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Likelihood to Recommend
Alteryx
I wish I had found and used Alteryx Analytics years ago. Having multiple data sources with a variety of naming conventions for our businesses we spent WEEKS cleaning/reorganizing/renaming fields in our data to be able to consolidate. We did this on one set of reports for one use. Each time we wanted an update this process would need to be repeated. This took tons of useless admin time. Had we had Alteryx we could have created 1 identifier, noted all the different naming conventions or issues, selected the ones we wanted and created the workflow to use it over and over and over again on any data we wanted. Build once - use multiple times. It would have been (and now is) a HUGE time saver. Plus any new anomalies are identified by the program as errors so you can "autocorrect" them in the same workflow. Alteryx is a miracle in my opinion.
Director People Analytics
J.D. Irving, LimitedPaper & Forest Products, 10,001+ employees
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
It works great for our purposes. I highly recommend hiring a consultant to set it up for you though. I don't think we would have gotten very far had we tried to setup the reports and views ourselves. We're very happy with the results we've seen so far. We've been using it for about 3-4 months.
Director of IT Services
CompuType IT SolutionsInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees
Feature Rating Comparison
BI Standard Reporting
Alteryx
5.5
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.3
Pixel Perfect reports
Alteryx
5.0
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
7.9
Customizable dashboards
Alteryx
6.6
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.8
Report Formatting Templates
Alteryx
5.0
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.1
Ad-hoc Reporting
Alteryx
8.2
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
7.7
Drill-down analysis
Alteryx
8.0
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.2
Formatting capabilities
Alteryx
7.9
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
7.8
Integration with R or other statistical packages
Alteryx
8.5
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
7.1
Report sharing and collaboration
Alteryx
8.3
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
7.8
Report Output and Scheduling
Alteryx
7.6
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
7.5
Publish to Web
Alteryx
8.2
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
6.9
Publish to PDF
Alteryx
8.2
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.1
Report Versioning
Alteryx
4.0
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
7.4
Report Delivery Scheduling
Alteryx
8.4
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
7.5
Delivery to Remote Servers
Alteryx
9.0
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
7.3
Data Discovery and Visualization
Alteryx
7.6
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
7.6
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
Alteryx
6.0
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
7.5
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
Alteryx
8.3
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
7.6
Predictive Analytics
Alteryx
8.5
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
7.7
Access Control and Security
Alteryx
8.0
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.4
Multi-User Support (named login)
Alteryx
8.0
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.3
Role-Based Security Model
Alteryx
8.0
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
7.9
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
Alteryx
8.0
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.8
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Alteryx
8.0
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.5
Mobile Capabilities
Alteryx
4.0
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.0
Responsive Design for Web Access
Alteryx
4.0
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.1
Dedicated iOS Application
Alteryx
—
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.1
Dedicated Android Application
Alteryx
—
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
8.2
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
Alteryx
—
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
7.7
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Alteryx
—
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
7.4
REST API
Alteryx
—
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
7.3
Javascript API
Alteryx
—
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
7.5
iFrames
Alteryx
—
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
7.8
Java API
Alteryx
—
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
7.6
Themeable User Interface (UI)
Alteryx
—
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
7.1
Customizable Platform (Open Source)
Alteryx
—
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
7.1
Pros
Alteryx
- Alteryx does a great job of allowing more beginner Analysts to automate many of their routine process but also allowing advanced Analysts to ability to leverage deep statistical modelling for predictive analytics.
- Given the visual workflow nature of Alteyrx, the learning curve is not steep.
- The Alteryx Gallery allows non-technical consumers to execute complex workflows by leveraging an intuitive web interface.
- Alteryx allows data scientists to bring their own programming language to Altyerx, such as R or Python.

Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Health, Wellness and Fitness Company, 10,001+ employeesMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
- The layout of Power BI is very intuitive. Someone that is familiar with Excel and working with Charts and Graphs in that environment will find the learning curve a rather short one to start using Power BI.
- I like the way Power BI fits an assortment of users and how the functionality that you engage is replicated in Excel, that being Power Query and Power Pivot. So what you learn in one tool can be readily applied towards the other which allows you to more effectively apply your training.
- I appreciate how Microsoft is working to develop tools that go a long ways to empowering the end user. Prior to Power BI I would have had to consult with a "BI" professional to develop a dashboard. With Power BI I don't have to consult with anyone, I can work to put together the dash board I want and using a tool set that is really robust and allows me to engage an enormous amount of data. It's provides a great deal of flexibility and the types of data I can connect to.
- Updates...Microsoft is working diligently to keep Power BI current with monthly updates. They do a really good job of listening to the end user, if there is functionality not currently present just give them a month or so.
- Just to be clear, even though it's easy to get going right out of the gate with Power BI it provides plenty of opportunities to create some really sophisticated reporting solutions. With DAX in Power Pivot and M language in Power Query, you are provided with plenty of head room to do some really amazing things in Power BI.
- Training...there are resources across the web for learning and growing your skills and Power BI. And what's even better is the majority of those resources are free.
- Data engagement, when presenting the data to the end user Power BI goes a long way to allowing that end user to engage the data and begin to identify root cause by simply interacting with the graph/chart/data set. It allows for really fluid engagement. Prior to Power BI so many times during the presentation of data we often times ended the engagement with that data with more questions than what were answered. With Power BI, more often than not, the end user is able to get answers to the questions by simply clicking on the data in the graph/chart/dataset to see the details. This tool really does have the capacity to make you look like a rock star.
Program Cost Schedule and Control Analyst
WoodAirlines/Aviation, 10,001+ employees
Cons
Alteryx
- Sometimes the desktop version of authoring tool crashes! It's been unstable in the previous versions but gets better. Even if it doesn't crash, it used to be slow or not responding.
- When running several version of database drivers in local machine or server, it is tricky to set up database connections. Often you have to figure out it by googling the problem and solution. There are not many knowledge bases from Alteryx.
- Alteryx project file creates .bak file automatically. It is useful to prevent for the purpose of back up, sometimes it's not necessary. But it is not changeable for some reason. By default, it always creates backups.

Verified User
Project Manager in Research & Development
Hospital & Health Care Company, 10,001+ employeesMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
- The race to perfect gathering of Non-Traditional datasets is on-going; with Microsoft arguably not the leader of the pack in this category.
- Licensing options for PowerBI visualizations may be a factor. I.e. if you need to implement B2C PowerBI visualizations, the cost is considerably high especially for startups.
- Some clients are still resistant putting their data on the cloud, which restricts lots of functionality to Power BI.

Verified User
Contributor in Professional Services
Computer Software Company, 51-200 employeesLikelihood to Renew
Alteryx
Alteryx 6.5
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.
Director, Technology Services
ExperianInformation Technology and Services, 5001-10,000 employees
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
Microsoft BI (MSBI) 8.0
Based on 25 answers
Microsoft BI is fundamental to our suite of BI applications. That being said, Northcraft Analytics is focused on delighting our customers, so if the underlying factors of our decision change, we would choose to re-write our BI applications on a different stack. Luckily, mathematics are the fundamental IP of our technology... and is portable across all BI platforms for the foreseeable future.
President
Northcraft AnalyticsComputer Software, 11-50 employees
Usability
Alteryx
Alteryx 9.5
Based on 4 answers
I found it very easy to use very quickly. Part of it had to do with the training I received from Alteryx and the other part was how intuitive the tool is out of the box. Highly recommended for analysts especially ones with little code experience. Helpful to build basic code skills.

Verified User
Analyst in Customer Service
Logistics and Supply Chain Company, 1001-5000 employeesMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
Microsoft BI (MSBI) 9.0
Based on 8 answers
Usability is great. This product will make most feel right at home. I feel like this question should be asked from two points of view:1. Creator of reports, Data Models, Views etc: Most Advanced users will still rate the usability as very high. Its capabilities are still robust. However when compared to other Enterprise Class products it will not do many of the advanced application queries. 2. End user, Consumer: All end users will feel right at home. Many will be able to create connections to already created data models and other external publicly available sources like twitter, Facebook, World Health order etc... These connections are then in turn very very easily available to publish to SharePoint and Power BI. It took me a while to understand what I think is Microsoft's strategy. This will handle all but the most of robust needs. Much like many American made cars and my favorite Corvette, Microsoft is fast, has it own break downs from time to time but all of these are really to tolerate when the price is considered and the next one up that can out perform it is three to four times as much money makes this an easy one to still recommend
CIO (Chief Information Officer)
Mountain MedicalHospital & Health Care, 201-500 employees
Reliability and Availability
Alteryx
Alteryx 10.0
Based on 2 answers
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.
Manager, Market & Competitive Insights
Office DepotBusiness Supplies and Equipment, 10,001+ employees
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
Microsoft BI (MSBI) 9.5
Based on 4 answers
The product has been reliable.
Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics
Georgetown University5001-10,000 employees
Performance
Alteryx
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
Microsoft BI (MSBI) 7.0
Based on 4 answers
SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) can drag at times. We created two report servers and placed them under an F5 load balancer. This configuration has worked well. We have seen sluggish performance at times due to the Windows Firewall.
Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics
Georgetown University5001-10,000 employees
Support Rating
Alteryx
Alteryx 9.0
Based on 6 answers
Good support, but could have used more when installing the server. Had a minor issue for a long time that took a lot of work to resolve. Other than that, there has been a lot of free training especially when brining on new designer license holders. Support is good overall.

Verified User
Analyst in Customer Service
Logistics and Supply Chain Company, 1001-5000 employeesMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
Microsoft BI (MSBI) 8.7
Based on 15 answers
While support from Microsoft isn't necessarily always best of breed, you're also not paying the price for premium support that you would on other platforms. The strength of the stack is in the ecosystem that surrounds it. In contrast to other products, there are hundreds, even thousands of bloggers that post daily as well as vibrant user communities that surround the tool. I've had much better luck finding help with SQL Server related issues than I have with any other product, but that help doesn't always come directly from Microsoft.
National Practice Director - Business Intelligence
Neudesic
In-Person Training
Alteryx
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
Microsoft BI (MSBI) 6.9
Based on 3 answers
This training was more directed toward what the product was capable of rather than actual programming.
Business Intelligence Analyst
PraesesInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Online Training
Alteryx
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
Microsoft BI (MSBI) 8.5
Based on 2 answers
I have used on-line training from Microsoft and from Pragmatic Works. I would recommend Pragmatic Works as the best way to get up to speed quickly, and then use the Microsoft on-line training to deep dive into specific features that you need to get depth with.
Business Intelligence Architect
BAASS Business SolutionsTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 5001-10,000 employees
Implementation Rating
Alteryx
Alteryx 10.0
Based on 2 answers
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.
Manager, Market & Competitive Insights
Office DepotBusiness Supplies and Equipment, 10,001+ employees
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
Microsoft BI (MSBI) 9.6
Based on 14 answers
We are a consulting firm and as such our best resources are always billing on client projects. Our internal implementation has weaknesses, but that's true for any company like ours. My rating is based on the product's ease of implementation.
National Practice Director - Business Intelligence
Neudesic
Alternatives Considered
Alteryx
Talend is primarily for data integration and has quite advanced capabilities. But the user has to be more technical. Alteryx makes the process simple and any user can make use of its features.Tableau was a good choice for data visualization. We needed beautiful charts and ways to represent data. Alteryx falls short in this aspect.
Process Analyst
HoneywellWarehousing, 10,001+ employees
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
Looking at the visualization portion of BI, there are three types of tools.
- Programming packages. Free and powerful, they let you make any diagram, at the cost of difficulty of use.
- Specialist software like Tableau and Microsoft BI. This is the best choice in most cases due to ease of use and quality of output.
- More generic software offered by the big IT companies, often part of a BI suite. There's really a lot of variety here. Use this when it fits the workflow and you are already using the relevant software. But, personally, I'd still use the specialist software.
Technical Leader for Modeling and Simulation
MITREManagement Consulting, 5001-10,000 employees
Return on Investment
Alteryx
- Alteryx does an excellent job of integrating consumer and spatial data to calculate and visualize things like locations within a certain drive-time radius.
- For visualization purposes I had to move the data to excel for some decent graphs.
- It can become very expensive.

Verified User
Engineer in Research & Development
Education Management Company, 11-50 employeesMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
- As a SaaS provider we see being able to provide self-service BI to our client users as a competitive advantage. In fact the MSSQL enabled BI is a contributing factor to many winning RFPs we have done for prospective client organisations.
- However MSSQL BI requires extensive knowledge and skills to design and develop data warehouses & data models as a foundation to support business analysts and users to interrogate data effectively and efficiently. Often times we find having strong in-house MSSQL expertise is a bless.
BI Reporting Specialist
Impac Services - Risk & Safety Management SolutionsProfessional Training & Coaching, 51-200 employees
Screenshots
Microsoft BI (MSBI)
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Alteryx
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No
Alteryx Editions & Modules
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Additional Pricing Details
—Microsoft BI (MSBI)
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Microsoft BI (MSBI) Editions & Modules
Edition
Power BI Pro | 9.991 |
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Power BI Premium | $4,9952 |
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- per month