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Alteryx Designer vs IBM Cloud Pak for Data comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.9
Alteryx Designer delivers high ROI and process automation, but pricing changes impact cost-effectiveness and prompt consideration of alternatives.
Sentiment score
6.5
IBM Cloud Pak for Data helps large enterprises improve data quality, boosting AI processes and enhancing decision-making productivity.
We have been able to drive responsible, transparent, and explainable AI workflow to operationalize AI and mitigate risk and regulatory compliance easily.
Senior Data Analyst at Wipro
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.6
Customers appreciate the stable product, comprehensive documentation, and active community, despite occasional integration question delays and varying support ratings.
Sentiment score
7.7
IBM Cloud Pak for Data's support is responsive and available 24/7, despite some delays due to system complexity.
There are areas where they need to improve response time and overall competence.
Product Manager at Gruppo SCAI
Cloud Pak is a complicated system, and it's often difficult to find the right resource in IBM to help with specific issues.
Data asset management engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
IBM support is very supportive, and I would rate them an eight out of ten based on our long relationship with them.
EDW Manager at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
Customer support should be more responsive and reach and respond on time.
Senior Data Analyst at Wipro
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.9
Alteryx Designer is scalable and cloud-ready but costly licensing limits broader scalability for large datasets and complex tasks.
Sentiment score
7.4
IBM Cloud Pak for Data is praised for impressive scalability and compatibility, despite being resource-intensive, with ratings mostly 8-10.
I have not noticed any downtime or lagging, especially when dealing with large data, so it is relatively very scalable.
Senior Data Analyst at Wipro
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
Alteryx Designer is stable, scoring high for reliability with few issues, though external factors can occasionally affect performance.
Sentiment score
7.5
IBM Cloud Pak for Data is generally stable and well-rated, with users emphasizing scalability despite minor tool integration concerns.
 

Room For Improvement

Alteryx Designer's high cost and technical limitations restrict market access, needing better integration, support, and user-friendly features.
IBM Cloud Pak for Data needs better integration, support, features, and pricing to attract small businesses and simplify adoption.
Setting up the hybrid and multi-cloud environments is a long job and it takes time.
Senior Data Analyst at Wipro
I would love Cloud Pak to come with a demo database that illustrates the different components of data management in a logical way, so I can see the whole picture instead of just the area I'm specializing in.
Data asset management engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
I do not know if Cognos has all the features that users are looking for since we provide it as our standard and do not maintain infrastructure for other tools.
EDW Manager at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise users find Alteryx Designer expensive, with high annual costs and additional charges compared to competitors like Tableau Prep.
IBM Cloud Pak for Data's high pricing and complexity make it more suitable for large enterprises than smaller companies.
It's cheaper than Palantir, but even Alteryx is too much for small clients.
Product Manager at Gruppo SCAI
The setup cost is very expensive.
Data asset management engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Regarding my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing, for a small organization, the price might be relatively high, but for huge enterprises such as ours, the price is relatively affordable.
Senior Data Analyst at Wipro
 

Valuable Features

Alteryx Designer offers a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface, excelling in data preparation, transformation, automation, and integration with multiple sources.
IBM Cloud Pak for Data excels with data virtualization, low-code navigation, robust security, and efficient data integration and collaboration.
The main valuable aspect is the simplicity of use across all features.
Product Manager at Gruppo SCAI
We have been able to save approximately 80 percent of our time. We are not doing data analysis manually, so this relieves our data department of dealing with data.
Senior Data Analyst at Wipro
The benefits of choosing IBM Cognos, in addition to saving on cost, include having institutional knowledge about maintaining this infrastructure and enough people who have developed on Cognos in the past, which creates comfort in its use.
EDW Manager at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
From there, I can work my way into a more granular level, applying all of that information on top of my actual data to understand what my data looks like, where it came from, and where it went wrong, managing it throughout the cycle.
Data asset management engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Alteryx Designer
Ranking in Data Integration
16th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Ranking in Data Integration
23rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
Data Virtualization (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Alteryx Designer is 1.5%, down from 2.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Cloud Pak for Data is 1.3%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Integration Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Alteryx Designer1.5%
IBM Cloud Pak for Data1.3%
Other97.2%
Data Integration
 

Featured Reviews

Prince Raju - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Data Analyst at Ernst & Young
Powerful tool for cleansing, formatting, and transforming data – especially unstructured files
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. So, Alteryx Designer have significantly reduced the time I spend on data analysis tasks. Moreover, the drag-and-drop interface of Alteryx Designer improved our overall workflow.
Michelle Leslie - PeerSpot reviewer
Data asset management engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Starts strong with data management capabilities but needs a demo database
What I would love to see is an end-to-end, almost a training demo database of some sort, where one of the biggest problems with data management is demonstrated. There are so many components to data management, and more often than not, people understand one thing really well. They may understand DataStage and how to move data around, but they do not see the impact of moving data incorrectly. They also do not see the impact of everyone understanding a piece of data in the same way. I would love Cloud Pak to come with a demo database that illustrates the different components of data management in a logical way, so I can see the whole picture instead of just the area I'm specializing in. It would be great if Cloud Pak, from a data modeling point of view, allowed us to import our PDMs, for example. It would be ideal to import and create business terms in Cloud Pak. The PEA would be great to create the technical data. The association between the business and the technical metadata could then be automated by pulling it through from your ACE models. The data modeling component is available in Cloud Pak. Additionally, when it comes to Cloud Pak, even though it has the NextGen DataStage built into it, there is Cloud Pak for data integration as well. Currently, I do not think we have a full enough understanding of how CP4D and CP4I can enhance each other.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
7%
Energy/Utilities Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
26%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Government
4%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise17
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Large Enterprise12
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Alteryx Designer?
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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Alteryx Designer?
It's cheaper than Palantir, but even Alteryx is too much for small clients. It is expensive, considering the server capabilities.
What needs improvement with Alteryx Designer?
For smaller clients with ten to 15 employees, Alteryx can be expensive. The server capabilities are costly too. The technical support could also improve by being quicker in response times.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Cloud Pak for Data?
The pricing and setup cost are handled by a different procurement team. Our IT procurement team is centralized, so licensing and the actual cost of the software are taken care of by a different tea...
What needs improvement with IBM Cloud Pak for Data?
I do not know if Cognos has all the features that users are looking for since we provide it as our standard and do not maintain infrastructure for other tools.
What is your primary use case for IBM Cloud Pak for Data?
The main use case for IBM Cognos is for business intelligence and reporting.
 

Also Known As

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Cloud Pak for Data
 

Overview

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Sample Customers

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Qatar Development Bank, GuideWell, Skanderborg Music Festival
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