Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Alteryx
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Alteryx aims to be the launchpad for automation breakthroughs. Be it for personal growth, achieving transformative digital outcomes, or rapid innovation, Alteryx converges analytics, data science and process automation to enable users across organizations to make business-altering breakthroughs. Alteryx Designer can be used to automate every analytics step — from data prep to data science. Access any data source or type, then blend via drag-and-drop interface.…N/A
Spotfire
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Spotfire® is a data visualization platform that utilizes predictive analytics. In addition to data viz, it includes data wrangling capabilities, predictive analytics, location analytics, and real-time streaming analytics. Spotfire® is a business unit of Cloud Software Group, formerly known as TIBCO Spotfire.
$0.99
Per Hour (Starting)
Pricing
AlteryxSpotfire
Editions & Modules
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TIBCO Spotfire for Amazon Web Services
$0.99
Per Hour (Starting)
TIBCO Cloud Spotfire - Consumer
$250/yr
per seat
TIBCO Cloud Spotfire - Business Author
$650/yr
per seat
TIBCO Cloud Spotfire - Analyst
$1250/yr
per seat
TIBCO Spotfire Platform
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TIBCO Spotfire Cloud Enterprise
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AlteryxSpotfire
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsFor Enterprise engagements, please contact TIBCO directly for a custom price quote.
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Community Pulse
AlteryxSpotfire
Considered Both Products
Alteryx
Chose Alteryx
Alteryx low-code/no-code workflow development, and the ability to view my data at every step, immediately improved my development time by at least 60%. Highbond (formerly Galvanize / ACL) relies on a proprietary ACL script coding language, which can be time-consuming to …
Chose Alteryx
It does about as good as a code-free analytics platform such a Tableau, but does not offer as well refined insights through data visualization.
Chose Alteryx
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.
Chose Alteryx
1. RapidMiner - another similar tool with rich set of functionalities, strong hep and support and similar black box algorithms with ease of drag - drop linking of components to achieve the purpose. Text mining is a great functionality here which is missing in Alteryx.
Spotfire
Chose Spotfire
We are dealing with and evaluate as many data analytics and BI tools as it is feasible for us in order to be able to suggest the best tool to our clients. Spotfire is strong in intuitive and easy to learn analytics, plus it has built-in functionality to work with R, which is a …
Chose Spotfire
Spotfire can be described as a 50% Vis and 50% ETL software, it can't be as good as Tableau in Data vis, nor it could be good in ETL as Alteryx. But both Alteryx and Tableau can't sum up Spotfire's features in ETL and Data Vis.
Chose Spotfire
Due to the integration of other Spotfire and TIBCO products we had selected Spotfire.
Chose Spotfire
I have very briefly used PowerBI and Tableau, and I found Spotfire to be much better than PowerBI as an interactive tool. Property controls and action controls really make the analysis interactive and dynamic. However, Spotfire mobile has a long way to go. We've tried to set …
Chose Spotfire
Spotfire lacks in availability, predictive analytics, and visualization capabilities compared to most of the other industry standards; however, we believe it is specifically very powerful in visualizing geospatial data. So Spotfire is a useful addition in our toolkit but more …
Chose Spotfire
Spotfire has a broad feature set which covers all the needs of today's analyst, in one single solution. It could be better at data preparation, but is it its core domain after all?
Chose Spotfire
Tableau is pretty but very shallow. Alteryx is very nice, but doesn't have the proximity to the data through visual exploration. Alteryx is more like a drag'n'drop analogy to programming, where you are placing icons in a workflow instead of writing code lines in a program. So …
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Features
AlteryxSpotfire
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Alteryx
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Ratings
Spotfire
8.3
299 Ratings
1% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.030 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings9.1294 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.9258 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Alteryx
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Spotfire
8.2
311 Ratings
1% above category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.3289 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.8302 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.3224 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.5274 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Alteryx
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Spotfire
8.3
283 Ratings
1% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.2228 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.6267 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings8.018 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.4178 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Alteryx
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Spotfire
8.2
310 Ratings
1% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.7306 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.4271 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings8.1234 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings7.68 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Alteryx
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Ratings
Spotfire
8.1
250 Ratings
6% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.7241 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.5206 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings7.8228 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.48 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Alteryx
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Ratings
Spotfire
7.3
189 Ratings
9% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.9177 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings7.6126 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.5148 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Alteryx
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Ratings
Spotfire
8.3
89 Ratings
5% above category average
REST API00 Ratings8.371 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings8.370 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.454 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings8.257 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.269 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.560 Ratings
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Small Businesses
Klipfolio
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Score 8.4 out of 10
BrightGauge
BrightGauge
Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Klipfolio
Klipfolio
Score 8.4 out of 10
Reveal
Reveal
Score 9.9 out of 10
Enterprises

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TIBCO Jaspersoft Community Edition
TIBCO Jaspersoft Community Edition
Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
AlteryxSpotfire
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(125 ratings)
8.6
(335 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.5
(19 ratings)
8.3
(29 ratings)
Usability
9.2
(52 ratings)
8.0
(27 ratings)
Availability
8.1
(4 ratings)
9.0
(14 ratings)
Performance
9.2
(36 ratings)
7.1
(14 ratings)
Support Rating
9.3
(52 ratings)
8.7
(27 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.0
(1 ratings)
7.3
(52 ratings)
Online Training
8.6
(2 ratings)
8.8
(55 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
(5 ratings)
8.0
(17 ratings)
Configurability
7.5
(2 ratings)
7.1
(3 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.4
(3 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.7
(3 ratings)
7.0
(4 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.3
(2 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.3
(1 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
AlteryxSpotfire
Likelihood to Recommend
Alteryx
We're trying right now to get more people using it at our company so we can send management documented cases for how we can expand and purchase Alteryx Server which will extend the capabilities even more and across more departments. It's been well suited for pretty much everything we do on a repeating schedule. It's worth the time to set up the workflows. When Treasury sends me the bank download now - I save it to a folder and run our workflows and send back 2 journal entries in .9 seconds. (yes - in less than a second it's finished running)
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Spotfire
A high level of data integration is available here it supports various data sources and so on. Collaborating features allow users to give access to the dashboard and merge data analytics with other team members. It can meet the demands of both small and large size business enterprises. A customized dashboard and reports are provided to meet the specific needs and get support of extensibility through APIs and customized scripts.
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Pros
Alteryx
  • Pulling data from multiple disparate data sources.
  • Allows users to see the data at every step of the workflow to be able to cleanse, analyze, and optimize the data.
  • Provides an analytics platform that is easy for users of all levels to thrive in whether they are just starting out in their analytics journey or they have a master's degree in Data Science.
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Spotfire
  • It has the best coding integration (python, R) of any BI product
  • The ability to work with very large datasets (10 mil+) is better than competitors
  • Export options are more complete and have better functionality
  • The data canvas is the best tool to join and transform data vs. competitors
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Cons
Alteryx
  • Alteryx is great for processes that is has already "thought through". It's more difficult to get Alteryx to deal with some customization.
  • The data visualizations with Alteryx are generally good, although I don't think the color schemes are the best.
  • I think the data science capabilities are awesome with Alteryx, although not as well used as products built with Python or R.
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Spotfire
  • The donut chart is I guess a powerful illustrations but I hope it should be done quite simple in Spotfire. But in Spotfire there are lots of steps involve just to build a simple donut chart.
  • Table calculation (like Row or Column Differences) should be made simple or there should be drag and drop function for Table Calculation. No need for scripting.
  • Information Link should be changed. If new columns are added to the table just refreshing the data should be able to capture the new column. No need extra step to add column
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Likelihood to Renew
Alteryx
We've developed a working partnership with Alteryx. As an enablement suite, we're continuing to innovate and deliver great products with use of Alteryx in our solutions. Alteryx use expands to our global product development teams and is in use in multiple parts of our organization. Alteryx also delivers Experian demographic content to other clients in their product offering. We're highly likely to renew, but that decision is way above my pay grade.
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Spotfire
-Easy to distribute information throughout the enterprise using the webplayer. -Ad hoc analysis is possible throughout the enterprise using business author in the webplayer or the thick client. -Low level of support needed by IT team. Access interfaces with LDAP and numerous other authentication methods. -Possible to continually extend the platform with JavaScript, R scripts, HTML, and custom extensions. -Ability to standardize data logic through pre-built queries in the Information Designer. Everyone in the enterprise is using the same logic -Tagging and bookmarking data allows for quick sharing of insights. -Integration with numerous data sources... flat files, data bases, big data, images, etc. -Much improved mapping capability. Also includes the ability to apply data points over any image.
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Usability
Alteryx
I've found that while some things might take a little longer to create, the flexibility of Alteryx allows you to perform any function needed. I haven't found a use that was not available in Alteryx yet. APIs and XMLs can be created to perform certain functions. In addition, CMD line commands can be sent using Alteryx to perform certain functions as well.
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Spotfire
Basic tasks like generating meaningful information from large sets of raw data are very easy. The next step of linking to multiple live data sources and linking those tables and performing on the fly analysis of the imported data is understandably more difficult.
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Reliability and Availability
Alteryx
I use many programs and compared to others, Alteryx virtually never goes down, freezes up or gives an application error. Over a 4 year time period that I have used this program, any of these may have happened 3 times. It is an incredibly stable program that I feel completely confident in.
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Spotfire
Even though, it's a rather stable and predictable tool that's also fast, it does have some bugs and inconsistencies that shut down the system. Depending on the details, it could happen as often as 2-3 times a week, especially during the development period.
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Performance
Alteryx
Alteryx is an extremely reliable platform. If there is an error in my workflow, I feel pretty strongly it was probably my fault. The platform also handles large amounts of data very quickly and can join/match, sort, filter, calculate on that data quickly as well. One of my favorite things to build into a workflow are the messages based on data/metadata and error messages based on errors I have come across before.
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Spotfire
Generally, the Spotfire client runs with very good performance. There are factors that could affect performance, but normally has to do with loading large analysis files from the library if the database is located some distance away and your global network is not optimal. Once you have your data table(s) loaded in the client application, usually the application is quite good performance-wise.
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Support Rating
Alteryx
Stellar, bar-none. Some of the best support folks of any vendor. The Alteryx Community is the most responsive and supportive. On the rare occasion of a release issue or bug, we've been able to get quick help to solve the core problem. Alteryx does not play the blame game. They genuinely help the users solve their issues or respond to questions
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Spotfire
Support has been helpful with issues. Support seems to know their product and its capabilities. It would also seem that they have a good sense of the context of the problem; where we are going with this issue and what we want the end outcome to be.
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In-Person Training
Alteryx
1st level of trainings which I've attended in Paris was easy and I was already knowing %90, that learning could have been an e-learning instead of in-person
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Spotfire
The instructor was very in depth and provided relevant training to business users on how to create visualizations. They showed us how to alter settings and filter views, and provided resources for future questions. However, the instructor failed to cover data sources, connecting to data, etc. While it was helpful to see how users can use the data to create reports, they failed to properly instruct us on how to get the dataset in to begin with. We are still trying to figure out connections to certain databases (we have multiple different types).
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Online Training
Alteryx
Very good, detailed online trainings which you can take at your own pace, and strong certifications exists, certifications are extremely detailed and hard...
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Spotfire
The online training is good, provides a good base of knowledge. The video demonstrations were well-done and easy to follow along. Provided exercises are good as well, but I think there could be more challenging exercises. The training has also gone up in price significantly in the last 3 years (in USD, which hurts us even more in Canada), and I'm not sure it is worth the money it now costs (it is worth how much it cost 3 years ago, but not double that.)
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Implementation Rating
Alteryx
There is really not much to it (the installation, that is). Once you get it installed, along with any of the add-ons (demographics, R, etc.), you are up and running almost immediately. There is really no additional setup. You can immediately begin blending data, running demographics, performing spatial queries, running predictive analysis, etc. And for many of these functions, the learning curve is quite easy.
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Spotfire
The original architecture I created for our implementation had only a particular set of internal business units in mind. Over the years, Spotfire gained in popularity in our company and was being utilized across many more business units. Soon, its usage went beyond what the original architectural implementation could provide. We've since learned about how the product is used by the different teams and are currently in the middle of rolling out a new architecture. I suggest:
  • Have clearly defined service level agreements with all the teams that will use Spotfire. Your business intelligence group might only need availability during normal working hours, but your production support group might need 24/7 availability. If these groups share one Spotfire server, maintenance of that server might be a problem.
  • Know the different types of data you will be working with. One group might be working with "public" data while another group might work with sensitive data. Design your Library accordingly and with the proper permissions.
  • Know the roles of the users of Spotfire. Will there only be a small set of report writers or does everyone have write access to the Library?
  • ALWAYS add a timestamp prompt to your reports. You don't want multiple users opening a report that will try and pull down millions of rows of data to their local workstations. Another option, of course, is to just hard code a time range in the backing database view (i.e. where activity_date >= sysdate - 90, etc.), but I'd rather educate/train the user base if possible.
  • This probably goes without saying, but if possible, point to a separate reporting database or a logical standby database. You don't want the company pounding on your primaries and take down your order system.
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Alternatives Considered
Alteryx
Alteryx is MUCH more user friendly. both provide the ability to code within them, but Alteryx has much nicer interface. The formula tools have a more simple language that is easier to learn than formulae in SSIS. Alteryx is easy to read with multi colored tools identifying what each one does. It also allows for macros. You can build your own tool to process records of data or batch records together.
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Spotfire
Spotfire is significantly ahead of both products from an ETL and data ingestion capability. Spotfire also has substantially better visualizations than Power BI, and although the native visualizations aren't as flexible in Tableau, Spotfire enables users to create completely custom javascript visaualizations, which neither Tableau or Power BI has. Tableau and Power BI are likely only superior to Spotfire with respect to embedded analysis on a website.
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Scalability
Alteryx
Individual analysts can quickly generate results using their own copy of Alteryx Designer. But using the Server and developing macros for more complex needs can be time consuming.
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Spotfire
In an enterprise architecture, if Spotfire Advanced Data services(Composite Studio),data marts can be managed optimally and scalability in a data perspective is great. As the web player/consumer is directly proportional to RAM, if the enterprise can handle RAM requirement accomodating fail over mechanisms appropraitely, it is definitely scalable,
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Return on Investment
Alteryx
  • Error handling - allows controls to be built into workflows easily and allows them to be isolated and spat into control reports that can be easily reviewed and audited, thanks to the ability to create multiple outputs in one go.
  • Time-saving - saved huge amounts of time, especially when moving Excel processes into Alteryx.
  • Product development - allowed my firm to create products that we have been able to market and sell to clients.
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Spotfire
  • It is costly, so not suitable for small scale implementations.
  • Dashboards are as good as the developer, so need experience to get most out of it
  • You need to be on Spotfire 11 at least to implement out of the box visualizations
  • Integration with Python and R is a game changer, it comes very handy to onboard data scientists without much hassle
  • performance is exceptionally well.
  • Secure
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ScreenShots

Alteryx Screenshots

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Spotfire Screenshots

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