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Alteryx vs Microsoft SQL Server

Alteryx
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Microsoft SQL Server
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Alteryx

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Score 9.2 out of 100

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Microsoft SQL Server

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Feature Set Ratings

    BI Standard Reporting

    5.3

    Alteryx

    53%

    Microsoft SQL Server

    Feature Set Not Supported
    N/A
    Alteryx ranks higher in 3/3 features
    Alteryx ranks higher in 3/3 features

    Pixel Perfect reports

    5.0
    50%
    2 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Customizable dashboards

    6.0
    60%
    42 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Report Formatting Templates

    5.0
    50%
    2 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Ad-hoc Reporting

    8.1

    Alteryx

    81%

    Microsoft SQL Server

    Feature Set Not Supported
    N/A
    Alteryx ranks higher in 4/4 features
    Alteryx ranks higher in 4/4 features

    Drill-down analysis

    8.4
    84%
    56 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Formatting capabilities

    7.5
    75%
    61 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Integration with R or other statistical packages

    8.9
    89%
    53 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Report sharing and collaboration

    7.5
    75%
    53 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Report Output and Scheduling

    7.8

    Alteryx

    78%

    Microsoft SQL Server

    Feature Set Not Supported
    N/A
    Alteryx ranks higher in 5/5 features
    Alteryx ranks higher in 5/5 features

    Publish to Web

    8.2
    82%
    47 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Publish to PDF

    9.0
    90%
    52 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Report Versioning

    4.0
    40%
    2 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Report Delivery Scheduling

    8.9
    89%
    52 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Delivery to Remote Servers

    9.0
    90%
    1 Rating
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Data Discovery and Visualization

    7.4

    Alteryx

    74%

    Microsoft SQL Server

    Feature Set Not Supported
    N/A
    Alteryx ranks higher in 3/3 features
    Alteryx ranks higher in 3/3 features

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

    6.0
    60%
    2 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

    8.0
    80%
    54 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Predictive Analytics

    8.3
    83%
    54 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Access Control and Security

    8.0

    Alteryx

    80%

    Microsoft SQL Server

    Feature Set Not Supported
    N/A
    Alteryx ranks higher in 4/4 features
    Alteryx ranks higher in 4/4 features

    Multi-User Support (named login)

    8.0
    80%
    2 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Role-Based Security Model

    8.0
    80%
    2 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

    8.0
    80%
    2 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Single Sign-On (SSO)

    8.0
    80%
    1 Rating
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Mobile Capabilities

    4.0

    Alteryx

    40%

    Microsoft SQL Server

    Feature Set Not Supported
    N/A
    Alteryx ranks higher in 1/1 features
    Alteryx ranks higher in 1/1 features

    Responsive Design for Web Access

    4.0
    40%
    1 Rating
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Attribute Ratings

    • Alteryx is rated higher in 5 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Performance, Support Rating, Implementation Rating, Product Scalability
    • Microsoft SQL Server is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Renew, Usability, Availability

    Likelihood to Recommend

    9.4

    Alteryx

    94%
    79 Ratings
    9.1

    Microsoft SQL Server

    91%
    94 Ratings

    Likelihood to Renew

    6.5

    Alteryx

    65%
    14 Ratings
    9.0

    Microsoft SQL Server

    90%
    6 Ratings

    Usability

    9.2

    Alteryx

    92%
    35 Ratings
    9.8

    Microsoft SQL Server

    98%
    10 Ratings

    Availability

    9.1

    Alteryx

    91%
    3 Ratings
    10.0

    Microsoft SQL Server

    100%
    2 Ratings

    Performance

    9.1

    Alteryx

    91%
    1 Rating
    9.0

    Microsoft SQL Server

    90%
    2 Ratings

    Support Rating

    8.5

    Alteryx

    85%
    36 Ratings
    7.9

    Microsoft SQL Server

    79%
    49 Ratings

    In-Person Training

    Alteryx

    N/A
    0 Ratings
    9.0

    Microsoft SQL Server

    90%
    1 Rating

    Online Training

    Alteryx

    N/A
    0 Ratings
    9.0

    Microsoft SQL Server

    90%
    1 Rating

    Implementation Rating

    9.1

    Alteryx

    91%
    3 Ratings
    9.0

    Microsoft SQL Server

    90%
    10 Ratings

    Product Scalability

    9.1

    Alteryx

    91%
    1 Rating
    9.0

    Microsoft SQL Server

    90%
    1 Rating

    Likelihood to Recommend

    Alteryx

    Alteryx is best suited where the task is complex to the point where you feel like multiple excel spreadsheets and/or differing data sources need to be blended together to solve a problem (complex data blending). Alteryx is also best suited where you find that you are repeating the same task (automation). Alteryx may be less suited for relatively simple analysis that can be solved in a spreadsheet, although I've been using Alteryx to solve these scenarios as of late.

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    Microsoft SQL Server

    Microsoft SQL Server is a great RDBMS and meets all of our requirements. If you need a stable DB platform to support your line of a business application you'll be well served. Licensing costs are far cheaper, more portable and a lot more user friendly than Oracle. Product support and security patches from Microsoft are strong.

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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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    Microsoft SQL Server

    • Easy to configure and use with Visual Studio and Dot Net
    • Easy integration with MSBI to perform data analysis
    • Data Security
    • Easy to understand and use
    • Very easy to export database and tables in the form of SQL query or a script

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    Cons

    Alteryx

    • A larger library of data sources being leveraged/licensed through Alteryx directly similar to the Experian and Dun & Bradstreet data that is available now would be ideal for additional data enrichment.
    • The ability to take R and Python-based data insights/model outputs/forecasts/etc. and pull directly into downstream tools and reporting is a bit lacking and could use improvement.

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    Microsoft SQL Server

    • The import/export process can be tricky to follow with lots of steps and could be better for importing flat files
    • Obtaining help from Microsoft is cumbersome and often other internet sources are better and quicker
    • The documentation is not great and again it's generally better to obtain help elsewhere if needed

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    Pricing Details

    Alteryx

    General

    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    Yes
    Entry-level set up fee?
    No

    Starting Price

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    Alteryx Editions & Modules

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    Microsoft SQL Server

    General

    Free Trial
    —
    Free/Freemium Version
    —
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    —
    Entry-level set up fee?
    No

    Starting Price

    $0 Per License

    Microsoft SQL Server Editions & Modules

    Edition
    Enterprise$13,748.001
    Subscription$1,418.001
    1. Per License
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    Likelihood 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.

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    Microsoft SQL Server

    Microsoft SQL Server 9.0
    Based on 6 answers
    We understand that the Microsoft SQL Server will continue to advance, offering the same robust and reliable platform while adding new features that enable us, as a software center, to create a superior product. That provides excellent performance while reducing the hardware requirements and the total cost of ownership of our solution.

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    Usability

    Alteryx

    Alteryx 9.2
    Based on 35 answers
    The sheer breadth of the functionality and how easy it is to use makes it absolutely revolutionary for any company still using Excel, SQL, etc. The interface is drag and drop and does not require any coding, but also benefits from those with coding ability as it is fully integrated with the likes of R, Python, Spark, etc. Just how quickly the impact of Alteryx is seen is really very impressive.

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    Microsoft SQL Server

    Microsoft SQL Server 9.8
    Based on 10 answers
    SQL Server mostly 'just works' or generates error messages to help you sort out the trouble. You can usually count on the product to get the job done and keep an eye on your potential mistakes. Interaction with other Microsoft products makes operating as a Windows user pretty straight forward. Digging through the multitude of dialogs and wizards can be a pain, but the answer is usually there somewhere.

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    Reliability and Availability

    Alteryx

    Alteryx 9.1
    Based on 3 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.

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    Microsoft SQL Server

    Microsoft SQL Server 10.0
    Based on 2 answers
    Its does not have outages.

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    Performance

    Alteryx

    Alteryx 9.1
    Based on 1 answer
    Alteryx processes data very fast, regardless of the volume.

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    Microsoft SQL Server

    Microsoft SQL Server 9.0
    Based on 2 answers
    SSAS data cubes may some time slow down your Excel reports.

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    Support Rating

    Alteryx

    Alteryx 8.5
    Based on 36 answers
    The online community support is great. 90% of my questions about how to do even esoteric stuff in Alteryx is a search away.When I have had difficult technical problems, Alteryx support has been prompt and helpful. At conferences the support lab and tips and tricks presentations have helped me work through difficult and thorny long term problems.

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    Microsoft SQL Server

    Microsoft SQL Server 7.9
    Based on 49 answers
    We managed to handle most of our problems by looking into Microsoft's official documentation that has everything explained and almost every function has an example that illustrates in detail how a particular functionality works. Just like PowerShell has the ability to show you an example of how some cmdlet works, that is the case also here, and in my opinion, it is a very good practice and I like it.

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    In-Person Training

    Alteryx

    No score
    No answers yet
    No answers on this topic

    Microsoft SQL Server

    Microsoft SQL Server 9.0
    Based on 1 answer
    It was good

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    Online Training

    Alteryx

    No score
    No answers yet
    No answers on this topic

    Microsoft SQL Server

    Microsoft SQL Server 9.0
    Based on 1 answer
    very hands on and detailed training

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    Implementation Rating

    Alteryx

    Alteryx 9.1
    Based on 3 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.

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    Microsoft SQL Server

    Microsoft SQL Server 9.0
    Based on 10 answers
    Other than SQL taking quite a bit of time to actually install there are no problems with installation. Even on hardware that has good performance SQL can still take close to an hour to install a typical server with management and reporting services.

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    Alternatives Considered

    Alteryx

    Alteryx is way better than Microsoft Excel. It visually lets you do things to the data, one tool at a time. And, you can just delete the tool if it did not do what you were wanting it to do. Excel is a nice app, but Alteryx expands the capability so much more, especially when combining different data sources.

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    Microsoft SQL Server

    [Microsoft] SQL Server has a much better community and professional support and is overall just a more reliable system with Microsoft behind it. I've used MySQL in the past and SQL Server has just become more comfortable for me and is my go to RDBMS.

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    Scalability

    Alteryx

    Alteryx 9.1
    Based on 1 answer
    Alteryx can scale horizontally or vertically (or both) if you need

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    Microsoft SQL Server

    Microsoft SQL Server 9.0
    Based on 1 answer
    SQL server does handle growing demands of a mid sized company.

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    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.

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    Microsoft SQL Server

    • Increased accuracy - We went from multiple users having different versions of an Excel spreadsheet to a single source of truth for our reporting.
    • Increased Efficiency - We can now generate reports at any time from a single source rather than multiple users spending their time collating data and generating reports.
    • Improved Security - Enterprise level security on a dedicated server rather than financial files on multiple laptop hard drives.

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