Alteryx Designer Cloud vs. JMP Statistical Discovery Software from SAS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Alteryx Designer Cloud
Score 9.6 out of 10
N/A
Trifacta is a "data wrangling" (or data preparation) platform particularly of use with Hadoop, developed by the company Trifacta headquartered in San Francisco, California. Alteryx announced their acquisition of Trifacta in January of 2022.
$100
per month per user
JMP Statistical Discovery Software from SAS
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
JMP is a division of SAS and the JMP family of products provide statistical discovery tools linked to dynamic data visualizations.
$125
per month
Pricing
Alteryx Designer CloudJMP Statistical Discovery Software from SAS
Editions & Modules
Starter
$100
per month per user
Professional
$500
per month per user
Enterprise
Custom
Personal License
$125.00
per month
Corporate License
$1,510.00
Per Month Per Unit
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Alteryx Designer CloudJMP Statistical Discovery Software from SAS
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsStarter & Professional plans include a charge of + $0.60 / vCPU hour. 20% discount for annual pricing.
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Features
Alteryx Designer CloudJMP Statistical Discovery Software from SAS
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Alteryx Designer Cloud
-
Ratings
JMP Statistical Discovery Software from SAS
9.5
9 Ratings
12% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Alteryx Designer Cloud
-
Ratings
JMP Statistical Discovery Software from SAS
7.6
13 Ratings
5% below category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings7.813 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings6.612 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.910 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.213 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Alteryx Designer Cloud
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Ratings
JMP Statistical Discovery Software from SAS
8.7
12 Ratings
3% above category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.712 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Alteryx Designer Cloud
-
Ratings
JMP Statistical Discovery Software from SAS
8.3
16 Ratings
3% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.016 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings9.013 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.913 Ratings
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User Ratings
Alteryx Designer CloudJMP Statistical Discovery Software from SAS
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(5 ratings)
7.4
(28 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(16 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(5 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.2
(7 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Alteryx Designer CloudJMP Statistical Discovery Software from SAS
Likelihood to Recommend
Alteryx
For doing ETL and data transformations where your data is already in a cloud environment Alteryx Designer Cloud is ideal. It allows for the continued democratisation of data and analytics to permeate more extensively throughout a business, particularly those that are already in the cloud or have cloud services in place and are comfortable with procurement and consumption of these systems over and above desktop software. The ETL processing for data validation and wrangling uses machine learning to enable highly efficient data manipulation which saves lots of time and this is a distinct advantage over the desktop software. The expansion and integration of other Alteryx cloud services such as ML, Metrics Store and App builder will only strengthen this position
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SAS
It is perfectly suited for statistical analyses, but I would not recommend JMP for users who do not have a statistical background. As previously stated, the learning curve is exceptionally steep, and I think that it would prove to be too steep for those without statistical background/knowledge
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Pros
Alteryx
  • Combining large data sets - these can be compressed into database files to make for faster runs.
  • Formatting data - this can take 45 min of formatting an excel sheet and run it in 7 seconds.
  • Sending large batch emails - some workflows we have send out 50+ emails to customers in just minutes.
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SAS
  • JMP is designed from the ground-up to be a tool for analysts who do not have PhDs in Statistics without in anyway "dumbing down" the level of statistical analysis applied. In fact, JMP operationalizes the most advanced statistical methods. JMP's design is centred on the JMP data table and dialog boxes. It is data focused not jargon-focussed. So, unlike other software where you must choose the correct statistical method (eg. contingency, ANOVA, linear regression, etc.), with JMP you simply assign the columns in a dialog into roles in the analysis and it chooses the correct statistical method. It's a small thing but it reflects the thinking of the developers: analysts know their data and should only have to think about their data. Analyses should flow from there.
  • JMP makes most things interactive and visual. This makes analyses dynamic and engaging and obviates the complete dependence on understanding p-values and other statistical concepts(though they are all there) that are often found to be foreign or intimidating.
  • One of the best examples of this is JMP's profiler. Rather than looking at static figures in a spreadsheet, or a series of formulas, JMP profiles the formulas interactively. You can monitor the effect of changing factors (Xs) and see how they interact with other factors and the responses. You can also specify desirability (maximize, maximize, match-target) and their relative importances to find factor settings that are optimal. I have spent many lengthy meetings working with the profiler to review design and process options with never a dull moment.
  • The design of experiments (DOE) platform is simply outstanding and, in fact, the principal developers of it have won several awards. Over the last 15 years, using methods broadly known as an "exchange algorithm," JMP can create designs that are far more flexible than conventional designs. This means, for example, that you can create a design with just the interactions that are of interest; you can selectively choose those interactions that are not of interest and drop collecting their associated combinations.
  • Classical designs are rigid. For example, a Box-Benhken or other response surface design can have only continuous factors. What if you want to investigate these continuous factors along with other categorical factors such as different categorical variables such as materials or different furnace designs and look at the interaction among all factors? This common scenario cannot be handled with conventional designs but are easily accommodated with JMP's Custom DOE platform.
  • The whole point of DOE is to be able to look at multiple effects comprehensively but determine each one's influence in near or complete isolation. The custom design platform, because it produces uniques designs, provides the means to evaluate just how isolated the effects are. This can be done before collecting data because this important property of the DOE is a function of the design, not the data. By evaluating these graphical reports of the quality of the design, the analyst can make adjustments, adding or reducing runs, to optimize cost, effort and expected learnings.
  • Over the last number of releases of JMP, which appear about every 18 months now, they have skipped the dialog boxes to direct, drag-and-drop analyses for building graphs and tables as well as Statistical Process Control Charts. Interactivity such as this allows analysts to "be in the moment." As with all aspects of JMP, they are thinking of their subject matter without the cumbersomeness associated with having to think about statistical methods. It's rather like a CEO thinking about growing the business without having to think about every nuance and intricacy of accounting. The statistical thinking is burned into the design of JMP.
  • Without data analysis is not possible. Getting data into a situation where it can be analyzed can be a major hassle. JMP can pull data from a variety of sources including Excel spreadsheets, CSV, direct data feeds and databases via ODBC. Once the data is in JMP it has all the expected data manipulation capabilities to form it for analysis.
  • Back in 2000 JMP added a scripting language (JMP Scripting Language or JSL for short) to JMP. With JSL you can automate routine analyses without any coding, you can add specific analyses that JMP does not do out of the box and you can create entire analytical systems and workflows. We have done all three. For example, one consumer products company we are working with now has a need for a variant of a popular non-parametric analysis that they have employed for years. This method will be found in one of the menus and appear as if it were part of JMP to begin with. As for large systems, we have written some that are tens of thousands of lines that take the form of virtual labs and process control systems among others.
  • JSL applications can be bundled and distributed as JMP Add-ins which make it really easy for users to add to their JMP installation. All they need to do is double-click on the add-in file and it's installed. Pharmaceutical companies and others who are regulated or simply want to control the JMP environment can lock-down JMP's installation and prevent users from adding or changing functionality. Here, add-ins can be distributed from a central location that is authorized and protected to users world-wide.
  • JMP's technical support is second to none. They take questions by phone and email. I usually send email knowing that I'll get an informed response within 24 hours and if they cannot resolve a problem they proactively keep you informed about what is being done to resolve the issue or answer your question.
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Cons
Alteryx
  • New tools to match the ones existing in Designer on-premise.
  • Environments management.
  • Environment variables handling.
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SAS
  • In general JMP is much better fit for a general "data mining" type application. If you want a specific statistics based toolbox, (meaning you just want to run some predetermined test, like testing for a different proportion) then JMP works, but is not the best. JMP is much more suited to taking a data set and starting from "square 1" and exploring it through a range of analytics.
  • The CPK (process capability) module output is shockingly poor in JMP. This sticks out because, while as a rule everything in JMP is very visual and presentable, the CPK graph is a single-line-on-grey-background drawing. It is not intuitive, and really doesn't tell the story. (This is in contrast with a capability graph in Minitab, which is intuitive and tells a story right off.) This is also the case with the "guage study" output, used for mulivary analysis in a Six Sigma project. It is not intuitive and you need to do a lot of tweaking to make the graph tell you the story right off. I have given this feedback to JMP, and it is possible that it will be addressed in future versions.
  • I've never heard of JMP allowing floating licenses in a company. This will ALWAYS be a huge sticking point for small to middle size companies, that don't have teams people dedicated to analytics all day. If every person that would do problem solving needs his/her own seat, the cost can be prohibitive. (It gets cheaper by the seat as you add licenses, but for a small company that might get no more than 5 users, it is still a hard sell.)
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Likelihood to Renew
Alteryx
No answers on this topic
SAS
JMP has been good at releasing updates and adding new features and their support is good. Analytics is quick and you don't need scripting/programming experience. It has been used organization wide, and works well in that respect. Open source means that there are concerns regarding timely support. Cheap licensing and easy to maintain.
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Usability
Alteryx
I feel like the usability works for every level of computer user. There are very simple tools that can accomplish a huge amount of time savings, and there are very complex tools that can give you even more. We mainly use just the simple tools in our company and have gained an incredible amount of time savings
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SAS
The overall usability of JMP is extremely good. What I really love about it is its ability to be useable for novices who have no coding experience, which is not the case with most other, similar, programs. It can output a fast and easy analysis without too much prior coding or statistical knowledge.
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Support Rating
Alteryx
No answers on this topic
SAS
Support is great and give ease of contact, rapid response, and willingness to 'stick to the task' until resolution or acknowledgement that the problem would have to be resolved in a future build. Basically, one gets the very real sense that another human being is sensitive to your problems - great or small.
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Online Training
Alteryx
No answers on this topic
SAS
I have not used your online training. I use JMP manuals and SAS direct help.
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Alternatives Considered
Alteryx
Our IT group presented Trifacta to me. They picked it out and among the crowd for me. This was way beyond ETL tools, SQL, or any programming language. It's just much faster and because it's sitting on Hadoop you bypass some of the slowdowns typically faced with RDBMS.
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SAS
It is great because it has UI menus but it costs money whereas the other programs are free. That makes it ideal for beginners but I think that RStudio and Python are going to make someone a lot more marketable for future opportunities since most companies won't pay for the software when there is a great free option.
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Return on Investment
Alteryx
  • It makes it easier to hire staff for data cleaning.
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SAS
  • ROI: Even if the cost can be high, the insights you get out of the tool would definitely be much more valuable than the actual cost of the software. In my case, most of the results of your analysis were shown to the client, who was blown away, making the money spent well worth for us.
  • Potential negative: If you are not sure your team will use it, there's a chance you will just waste money. Sometimes the IT department (usually) tries to deploy a better tool for the entire organization but they keep using the old tool they are used too (most likely MS Excel).
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ScreenShots

JMP Statistical Discovery Software from SAS Screenshots

Screenshot of Graph Builder.Screenshot of Design of ExperimentsScreenshot of Hierarchical and KMeans clustering are available from the Multivariate platform.Screenshot of Scatterplot Multivariate AnalysisScreenshot of Survey Analysis