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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Alteryx Platform

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AThe Alteryx AI Platform gives organization automated data preparation, AI-powered analytics, and machine learning with embedded governance and security. Its self-service functionality, with self-service data prep, machine learning, and AI-generated insights, gives enterprise teams with a simplified user experience allowing everyone to create analytic solutions that improve productivity, efficiency, and the bottom line. Alteryx Designer can be used to automate every analytics step…

    $14,850

    per year 3 users (minimum), cloud edition

    Microsoft Power BI

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Power BI is a visualization and data discovery tool from Microsoft. It allows users to convert data into visuals and graphics, visually explore and analyze data, collaborate on interactive dashboards and reports, and scale across their organization with built-in governance and security.

    $10

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Alteryx PlatformMicrosoft Power BI
    Editions & Modules
    Designer Desktop
    starting at $5,195
    per year per user
    Designer Cloud Professional Edition
    Starting at $4,950
    per year per user (minimum of 3 users)
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Alteryx PlatformMicrosoft Power BI
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Alteryx PlatformMicrosoft Power BI
    Considered Both Products
    Alteryx
    Chose Alteryx Platform
    Alteryx can handle more complex scenarios. However, Microsoft Power BI is a lot cheaper
    Incentivized
    Chose Alteryx Platform
    I prefer Alteryx Platform to all the above products. In my opinion, the Microsoft products (Excel, Power BI) are inferior, cheaper alternatives to Alteryx Platform.
    Incentivized
    Chose Alteryx Platform
    I used ACL before so all my scripts were written in SQL and it was not low code at all. After me and my team started using Alteryx, we moved all the scripts to workflows in Alteryx, it took some time, but works way better than ACL, it is faster and easier to maintain it any …
    Incentivized
    Chose Alteryx Platform
    Alteryx is by far the most powerful tool to carry out complex and customized calculations with ease and highly reproducible while the other tools often face memory issues and 10x more time to carry ou similar calculations
    Incentivized
    Chose Alteryx Platform
    Alteryx stacks up against its competitors in the marketplace because from day one its goal was to simplify and democratize data processes. Its visual nature and transparent tool set, combined with its highly addictive joy to use make it stand out from the crowd.
    Incentivized
    Chose Alteryx Platform
    We have not utilized any other tools like Alteryx or found any other tools like Alteryx to evaluate them against.
    Incentivized
    Chose Alteryx Platform
    Alteryx serves as a complementary product, performing all the data wrangling for the likes of Tableau Desktop and Microsoft PowerBI for visualization. Microsoft Excel serves as an easier means of automation for tasks that previously would have involved a lot of manual …
    Incentivized
    Chose Alteryx Platform
    Alteryx has interactive visualization capabilities which RapidMiner lacks. Alteryx is more intuitive and suited for enterprises vs. RapidMiner which is more suited for individuals and beginners (since it focuses on the building blocks). Also, Alteryx has a very strong learning …
    Incentivized
    Chose Alteryx Platform
    Alteryx worked 'out-of-the-box' without needing our IT team to provide setup or engineering. The data connections are included and functional with ease. No other drivers are needed. The support team at Alteryx is second-to-none, including the fabulous Alteryx Community. The …
    Incentivized
    Chose Alteryx Platform
    Alteryx is feature-rich and allows our team to blend multiple data sources and types together with ease. We are able to really speed through workflow development while strengthening the quality of the output. I would say that Alteryx is able to outdo the other products in the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Alteryx Platform
    Alteryx is easier to use and has a lot more advanced analytics capabilities.
    Incentivized
    Chose Alteryx Platform
    Ease of use, Ease of deployment, completeness of reach, scalability, Total Cost of Ownership, Speed and flexibility
    Incentivized
    Chose Alteryx Platform
    Alteryx bar far and away blows the competition out of the water. It is super easy to pick up and learn and it is so powerful. Other systems I have used are complicated and clunky often giving errors. Alteryx has made my life as a data analyst so much easier.
    Incentivized
    Chose Alteryx Platform
    Alteryx is much more repeatable, accurate, and reliable. It also is more efficient and loads faster than excel transformations.
    Incentivized
    Chose Alteryx Platform
    Alteryx was faster in processing the data and had more user-friendly tools to automate the reporting function.
    Incentivized
    Chose Alteryx Platform
    Alteryx has good integration capabilities and serves better for the purpose to connect with other tools in the enterprise and provide data security.
    Incentivized
    Chose Alteryx Platform
    Alteryx has better data cleansing and structuring capabilities than PowerBI. And that’s what it is meant for. Whereas PowerBI focus more on dashboarding.

    Also Alteryx has advanced functionalities which makes life easier as far as the information is structured.
    Incentivized
    Chose Alteryx Platform
    Alteryx has high functionality compared to Power BI. It has the ability to produce high-end predictive analytics, which power BI fails to do. Data cleaning, data manipulation, and data visualization are way better in Alteryx compared to Power BI. Overall, Alteryx is a better …
    Incentivized
    Chose Alteryx Platform
    KNIME and Trifacta are also very good advanced solutions but the easy to use user interface of Alteryx makes it more appealing. I still use KNIME or Trifacta for few of my projects.
    Incentivized
    Chose Alteryx Platform
    There's no need to write any codes unless very specific requirements. tremendously flexible and visual masterpiece on what actions one wants to perform. easy to interpret and follow for an unfamiliar person as have simple naming and definitions. wide use of the tool in some …
    Incentivized
    Chose Alteryx Platform
    • Alteryx has been developed for a longer time. The capability to read big files in few seconds is very good and the way the tool is structure is very intuitive and easy to use.
    • At the same time Alteryx gives space for your own way and your own implementation.
    • Aletryx 's service is …
    Incentivized
    Chose Alteryx Platform
    Alteryx has a better interface than KNIME, though it's a bit more expensive than KNIME (an open source tool). We cannot use open-source software due to data privacy issues, and this is why we selected Alteryx. Alteryx also had an agreement with Macquarie and provided a discount …
    Incentivized
    Chose Alteryx Platform
    • Alteryx is your own pocket BI tool, that means it's easy to implement and easy to learn
    • You can avoid several trips to your IT department if you start using Alteryx
    • Alteryx is a time-tested application and has a big community of users to support your queries
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    It has more than 200 plus visuals in-store and is very easy to access. It has a great user community to help each other with an ample amount of responses. Almost all kinds of data sources are available to use and develop the reports Easy to use and learn with a lot of training …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Power BI from a price perspective is the lowest cost (probably even from a total cost of ownership perspective) of all the offerings I have ever evaluated. The piece that really stands out for Power BI is the data transformation layer called Power Query. This section allows you …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    With Microsoft Power BI it is easy to load the data and transform it, with its competitor product Tableau, an enterprise would need a separate tool known as Tableau Prep.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    In any [Microsoft] Power BI to Tableau comparison, especially in organizations that uses both platforms the most important aspect is which platform came first. As any platform that is widely adopted first will naturally have the 'first mover' advantage.

    In this case where in my …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Power BI is easier to use than other BI tools. It can be connected to several sources and it can import your own local sources. The data manipulation is very simple and to build a dashboard is even easier. The language used is DAX, but you can import file from R or Python.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Power BI, Tableau, and QlikView are the market leaders when analyzed on Gartner`s magic quadrant for business intelligence tool. One of the critical drawbacks of all these visionary tools is the absence or expensive back end that are needed to support the infrastructure. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Power BI
    Based on the latest reviews from Magic Quadrant, Tableau is rated high among all the applications in this category with its rich features in terms of connectivity, visualizations, and various other features. But the cost of using the application is bit high from my personal …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Alteryx PlatformMicrosoft Power BI
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Alteryx Platform and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Alteryx Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.8
    140 Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.5120 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings10.0140 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.0128 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Alteryx Platform and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Alteryx Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.2
    140 Ratings
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings7.0139 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings9.0138 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.0103 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.0135 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Alteryx Platform and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Alteryx Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.6
    134 Ratings
    Publish to Web00 Ratings8.0129 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.0122 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings9.0102 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.0104 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings9.074 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Alteryx Platform and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Alteryx Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.7
    136 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings9.0131 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.0122 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings9.0102 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Alteryx Platform and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Alteryx Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.6
    127 Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.0121 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.0102 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings10.0111 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.394 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Alteryx Platform and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Alteryx Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.0
    117 Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.0111 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings7.793 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.7112 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Alteryx Platform and Microsoft Power BI
    Feature
    Alteryx Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.4
    80 Ratings
    REST API00 Ratings8.072 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings9.956 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings8.055 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings8.046 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.163 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.444 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Alteryx PlatformMicrosoft Power BI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (137 ratings)
    8.5
    (142 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (19 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (53 ratings)
    7.9
    (58 ratings)
    Availability
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.6
    (44 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.3
    (52 ratings)
    10.0
    (53 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.4
    (30 ratings)
    8.5
    (82 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.7
    (30 ratings)
    9.0
    (81 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)