run the tool in no time at all.
What do you dislike about the product?
i find it difficult to keep this software up to date at work, and would like it if the software could update itself much like bloomberg does already.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
currently i am extracting data from a db, and then moving into another platform, which has some requirements and shaping to fit into the new style. This is done here quite well as a quick 1 button refresh will provide a brand new snapshot of data. This is then performed about 40 times, but with the tools we can make this alot simplier, and also highlighting where problems are.
Powerful analytic tool for data modelling and story telling
What do you like best about the product?
As a core member of R&D at medicaps, I heavily encountered data and so as data analytics platforms such as Anaconda, tableau, alteryx, etc. But alteryx has proven to be the best asset for me for the last few months in my research work. It has all kind of features that any machine learning engineer want, providing a robust and versatile platform for data modeling and feature engineering.
The best thing it saves my time by dragging and dropping features, and statistical and predictive modeling gets easy making it very popular for the beginner. Almost all the data types are supported and collaboration becomes easy with a peer group.
The best thing it saves my time by dragging and dropping features, and statistical and predictive modeling gets easy making it very popular for the beginner. Almost all the data types are supported and collaboration becomes easy with a peer group.
What do you dislike about the product?
Costs are relatively high except that this platform is best for beginners.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
for me time-saving is important so alteryx majorly saves my time by preventing me from writing unnecessary Python scripts for data modeling and analysis. Data analysis improves overall unlike writing a Python script. Overall efficiency increased workload becomes less, productivity increased in my research work.
Feature-rich ETL that condenses a number of functions into one tool
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
My primary focus is creating numerous data pulls, and Alteryx Server handles the automation well. It's a significant time-saver because I don't have to juggle maintenance for dozens of SQL queries or remember the logic for each one. Everything is neatly organized on our server. Monthly runs are automated, updating Tableau, data services, Excel files, or other necessary components. This level of automation for tasks saves valuable time for me and my team, especially when dealing with emails and other routine processes.
What is most valuable?
Its most valuable feature lies in its functionality, offering an ETL process similar to a large enterprise with a dedicated IT team. The power of the solution is that it condenses these complex processes into a desktop tool, allowing a single user to handle extensive data extraction, transformation, and loading, even incorporating machine learning. It empowers individuals to execute tasks that typically require an entire IT division, putting this capability at your fingertips.
What needs improvement?
In terms of improvement, the transition from the desktop to the cloud can be challenging. While the desktop piece works seamlessly within the company's security architecture, when you load workflows onto the cloud, the same connections don't translate due to firewall issues. It would be beneficial if this transition could be made more seamless and straightforward for users.
The solution is already feature-rich and doesn't require any improvements. Their current versions are ahead of the curve. Their machine learning and predictive modeling features place them at the forefront. Some advanced features are more than what's needed for our regular business purposes.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for over five years. I’m currently using the 2022.1 version of the solution.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the stability a five out of ten. While the desktop features are excellent, the transition from desktop to cloud and the usability of their cloud-based automation could be improved.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The tool is scalable. I rate it an eight out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
We've encountered challenges with their support. Alteryx Support could offer more hands-on assistance, allowing us to walk through the installation process and demonstrate how to connect to data securely. While acknowledging the importance of security considerations, simplifying the process with fewer navigation and layers would greatly improve the overall experience.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
How was the initial setup?
Installing the Alteryx server and navigating their environment can be complex.
What was our ROI?
I have been using the solution in my current role for less than a year, and while I have yet to see a return on investment, I did observe ROI in my previous role. However, I see a clear path towards achieving a strong ROI in the current setting.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
It was Tableau Prep. It is a competitor to Alteryx, and initially, I considered going with Tableau Prep. However, the decision to choose Alteryx was made by higher-ups in my company. Upon further understanding, I found that Tableau Prep currently does not catch up to Alteryx in terms of features.
What other advice do I have?
To someone evaluating whether to go for Alteryx, I would say it's more simplistic, and you don't need a computer science engineering degree to use it. However, analysts should have a basic understanding of databases and SQL. If your analysts possess these skills, they can quickly grasp the solution. Additionally, staying closely connected with your IT teams during implementation is important to ensure that all components are installed for optimal results. Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten.
A simple and user-friendly solution that is easy to set up
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.
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.
Citizen Led Innovation & Transformation
What do you like best about the product?
Alteryx is an excellent, low-code/no-code platform which has enabled non-technical users to harness the ability of computer programming languages (SQL, python, R) without having to learn them. Something that goes unnoticed is how Alteryx transforms your perspective on data and its utility. It will take you out of the row & column mindset that Excel user's typically fall victim to. It's extremely easy to implement as it runs locally and does not require a server to be spun-up. I have not found a data platform or product that does not integrate within Alteryx. I use this tool every single day.
What do you dislike about the product?
The structure of their customer support and ticket limitation is rather strange and limits the amount of tickets that can be opened. It would also be great if the community would be given more transparency about the product roadmap.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Getting out of the row & column mindset of excel has been instrumental in transforming several key processes. Alteryx also has one of the best user communities, and I rely on it very heavily for support and ideation. Typical use for the product is pulling data from several data sources and merging that data for reporting or downstream processing.
Powerful automation software
What do you like best about the product?
Alteryx has a lot of features that I love, some of them are
• It has a lot of operations and connectors that are usefull to recreate Excel like operations in an automated way
•The workflows help me to automate my recurring tasks at work in one single go
•It handles large data sets like a pro.
• It has a lot of operations and connectors that are usefull to recreate Excel like operations in an automated way
•The workflows help me to automate my recurring tasks at work in one single go
•It handles large data sets like a pro.
What do you dislike about the product?
The UI/UX. Is not that user friendly, there is surely scope to make that better, there are lots of features here and there which are not communicated well by the design.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
For me it solves two major issues, it helps me to automate my Excel based tasks and secondly helps me to deal with larger data sets that normal Excel files can't handle.
All in all, a great analytical tool that anyone working in a corporate should learn
All in all, a great analytical tool that anyone working in a corporate should learn
Alteryx helps me do my life's best work.
What do you like best about the product?
Alteryx enables us to create a repeatable, scalable data and analytics recipe that we can share. We use Alteryx daily to combine disparate data from 3rd party APIs, in house databases (such as SQL Server, Teradata, Hive and Snowflake) and other files. Alteryx makes it easy to connect all the dots so we can build reliable data assets. Healthcare is a team sport and Alteryx also enables us to work together - no more digging through chapters of code trying to figure out what someone else did - the annotate ability for each tool makes documentation of complex business rules a breeze - so we can pick up quickly where someone else left off. Alteryx Gallery pulls it all together for us and enables us to schedule our workflows and "set and forget". The ability to configure built in error messages to alert us to when things go sideways means we can get ahead of issues before they flow downstream and cause production issues for our customers. Alteryx makes it easy for us to work with our business partners and rapidly explore data collaboratively and implement new solutions. In addition, Alteryx has an incredible supportive community - when we are stuck we can google, reach out to the Alteryx User Group, or contact our customer success manager.
What do you dislike about the product?
Not everyone has Alteryx Designer desktop due to the expense of the license. When you save a workflow back to the Gallery there is a specific sequence to follow or you could end up with versioning issues. There's so much to love and very little to dislike. I would not want to do my job without Alteryx for myself and my team.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Ingesting disparate data, cleansing & transforming data to prep for Tableau. Automating data workflows. Alteryx significantly reduces time needed for data wrangling and also increases quality due to data visibility throughout the transformation & creating a repeatable process.
Easiest way to manipulate complex datasets
What do you like best about the product?
- Easy to use
- Can execute complexe data manipulation very easily
- Can execute complexe data manipulation very easily
What do you dislike about the product?
- Could be easier to connect to external datasets
- Can be sometimes slow when connecting to Google Sheets
- Can be sometimes slow when connecting to Google Sheets
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I used Alteryx both as one-time analysis and for recurring operations tasks.
In both cases, we were able to manipulate large datasets and execute complex data manipulation very easily.
I used Alteryx to build an in-house production and inventory planning tool, that allowed us to scale the operations 1500% in 3 years.
In both cases, we were able to manipulate large datasets and execute complex data manipulation very easily.
I used Alteryx to build an in-house production and inventory planning tool, that allowed us to scale the operations 1500% in 3 years.
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