Alteryx Reviews & Product Details

At my company we deal with massive amount of sales and customer data across different regions. We used Alteryx to automate our weekly sales reporting process. Previously, we used Excel to do this process manually. Due to Alteryx’s easy drag-and-drop interface, even non-technical users could build workflows without writing code. Once our team set up the workflow, it could run on schedule without any manual intervention. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We faced a minor issue while integrating Alteryx with our internal SQL database. To resolve our issue, we connected with their customer support team and they provided a clear guidance on resolving driver compatibility issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We uses Alteryx to analyse historical sales data, supplier lead times and seasonal trends for our supply chain teams to improve demand planning. Alteryx’s predictive analytics tool helped us to forecast inventory demand without needing an external software. We also schedule the process to run daily using automated work flow execution, to ensure our team always had up-to-date stock predictions. By automating this workflow, we reduced stockouts by 15% and overstocking by 10%, helping the company save on operational costs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Handling millions of real time transactions sometime causes workflow slowdown which often requires manual optimisation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I used Alteryx to automate financial reconciliation by pulling transaction data from different systems. Before Alteryx, it would take several days of manual effort effort to complete this process.

Below are my favourite features :

- Drag and drop workflow build builder

- Data cleansing and transformation tools

- Automated workflow execution

This use case alone saved our finance team 20+ hours per month, reducing human errors and ensuring accurate reconciliations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The licensing cost per user is high, making it difficult to scale across multiple teams. Also, Alteryx should provide more flexible pricing for mid-size teams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Our goal was to create a unified report for tracking ad spend vs conversions across different channels. We used Alteryx to consolidate campaign performance data from multiple platforms. Alteryx's build-in connectors for SQL, Excel and cloud databases helped us in streamlining our work flow. No need to know complex coding as it's drag and drop interface could easily manipulate data easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Due to a steep learning curve, few of our team members found it hard to grasp the logic behind workflow dependencies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Our HR analytics team used Alteryx to automate employee attrition analysis. We had data spread across payroll and servey feedback, and before Alteryx our team manually compiled report in Excel, which was error prone and took days.I like its data blending capability from multiple sources as it combines structured and unstructured data seamlessly. Also it uses prebuild regression models to predict employee churn, without requiring advanced coding skill. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alteryx works well for batch processing but does not support streaming data in real time.Also, connecting to social media APIs required custom scripting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alteryx is an amazing tool which we can use to automate the excel solutions. It can send out an email to users by attaching the specific excel or pdf or any other format.

I really like this product because it is saving alot of time by creating views and sending mails everyday. We have used it to generate automatic ppt by just one click. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Though this tool user friendly but I felt bit difficult when we dealing with complex workflow. It's bit expensive.

One thing I notice is it takes longer time to run the python script when we compare it to outside python tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What users like best about Alteryx is its user-friendly, drag-and-drop interface that enables both technical and non-technical users to perform complex data transformations without coding. It’s powerful for ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) tasks, making it easy to blend, analyze, and prepare data from multiple sources quickly. Alteryx also integrates well with other platforms (like Tableau and Salesforce) and offers automation for repetitive workflows, which enhances productivity and scalability for data analytics and business processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pricing: It can be expensive, especially for small teams or organizations, with advanced features available only in higher-priced plans.

Performance on Large Datasets: Users sometimes experience slow performance or lag when working with very large datasets.

Learning Curve for Advanced Features: While the basic interface is easy to use, advanced functionalities may require more time to learn, especially for users with limited technical backgrounds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The code-free code-friendly concept and speed of processing are unique. Super intuitive to use and easy to master. No code needed, but if you are a coder, Alteryx offers R, Python & Spark coding tools.

I did not find a data source that I could not connect to yet (besides MDX ones).

In/out, preparation, blending, parsing, and transformation tools are the fundamental ones to start analysis.

Spatial operations and analytics are super powerful for analysis which requires these types of models/operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Even when it already includes some AI/ML models, this area could be improved.

Other area which could be improved is the visualizations. It would be great to create the final users' visualization within Alteryx.

Finally, the UI does not reflect the great product Alteryx is. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really appreciate Alteryx for its user interface that allows me to easily create workflows without having to code. It works seamlessly with data sources giving me access, to analytics tools for predictive and spatial analysis along, with data cleaning capabilities. The automation feature simplifies tasks making data processing more consistent and efficient. Additionally the vibrant Alteryx Community offers templates and advice which makes learning a breeze. Whats great is that it can handle both datasets and big data catering perfectly to my data requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alteryx has high cost, which can be prohibitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The good thing about Alteryx is its visually intuitive user interface, making it user-friendly. This is a clear advantage compared to other ETL tools. Additionally, discussions within the community are active, and most questions can be resolved there.

Techncially, the speed of execution is quite high due to in-memory processing. The bigger the size of data is, the more advantage you gain. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One of the drawbacks is the presence of some bugs accompanying version upgrades. Because of this, I hesitate to immediately adopt the latest version. However, in most cases, these issues are resolved through patches, so it's not a serious concern. Furthermore, the occurrence of bugs is often linked to Alteryx continuously releasing new tools and features. In that sense, it's not necessarily negative and can be seen as beneficial for users in the long term. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.