Alteryx Analytics vs IBM SPSS Modeler

Alteryx Analytics

It is very well suited for mid-sized data operations. One person working on a project is ideal. I have not used Alteryx in a collaborative project, so can't say for sure. It is quite powerful and compares well with the competitors. If you have data from disparate sources, it helps to have a tool like Alteryx.

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Sanket Bharaswadkar

Process Analyst

HoneywellWarehousing, 10,001+ employees

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IBM SPSS Modeler

Predictive modeling and analytics.Data preparation and data presentation. Preparing staging tables and platforms for other applications.Statistical data analysis, including data manipulation and migration.

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Olayinka Awoyemi

Statistician

ManitobaInsurance, 501-1000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Alteryx Analytics

7.9

IBM SPSS Modeler

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Pixel Perfect reports

8.0

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Customizable dashboards

6.7

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Report Formatting Templates

9.0

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Alteryx Analytics

8.5

IBM SPSS Modeler

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Drill-down analysis

8.3

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Formatting capabilities

8.2

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Integration with R or other statistical packages

9.5

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Report sharing and collaboration

8.0

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Alteryx Analytics

8.7

IBM SPSS Modeler

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Publish to Web

8.2

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Publish to PDF

8.5

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Report Versioning

9.0

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Report Delivery Scheduling

8.9

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Alteryx Analytics

7.9

IBM SPSS Modeler

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Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

8.0

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Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

7.5

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Predictive Analytics

8.3

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Alteryx Analytics

8.3

IBM SPSS Modeler

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Multi-User Support (named login)

8.0

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Role-Based Security Model

8.0

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Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

9.0

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Alteryx Analytics

4.0

IBM SPSS Modeler

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Responsive Design for Web Access

4.0

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Pros

Data ingestion: Alteryx is capable of connecting with a multitude of data sources from SQL databases to cloud-hosted solutions like Salesforce, Tableau, or Google Analytics. Also supports OleDB & ODBC connections.
Dynamic data munging: Alteryx has a great variety of processing tools to clean and prep data including: dedupe, formulas, joins, union, sort... Performing these functions really quickly on even moderately equipped laptops or desktops. It's dynamic in that it can easily handle changes in data by allowing extra columns to flow through.
Macros: have a process that you are consistently running in separate workflows? Build a macro, be it a batch or iterative, Alteryx can do it. I've built 40-50 macros and use at least 4+ in every workflow I design so data is handled the same way in every workflow for consistency and cutting down on copy/pastes.

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Joe Root

Marketing Technology & Intelligence Program Manager

Cradlepoint, Inc.Computer Networking, 501-1000 employees

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Predictive modeling
Scheduling of tasks
Statistical analyses.

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Olayinka Awoyemi

Statistician

ManitobaInsurance, 501-1000 employees

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Cons

Improve work flow in modules, sometimes buggy when dealing with multiple files
On-screen wizard could help demonstrate common best practices
Add more tools that could benefit the user without them having to create macros

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Darrell Haley Jr.

Associate Program Manager

IDM, Inc.Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

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Too much foreign programming software

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Olayinka Awoyemi

Statistician

ManitobaInsurance, 501-1000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Alteryx Analytics6.5

Based on 14 answers

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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Mark Frisch

Director, Technology Services

ExperianInformation Technology and Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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IBM SPSS Modeler10.0

Based on 1 answer

because it is an excellent software

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Olayinka Awoyemi

Statistician

ManitobaInsurance, 501-1000 employees

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Usability

Alteryx Analytics10.0

Based on 2 answers

Through a graphical UI one can perform engineering and development, other vendors do not have such a code-less interface.

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Nick Lensing

Data Engineer

Virtual DBSMarketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

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IBM SPSS Modeler10.0

Based on 1 answer

Easy to use

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Olayinka Awoyemi

Statistician

ManitobaInsurance, 501-1000 employees

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Reliability and Availability

Alteryx Analytics10.0

Based on 1 answer

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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Dan Chapman

Manager, Market & Competitive Insights

Office DepotBusiness Supplies and Equipment, 10,001+ employees

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Support

Alteryx Analytics9.9

Based on 2 answers

Overall pretty good. Depending on the quality of the question posed the CS team will get back as they are available

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Nick Lensing

Data Engineer

Virtual DBSMarketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

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IBM SPSS Modeler9.0

Based on 1 answer

It's been a great deal

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Olayinka Awoyemi

Statistician

ManitobaInsurance, 501-1000 employees

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Implementation

Alteryx Analytics10.0

Based on 1 answer

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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Dan Chapman

Manager, Market & Competitive Insights

Office DepotBusiness Supplies and Equipment, 10,001+ employees

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IBM SPSS Modeler8.0

Based on 1 answer

Everything seems to went on according to plan

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Olayinka Awoyemi

Statistician

ManitobaInsurance, 501-1000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

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.

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Verified User

Analyst in Other

Management Consulting Company, 51-200 employees

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It is relatively cheaper and more common than others.Easy to for predictive modeling and data analytics.Useful for data preparation and data presentation. Helps in preparing staging tables and platforms for other applications.

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Olayinka Awoyemi

Statistician

ManitobaInsurance, 501-1000 employees

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Return on Investment

Alteryx has significantly improved employee efficiency. It's helped reduce turnaround time by ~30% already and we expect this to to do more as we leverage more of the tools.
Alteryx has also been used to automate repetitive processes to free up employees to focus on more of the analytical tasks.
The only negative to the business impact is how licenses are handed. They often expire without notice and can negatively affect clients.

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Adrian Harvey, MBA

Vice President of Analytics

BuxtonMarket Research, 51-200 employees

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Efficient result
Validity of result
Improved customer service

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Olayinka Awoyemi

Statistician

ManitobaInsurance, 501-1000 employees

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Pricing Details

Alteryx Analytics

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Alteryx Analytics Editions & Modules

Alteryx Analytics

On-premise Edition

Alteryx Designer

$3,9951

Alteryx Designer with Spatial

$12,9951

Alteryx Designer with Data

$29,9951

Alteryx Server

$45,0002

1. per user, per year

2. per server, per year

SaaS Edition

Alteryx Analytics Gallery

$1,5001

1. per user, per year

Additional Pricing Details

The above prices are in USD for Alteryx products and are per-year subscription prices based on a 3-year contract, with annual payment.

IBM SPSS Modeler

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

IBM SPSS Modeler Editions & Modules

IBM SPSS Modeler

Edition

IBM SPSS Modeler Personal

$4,6701

IBM SPSS Modeler Professional

$7,0001

IBM SPSS Modeler Premium

$11,6001

IBM SPSS Modeler Gold

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1. per year

Additional Pricing Details

IBM SPSS Modeler Personal enables users to design and build predictive models right from the desktop. IBM SPSS Modeler Professional extends SPSS Modeler Personal with enterprise-scale in-database mining, SQL pushback, collaboration and deployment, champion/challenger, A/B testing, and more. IBM SPSS Modeler Premium extends SPSS Modeler Professional by including unstructured data analysis with integrated, natural language text and entity and social network analytics. IBM SPSS Modeler Gold extends SPSS Modeler Premium with the ability to build and deploy predictive models directly into the business process to aid in decision making. This is achieved with Decision Management which combines predictive analytics with rules, scoring, and optimization to deliver recommended actions at the point of impact.