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Alteryx vs Alteryx Designer Cloud comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 8, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Alteryx
Ranking in Data Preparation Tools
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
82
Ranking in other categories
Predictive Analytics (1st), Data Science Platforms (5th)
Alteryx Designer Cloud
Ranking in Data Preparation Tools
6th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Data Preparation Tools category, the mindshare of Alteryx is 24.1%, down from 32.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Alteryx Designer Cloud is 10.8%, up from 7.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Theresa McLaughlin - PeerSpot reviewer
Quick development enables seamless data processing despite occasional support issues
There were times when the product would fail during development without an apparent reason. The support structure changed; initially, we received great support, however, it later became less reliable due to licensing issues and a tiered support system. Licensing negotiations were problematic, affecting our product usage. For instance, our licenses were temporarily lost during negotiations when an agreement couldn't be reached.
reviewer1464411 - PeerSpot reviewer
Robust, great for financial decision making, and very scalable
This product really needs to improve its ease of use. The solution needs to do a better job of promoting and marketing itself. Alteryx is much better at this and as a consequence is more recognizable. Trifacta needs to showcase its technology better. It truly should encompass the A to Z execution of how you execute business process modeling in an intelligent automation form. A future release needs to be something that's easier to handle. I wouldn't say a layman should be able to use the solution as data wrangling is something that somebody has got to really be certified in. I have a friend who's worked at IBM for 30 years, and now he's just getting certified as a data scientist. However, if the solution was designed as something that really could assist a new data scientist or kids coming out of college, something that's easier for them to wrap their heads around, that would be helpful. The interface on Trifacta is way too busy. I used to do UX and it's just awful. It looks a little bit like Excel. I can't stand it. The UI of Alteryx is much, much better.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Alteryx is user-friendliness."
"The drag and drop and layout is simple to understand, with intuitive names of features."
"The design portion of this tool is easy to use without code, which his something that something we can appreciate."
"The filtering is fast, and it provides a search tool that is great."
"It helps clean messy data and provides spatial analysis."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Data processing is most valuable. It is one of the fastest data blockers out there in the market, which is a fascinating thing about Alteryx."
"The most valuable feature for me is integration."
"It works well for data scientists and can really help them drill down on the information in order to give management tangible data points for larger business decisions."
 

Cons

"There were times when the product would fail during development without an apparent reason."
"It would be beneficial if Alteryx could lower its price or introduce a loyalty program for individual consultants and freelancers like me."
"We are hoping that the NLP features will also support Chinese characters."
"When configuring target tables, it is difficult to see the full text when deciding on load operations."
"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."
"Mastering Alteryx, a comprehensive solution, takes time. However, once you have gained proficiency with its layout and how to drag, drop, and connect components, it becomes remarkably easy, yet still thorough."
"Its most valuable feature lies in its functionality."
"If there is any way to make the learning curve less steep, that would be ideal."
"This product really needs to improve its ease of use."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The license is really expensive, we cannot afford to have two or three. It takes away all the budget of my area."
"The cost of Alteryx is approximately $2,900 annually."
"ROI is huge. There are some secondary benefits, like analysts getting their post 5 PM time back or the ability to shorten all closing processes to a half or less."
"I rate the solution's pricing as a ten, as it is highly priced."
"There are some implementation services and internal effort costs at the beginning but there is nothing else."
"Alteryx is an expensive solution."
"The cost of the solution could be reduced."
"I don't know much about the licensing, but there are some additional costs for certain features."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
23%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Retailer
5%
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Questions from the Community

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