Alteryx Designer vs SAS Data Integration Server comparison

Alteryx and SAS are both solutions in the Data Integration category. Alteryx is ranked #16 with an average rating of 7.1, while SAS is ranked #39 with an average rating of 7.0. Alteryx holds a 1.5% mindshare in DI, compared to SAS’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Alteryx users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 83% of SAS users who would recommend it.

Alteryx Designer

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90% willing to recommend

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83% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

SAS Data Integration Server and Alteryx Designer compete in the data integration and analytics space. Alteryx Designer often has the upper hand due to its user-friendly approach and robust features.

Features: SAS Data Integration Server offers comprehensive ETL functionalities, strong data quality management, and a well-established analytical background. Alteryx Designer is noted for its intuitive drag-and-drop workflow, extensive pre-built tools for data blending, and advanced analytics capabilities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SAS Data Integration Server requires a complex deployment process with significant IT involvement but provides strong customer support. Alteryx Designer has a straightforward installation with minimal technical requirements, suitable for non-technical users, and a responsive support system.

Pricing and ROI: SAS Data Integration Server offers a favorable initial pricing scheme, focusing on large-scale enterprise solutions, potentially leading to better ROI. Alteryx Designer, though more expensive, justifies the cost through rapid deployment and enhanced user productivity.

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Categories and Ranking

Alteryx Designer

Ranking in Data Integration

16th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SAS Data Integration Server

Ranking in Data Integration

39th

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Alteryx Designer is 1.5%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAS Data Integration Server is 0.8%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Integration Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Alteryx Designer	1.5%
SAS Data Integration Server	0.8%
Other	97.7%

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Prince Raju

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.

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reviewer2937544

Works at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

Offloads processes on the server side but needs better installation syntax

One area for improvement is the installation process. Another point could be the syntax, as it sometimes involves using syntax names that are not intuitive. For example, to calculate the difference between two dates, the general syntax in SAS is called the data difference or data net function. However, another name is used, such as NF and INK. Without knowledge of SAS programming, it becomes unclear what these functions mean. It is not good to define function names this way.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is easy to integrate and user-friendly."

"I have been using Alteryx Designer only for data modeling and data structuring."

"I like Alteryx Designer's drag-and-drop feature, where you drag a component, configure it and quickly run it."

"The most valuable feature of Alteryx Designer is its ability to select all the inputs and formulas."

"Workflow automation, in general, is valuable."

"The solution is user-friendly."

"We use Alteryx Designer for analytics. It's quite helpful because once we set it up, we don't have to manually update or process data repeatedly. It saves time, especially for financial reporting, which is typically done monthly or quarterly. Once we set it up initially, we only need to make occasional updates if necessary."

"For my daily analytics needs, the entire Alteryx Designer platform is beneficial."

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"A key feature allows us to enhance job performance by offloading processing to the server side, rather than processing on the server itself."

"The solution is very stable."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is its amazing capabilities in regard to data handling."

"The solution offers very good data manipulation and loading."

Cons

"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."

"We discontinued using Alteryx's data science studio because it was not very user-friendly."

"It would be simpler if they provided a component where you could simply enter some parameters and see the results."

"It is challenging to view the data using Alteryx Designer."

"Alteryx could move faster to create a cloud equivalent of the desktop version of Designer."

"We need more documentation."

"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."

"Optimizing processing times is one area I would like to see improved in Alteryx Designer. Sometimes, the workflows take an extremely long time to run. There are days when I have had to wait two to three hours for a single process to complete. There needs to be a functionality to split the processes."

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"One area for improvement is the installation process."

"The initial setup had issues, and even after using it for about one year, it was still not fixed."

"So I would like to see improved integration with other software."

"The initial setup of SAS Data Integration Server was complex."

"The transform tool has limited access. They should make it more flexible."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Alteryx Designer is an expensive solution."

"I rate the product's pricing a two to three out of ten."

"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."

"The pricing is bit expensive."

"The product is a bit expensive, it should be looked into."

"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."

"The licenses are expensive, making it difficult to consider acquiring additional licenses to the existing ones."

"I rate Alteryx Designer a six out of ten for pricing."

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"It is an expensive program."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

21%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Computer Software Company

Energy/Utilities Company

Financial Services Firm

27%

Computer Software Company

Healthcare Company

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	17

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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.

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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.

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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.

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What needs improvement with SAS Data Integration Server?

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What is your primary use case for SAS Data Integration Server?

I am involved in the ETR job. My role is focused on executing the ETR job.

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What advice do you have for others considering SAS Data Integration Server?

I use it without further details. For example, if I use SAS to connect to a NetEazt database or purchase a shared asset to ODBC, I can connect to any database with ODBC connection support. The over...

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Also Known As

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SAS Enterprise Data Integration Server, Enterprise Data Integration Server

Overview

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Alteryx

SAS Data Integration Server is a powerful, configurable and comprehensive solution that can meet a wide variety of data integration requirements, from small tactical projects to strategic business initiatives. It can access virtually all data sources, support data warehousing, migration, synchronization, federation and provisioning initiatives. It can support both batch-oriented and real-time master data management solutions. It can create reusable data integration services in support of service-oriented architectures and data governance and extract, cleanse, transform, conform, aggregate, load and manage data.

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Credit Guarantee Corporation, Cr_dito y Cauci‹n, Delaware State Police, Deutsche Lufthansa, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, DSM, Livzon Pharmaceutical Group, Los Angeles County, Miami Herald Media Company, Netherlands Enterprise Agency, New Zealand Ministry of Health, Nippon Paper, West Midlands Police, XS Inc., Zenith Insurance

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