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Score 8.7 out of 10

Based on 119 reviews and ratings

Score 8.4 out of 10

Based on 84 reviews and ratings

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Feature Rating Comparison

Alteryx Analytics

7.9

SAS Advanced Analytics

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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

SAS Advanced Analytics

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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

SAS Advanced Analytics

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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

SAS Advanced Analytics

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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

SAS Advanced Analytics

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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

SAS Advanced Analytics

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Responsive Design for Web Access

4.0

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Pros

Cleaning datasets
Preparing data for analyzing
Customer data analytics
Transforming data from one format to other

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Sanket Bharaswadkar

Process Analyst

HoneywellWarehousing, 10,001+ employees

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SAS Analytics is excellent for modeling. You can use a variety of modeling techniques and SAS Analytics produces robust reports on the model you are creating.
SAS Analytics is excellent for data exploration. It has good etl capabilities, and once you have the data loaded you can preform a lot of statistics and other explorative measures.

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Consultant

DeloitteManagement Consulting, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

The visualization that Alteryx provides can be improved much more than where it stands tonight.
It doesn't seem to be able to process Big Data as efficiently as I would have liked.
There are a lot of things that you need to learn.

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Verified User

Engineer in Research & Development

Education Management Company, 11-50 employees

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No big complaints, pretty robust functionality

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Bethany Klebanov

Sr. Manager Global Business Analytics

Go2Market Analytics, Inc.Telecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Alteryx Analytics6.5

Based on 14 answers

I would love to renew, but Alteryx is not available for Mac computers.

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Analyst in Marketing

Telecommunications Company, 201-500 employees

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SAS Advanced Analytics4.5

Based on 5 answers

Ease of building complex models using Machine Learning Algorithm.

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Analyst in Marketing

Information Technology and Services Company, 11-50 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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Data Engineer

Virtual DBSMarketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

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SAS Advanced Analytics6.1

Based on 2 answers

If SAS Enterprise Guide is utilized any beginning user will be able to shorten the learning curve. This is allow the user a plethora of basic capabilities until they can utilize coding to expand their needs in manipulating and presenting data. SAS is also dedicated to expanding this environment so it is ever growing.

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Analytics Specialist

Array Services GroupFinancial Services, 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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Manager, Market & Competitive Insights

Office DepotBusiness Supplies and Equipment, 10,001+ employees

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SAS Advanced Analytics10.0

Based on 1 answer

SAS probably has the most market saturation out of all of the analytics software worldwide. They are in every industry and they are knowledgable about every industry. They are always available to take questions, solve issues, and discuss a company's needs. A company that buys SAS software has a dedicated representative that is there for all of their needs.

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Analytics Specialist

Array Services GroupFinancial Services, 501-1000 employees

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Performance

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SAS Advanced Analytics9.0

Based on 1 answer

Although nothing is perfect, SAS is almost there. The software can handle billions of rows of data without a glitch and runs at a quick pace regardless of what the user wants to perform. SAS products are made to handle data so performance is of their utmost important. The software is created to run things as efficiently as SAS software can to maximize performance.

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Analytics Specialist

Array Services GroupFinancial Services, 501-1000 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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Data Engineer

Virtual DBSMarketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

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SAS Advanced Analytics10.0

Based on 2 answers

Simple. Their knowledge and accessibility. Support can be reached via email, text, chat, or phone. They can also utilize WebEx to tap into your machine and see what the user is seeing. SAS is dedicated to helping their users maximize their software.

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Analytics Specialist

Array Services GroupFinancial Services, 501-1000 employees

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In-Person Training

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SAS Advanced Analytics9.0

Based on 1 answer

SAS has regional and national conferences that are dedicated to expanding users' knowledge of the software and showing them what changes and additions they are making to the software. There are user groups in most of the major cities that also provide multi-day seminars that focus on specific topics for education. If online training isn't the best way for the user, there is ample in-person training available.

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Analytics Specialist

Array Services GroupFinancial Services, 501-1000 employees

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Online Training

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SAS Advanced Analytics8.0

Based on 1 answer

There are online videos, live classes, and resource material which makes training very easy to access. However, nothing is circumstantial so applying your training can get tricky if the user is performing complex tasks. When purchasing software, SAS will also allocate education credits so the user(s) can access classes and material online to help expand their knowledge.

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Analytics Specialist

Array Services GroupFinancial Services, 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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Manager, Market & Competitive Insights

Office DepotBusiness Supplies and Equipment, 10,001+ employees

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SAS Advanced Analytics9.0

Based on 1 answer

Ask as many questions you can before the install to understand the process. Since a third party does the installation your company is sort of a passanger and it is easy to get lost in the process. It also helps to have all users and IT support involved in the install to help increase the knowledge as to how SAS runs and what it needs to perform correctly.

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Analytics Specialist

Array Services GroupFinancial Services, 501-1000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

We tested this against several COTS packages and found Alteryx to be a more cost effective solution that could be deployed to a variety of user types

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Director, Technology Services

ExperianInformation Technology and Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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SAS was the incumbent tool, and what the team knew. We did look into using Revolution Analytics enterprise version of R, but the learning curve on that caused us to stick with SAS. In my current position, I've opted for WPS over SAS. I can still leverage my SAS experience, but the price is about 15% of what SAS charges, with extra functionality, such as direct database access. I can supplement WPS with free software, such R for anything that it might be missing.

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Bethany Klebanov

Sr. Manager Global Business Analytics

Go2Market Analytics, Inc.Telecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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Scalability

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SAS Advanced Analytics9.0

Based on 1 answer

It all depends on the type of SAS product the user has. Scaleability differs from product to product, and if the user has SAS Office Analytics the scaleability is quite robust. This software will satisfy the majority of the company's analytic needs for years to come. In addition, if SAS is not meeting the users needs the company can easily find SAS solutions that will.

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Analytics Specialist

Array Services GroupFinancial Services, 501-1000 employees

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Return on Investment

Definitely, an increase in employee efficiency. With the right tools and hardware, Alteryx can reduce the processing time significantly.
Automation and/or automatic report scheduling frees up a lot of time that can be used elsewhere.
Licensing updates are somewhat not handled easily and quite often create issues with modules to run slowly and/or not being active.

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Verified User

Analyst in Other

Retail Company, 10,001+ employees

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Increase return on investment on marketing campaigns.
Understand the customer segments in better way.

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Analyst in Marketing

Information Technology and Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Screenshots

Alteryx Analytics

Alteryx Designer offers an intuitive workflow environment to prep, blend, and analyze all your data.

SAS Advanced Analytics—

Pricing Details

Alteryx Analytics

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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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.

SAS Advanced Analytics

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

SAS Advanced Analytics Editions & Modules

SAS Advanced Analytics

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Additional Pricing Details

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