Time-saving workflows have transformed data preparation and predictive analysis for my team
What is our primary use case?
Alteryx's main use case is its no-code capability, allowing me to build complex data pipelines using a drag-and-drop interface. If I can draw a flowchart, I can use Alteryx, which provides massive time-saving. Tasks that take a week in SQL or manual Excel work can often be automated in Alteryx.
I primarily use Alteryx for data preparation, cleansing, and transformation. For example, I use it for removing duplicates, handling missing values, formatting data and numbers, and joining multiple datasets in my daily work.
Regarding my main use case for Alteryx, I am using it primarily for time-saving.
What is most valuable?
Some of the best features Alteryx offers are its no and low-code capabilities. It delivers massive time-saving and includes spatial and predictive analysis. Alteryx includes built-in tools such as drive time analysis and linear regression, which are much harder to achieve in standard BI tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
In addition to these features, Alteryx provides built-in spatial tools that can calculate drive time and location-based insights with minimal effort through drag-and-drop spatial tools, low complex coding, faster, and more accurate results. Linear regression predicts sales based on marketing spend, estimates costs based on usage, and identifies trends in historical data.
Alteryx has positively impacted my organization by saving time, improving accuracy, and enabling better decision-making. Using Alteryx, complex tasks such as data cleansing, joining datasets, drive time analysis, and linear regression can be done much faster compared to manual Excel or SQL work. This reduces dependency on manual effort and lowers the risk of human error. Drive time analysis helps my organization make better location-based decisions, such as identifying optimal service areas or improving customer reach.
What needs improvement?
Alteryx can be improved in a few areas. First, pricing flexibility can be better, especially for small teams and organizations. The current licensing cost can be a barrier for wider adoption. Second, there are performance issues; optimizing for very large datasets can be improved. When working with high-volume data, workflows sometimes require additional tuning. Third, stronger cloud-native capabilities and cloud integration can be enhanced to help organizations move away from on-premises setups.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working in my current field for more than five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Alteryx is scalable for most enterprise analytics and data preparation workloads. It handles multiple workflows and users reliably when deployed on appropriate infrastructure. Scalability mainly depends on hardware resources such as CPU and memory for very large datasets or high concurrency. Proper capacity planning and workflow optimization by users are required. Overall, it scales very well for departmental and enterprise use cases.
How are customer service and support?
The customer support for Alteryx is better.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I previously used Automation Anywhere because it is unable to handle a large amount of data, which is why I switched to Alteryx.
What was our ROI?
I have seen a return on investment from using Alteryx. It has delivered a strong return on investment for my organization by significantly reducing manual effort in data preparation, reporting, and analytics. Tasks that earlier took hours in Excel or SQL are now completed in minutes. This results in time-saving, improved data accuracy, and better productivity. Despite the higher licensing cost, the overall business value and efficiency gain justify the investment.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing indicates that licensing is much costlier. The ongoing cost is very high, which means it is all about checking by my manager because the pricing is a sensitive matter. He did not communicate the details with me, but as of now, to my knowledge, the price is very high, with licensing typically starting around five thousand dollars plus user per year. This often prices out a small setup.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I evaluated other options before choosing Alteryx, looking from a price perspective. If any product has a lower price and better results, then I will look for that.
What other advice do I have?
My advice for others looking into using Alteryx is that for time-saving, it is the main purpose for any tool. If they use it to save time, they can use Alteryx. It is quite low-code, so anyone can use it with just drag and drop and minimal logic without managing heavy coding. I would rate this product nine out of ten.
Robust Data Science Platform with Easy-to-Use Features
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate that Alteryx is a comprehensive data science and analytics platform with a free trial and features like the ETL tool. I like its platform apps and the initial setup was good and easy. I find its ease of use, drag and drop workflow automation, and its ability to automate repetitive tasks valuable, which led my team to switch to Alteryx.
What do you dislike about the product?
Limited computer memory
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Alteryx for its comprehensive data science and analytics platform, ease of use, drag-and-drop workflow automation, and its ability to automate repetitive tasks.
Efficient and Intuitive Data Analytics with Alteryx
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate that Alteryx is a comprehensive data science and analytics platform, offering a free trial and helping with certification exams. I like its specific features like the ETL tool, which I find valuable, and the initial setup was very nice and good. I enjoy its intuitive drag-and-drop interface and its ability to transform time-consuming manual data tasks into efficient automated ones. Alteryx providing certain privileges even led my team to switch from Microsoft to Alteryx.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't like the data type mismatches.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Alteryx for data preparation and advanced analytics. It transforms manual data tasks into efficient automated workflows and manages data type mismatches. The platform's ETL tools and intuitive drag-and-drop interface streamline our processes.
Transforms Data Processing with Ease, Despite Some Crashes
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate that Alteryx is a comprehensive data science and analytics platform. It offers a free trial, which is helpful for certification exams. I like that it provides platform apps with specific features like the ETL tool, which I find valuable. The initial setup was very nice and good, simplifying ETL processes by allowing users to clean, transform, and analyze data from multiple sources. It automates the collection, cleansing, preparation, and blending of data from a variety of different sources. These certain privileges led my team to switch from Microsoft to Alteryx.
What do you dislike about the product?
I encounter software issues like crashing (APPCRASH).
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Alteryx to automate the collection, cleansing, preparation, and blending of data. It simplifies ETL processes and comes with easy and fast initial setup.
Effective Data Platform, Lacks Mobile Access
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate that Alteryx is a comprehensive data science and analytics platform. It offers a free trial and helps with certification exams. I like that it provides platform apps and has specific features like the ETL tool, which I find valuable. The initial setup was very nice and good, and it also offers certain privileges that led my team to switch from Microsoft to Alteryx.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't like that it's only available on PC and not for mobile.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Alteryx provides a comprehensive data science and analytics platform that's effective for certification exams, offering a free trial and ETL tools.
All-in-One Data Platform with Awesome Visualization and Easy Drag-and-Drop
What do you like best about the product?
Alteryx is an all in one platform which lets you prepare, clean, manipulate and analyse your data. The data visualisation in alteryx is kind of awesome. The drag and drop feature makes it easier to play with data. It also provides advanced analytics options and come with a ton of integrations.
What do you dislike about the product?
Though the data visualisation in the platform is good, it is still basic when compared to tools like Power BI and Tableau.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is used for sending automated weekly reports to my sales teams. It is also used for basic reporting and dashboarding.
Effortless Workflow Creation for Beginners
What do you like best about the product?
It helps in creating workflows in an easy way with someone with very less knowledge
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing as such but certain functionalities are too complicated
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Creating workflows for repetitive formatting and making excels cleans
Easy, Powerful, and Efficient Low-Code Tool
What do you like best about the product?
This tool is easy to use, offers a low-code approach, and is quite powerful. It also allows you to load and work with large files efficiently.
What do you dislike about the product?
The cost of licenses is somewhat high, and it lacks certain connectors.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use this tool to handle large Excel files, perform ETL processes, and ensure data quality.
Intuitive Drag-and-Drop Workflow Builder for Complex Data Pipelines
What do you like best about the product?
Offers drag and drop workflow interface allowing users to build complex data pipelines
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing its good as of now without any loops
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Helped in data preparation, blending, and advanced analytics
Exceptional Data Preparation Program, With Comprehensive Analytics and Automation Measures
What do you like best about the product?
Alteryx helps us handle data preparation needs significantly, without demanding extra coding skills or programming requirements
The program has a broader data connectivity mechanism, that helps us integrate with different cloud services
We streamline all data enhancement measures through brilliant automation
The program ensure our analytics is efficient and very diverse to make us stay informed
We provide excellent support to our communities and customers
What do you dislike about the product?
Alteryx demands high licensing costs that discourages most users
Tye program demands high processing power, calling for strong hardware and impressive systems
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Alteryx takes the whole problem of data blending and cleaning, by incorporating structured measures for smooth automation
We connect with multiple data silos, all offering comprehensive information coverage
We get empowered to des with heavy analytics and business models by Alteryx
No cases of data delays or incorrect information flow, snd this is fully amplified by the program
We consistently conduct our predictive analytics from Alteryx
