Alteryx Platform vs. ThoughtSpot

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Alteryx Platform
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
The 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
ThoughtSpot
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
ThoughtSpot is presented as an Agentic Analytics Platform that empowers enterprises to transform insights into action. Agentic AI combined with ThoughtSpot’s natural language search allow users to discover proactive insights from their business data, creating real-time decisioning. The platform’s unified capabilities, along with its agentic AI analyst, Spotter, ensures insights are connected and pervasive, enabling users to create precise, transparent, personalized, and actionable insights with…
$95
per month
Pricing
Alteryx PlatformThoughtSpot
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)
ThoughtSpot Analytics Team
$95
per month flat subscription
ThoughtSpot Analytics Pro
starts at $30,000
per year consumption-based pricing, pay for what you use
ThoughtSpot Analytics Enterprise
contact for pricing
per year consumption-based pricing, pay for what you use
ThoughtSpot Everywhere Pro
contact for pricing
per year consumption-based pricing, pay for what you use
ThoughtSpot Everywhere Enterprise
contact for pricing
per year consumption-based pricing, pay for what you use
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Alteryx PlatformThoughtSpot
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Alteryx PlatformThoughtSpot
Considered Both Products
Alteryx Platform
Chose Alteryx Platform
Fivetran is a basic on its own, but it is very cloud based solution and useful for large teams handling large data sets, hence wasn’t useful for our case. That is why we picked Alteryx which provides easy to use and understand interface for low knowledge, people.
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
ThoughtSpot
Chose ThoughtSpot
ThoughtSpot can handle large datasets A LOT better.
Chose ThoughtSpot
While Thoughtspot runs on "keyword search" technology, it needs the users to import data and build the data model in thoughtspot which creates a duplicate copy of your data mart. Answer Rocket uses "NLP (Natural Language Processing)" to work on your existing database and while …
Features
Alteryx PlatformThoughtSpot
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Alteryx Platform
-
Ratings
ThoughtSpot
7.2
87 Ratings
13% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings6.021 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings7.887 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.725 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Alteryx Platform
-
Ratings
ThoughtSpot
7.4
89 Ratings
8% below category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.388 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.188 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings5.748 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.386 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Alteryx Platform
-
Ratings
ThoughtSpot
8.2
82 Ratings
1% below category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.153 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.776 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings7.918 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.562 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.034 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Alteryx Platform
-
Ratings
ThoughtSpot
7.3
84 Ratings
8% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.483 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.977 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.163 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings6.711 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Alteryx Platform
-
Ratings
ThoughtSpot
7.9
84 Ratings
8% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.080 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings7.672 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings7.576 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings7.914 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.370 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Alteryx Platform
-
Ratings
ThoughtSpot
7.8
51 Ratings
0% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.549 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings7.732 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.444 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Alteryx Platform
-
Ratings
ThoughtSpot
7.0
49 Ratings
10% below category average
REST API00 Ratings6.540 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings6.133 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings7.932 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings7.013 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.433 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings7.115 Ratings
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User Ratings
Alteryx PlatformThoughtSpot
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(137 ratings)
8.6
(88 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
(19 ratings)
10.0
(6 ratings)
Usability
9.3
(53 ratings)
8.3
(83 ratings)
Availability
7.3
(4 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Performance
8.8
(44 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(52 ratings)
8.0
(4 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.0
(1 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
8.6
(2 ratings)
4.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.1
(5 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Configurability
7.3
(2 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.2
(3 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.3
(3 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.2
(2 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.3
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Alteryx PlatformThoughtSpot
Likelihood to Recommend
Alteryx
I would 100% recommend Alteryx to a friend, for me its friendly interface is the best, it has all the tools I need without the headache that programming is. It can be used for simple or complex analysis, so honestly, I don’t see a scenario where it wouldn’t suit. I’ve used Alteryx to make simple things I could do in Excel, for example, but it was less complex and faster to do in Alteryx, so why not? Its a very versatile tool.
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ThoughtSpot
It is well suited when the same data is consumed by many different people with different analytics and visualization requirements because, if you have the data available in ThoughtSpot, every user can prepare different views. Also, it is a good reporting tool, you can get rid of slides if you have a good dashboard prepared, gaining flexibility and agility.
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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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ThoughtSpot
  • Beautiful visualizations. The visuals are distinct, clean, and easy to discern from one another.
  • Intelligent querying functionality. When looking to manipulate the data, the search function makes it easy to manipulate the features in the data, along with aggregating them in the way you'd like.
  • Embedding! It has been a smooth process thus far for our product & technical teams to work with ThoughtSpot and bring it into our product.
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Cons
Alteryx
  • Steeper Learning Curve: Alteryx can have a steep learning curve for users who are new to the platform or have limited experience with data analytics. Enhancements to the user interface and user onboarding resources could help make the learning process more intuitive and accessible to a wider range of users.
  • Enhanced Data Visualization Capabilities: Alteryx offers basic data visualization capabilities, but there is room for improvement in terms of advanced visualizations and interactive dashboarding features. Adding more sophisticated chart types, interactive widgets, and customization options would enhance the data visualization capabilities within the platform.
  • Improved Error Handling and Debugging: Alteryx provides error handling mechanisms, but enhancing the error reporting and debugging capabilities would be beneficial. Improved error messages, better visibility into data flow, and debugging tools could help users troubleshoot and resolve issues more efficiently.
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ThoughtSpot
  • It would be great if ThoughtSpot can add the feature to filter by clicking on visualizations. i.e if I click on a particular data point in the chart if the full dashboard can filter just for that particular data point.
  • Color coding the heatmap with different colors like green to orange to red.
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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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ThoughtSpot
I give it just waiting because passport is brilliant and it has helped our organisation In advancing to the next stage in the age of AI. It has allowed or non-tech people to better service and clients in a cost-effective way. George port has allowed us to create new products for us and for our clients increasing our revenue streams and reducing clients churn
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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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ThoughtSpot
The rating is because of the ease of use of the interface as it has a no code interface that makes it easy to setup data pipelines without extensive programming. Cloud native integration: It integrates seamlessly with cloud based data warehouses. Automated data loading, Scalability, Cost Effective, Transformations, Data Governance and security.
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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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ThoughtSpot
it's available unless there is a server or system update etc. sometimes the timing of this is bad (for example during a month end close)
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Performance
Alteryx
I already gave the example of journal entries created in less than a second. What else can I tell you about.... I can tell you those 2 journal entries have historically had to be split into separate accounting systems so the outputs had to be very different (D365 vs Intacct) such that they are exactly ready for uploading. I can tell you I used to have some tire and battery queries hitting a line item detail table and they took hours to run UNTIL I asked IT for a view in SQL and now they're ready in about 5 minutes total. I guess I'd say if anything does take a long time - do some research with others and figure out what would speed them up
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ThoughtSpot
It does what it is supposed to. Would be nice to have a bit more insights
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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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ThoughtSpot
I give it this meeting because the team is not only help able to help us in the current solutions but also amazing and taking feedback and feeding it back to their development team which includes more products and features into ThoughtSpot
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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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ThoughtSpot
inhouse in-person training. Took a bit to long to get the basics.
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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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ThoughtSpot
poor instructions
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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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ThoughtSpot
Understand use case and model and design accordingly
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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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ThoughtSpot
We also explored Tableau Ask Data. Tableau is our standard for BI in our organization. We want to use the smallest amount of tools in our company to have the best adaption. ThoughSpot will fill a few gaps that we have with our current set up and will also enhance out offering for our employees in the transition of being more data driven within in near future
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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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ThoughtSpot
Because it is very reliable, inside the situation, we need strong internet connection to access a lot of data but easily never had any downtime except during the upgrades
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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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ThoughtSpot
  • Time to market ROI is massive vs hiring the full-time dedicated team to build and maintain a frontend multi-tenant SaaS data viz product.
  • It will be interesting to see over time how the advanced features play out in terms of usability and end value, such as Natural Search, which we are very excited about, and the machine learning tools.
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ScreenShots

Alteryx Platform Screenshots

Screenshot of Alteryx APA - Automating asset inputsScreenshot of Alteryx APA - Automating outcomesScreenshot of Alteryx APA - Data enrichment and insightsScreenshot of Alteryx APA - Data quality and preparationScreenshot of Alteryx APA - Data science and decisions

ThoughtSpot Screenshots

Screenshot of the ThoughtSpot home screenScreenshot of a Liveboard for drill downScreenshot of live query, to connect to cloud data platformsScreenshot of search to analyze and visualize dataScreenshot of a look at queries runScreenshot of consuming insights on iOS app