Alteryx Analytics vs Toad Data Point

Likelihood to Recommend

Alteryx is well suite for data integration /automation use cases as well as deeper predictive modeling. Alteryx is not a visualization tool. There are many connections and integrations to more robust visualization platforms.

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Director in Information Technology

Health, Wellness and Fitness Company, 10,001+ employees

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I have not worked with another tool that covers so many different data stores so easily. I find the Query Builder and the data scrubbing abilities just top-notch and something the analyst needs. Toad Data Point is very good at working with Excel...can output directly to Excel, to a page in an existing spreadsheet (ie: refresh the data), to pivot tables, and can even set up Excel with the SQL behind the scenes so all you have to do is refresh the spreadsheet and Excel will pull the data! If your analysts use the SQL language, Toad Data Point has an extensive SQL editor, customized to the database environment the focus is pointing to...that includes templates, code snippets, SQL history, and more. This editor comes from the very popular Toad database access/development tool with a rich history in the IT world.

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Dan Hotka

Author/Instructor/Oracle Expert

Pearson EducationComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Alteryx Analytics

7.5

Toad Data Point

8.6

Pixel Perfect reports

8.0

7.7

Customizable dashboards

5.4

8.5

Report Formatting Templates

9.0

9.6

Alteryx Analytics

7.7

Toad Data Point

9.4

Drill-down analysis

7.2

9.2

Formatting capabilities

7.3

9.2

Integration with R or other statistical packages

8.7

10.0

Report sharing and collaboration

7.6

9.4

Alteryx Analytics

8.0

Toad Data Point

9.1

Publish to Web

7.9

9.3

Publish to PDF

7.0

8.9

Report Versioning

9.0

9.4

Report Delivery Scheduling

8.2

9.3

Delivery to Remote Servers

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8.6

Alteryx Analytics

7.6

Toad Data Point

8.2

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

8.0

Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

7.0

8.0

Predictive Analytics

7.7

8.7

Alteryx Analytics

8.3

Toad Data Point

9.7

Multi-User Support (named login)

8.0

9.8

Role-Based Security Model

8.0

10.0

Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

9.0

Single Sign-On (SSO)

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10.0

Alteryx Analytics

4.0

Toad Data Point

9.0

Responsive Design for Web Access

4.0

9.0

Alteryx Analytics

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Toad Data Point

9.6

REST API

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9.3

Javascript API

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9.0

iFrames

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10.0

Java API

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9.7

Themeable User Interface (UI)

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9.5

Customizable Platform (Open Source)

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10.0

Pros

Excellent support for the tools through training/white papers and online support.
Ease of use - high common sense factor makes the program easy to learn and apply.
Compatibility with everything but specifically with commonly used key programs like Tableau.

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Susan Knolla

Director People Analytics

J.D. Irving, LimitedPaper & Forest Products, 10,001+ employees

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Joins data from across Oracle, Access, Google Analytics
Can pull from Sharepoint lists data
The ability to cleanse data and transform easily
The user interface is very easy to use for not so technical users

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Andrew Kuhn

System Analyst Manager

CignaHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

You cannot as a novice just play around and get started. The learning curve is very steep, rewarding, but steep. I can't help but wonder if the product would not benefit from a "light" version for less data-mining accustomed business managers.

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Mika Silverman

Consultant

MarineXchange SoftwareInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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In the past I have had some issues with the connections to some sources like google analytics. Toad can continue to build its connection tools
Sometimes the transformation and cleansing tool could be better utilized if they had a few more capabilities
The products UI could be updated a bit but honestly I really cannot complain about this product

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Analyst in Sales

Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Alteryx Analytics 6.5

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Alteryx is a valuable piece of our day to day work so I'd be very inclined to renew when the time came

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Adrian Harvey, MBA

Vice President of Analytics

BuxtonMarket Research, 51-200 employees

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Usability

Alteryx Analytics 10.0

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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Toad Data Point 8.0

Based on 1 answer

We use this product every day. It is invaluable to us.

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Team Lead in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Reliability and Availability

Alteryx Analytics 10.0

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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 Analytics 9.9

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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Implementation

Alteryx Analytics 10.0

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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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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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Mark Frisch

Director, Technology Services

ExperianInformation Technology and Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Although Toad and UltraEdit are both great products, from an SQL standpoint Toad is a much better editor and troubleshooter.

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Verified User

Team Lead in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Return on Investment

Faster data processes (appending various data)
Non-gis people have been able to to geocode/build trade areas (this is positive and negative)
Quickly generate a standardized way of research processes

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Verified User

Analyst in Research & Development

Commercial Real Estate Company, 51-200 employees

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Alteryx Designer	$3,995¹
Alteryx Designer with Spatial	$12,995¹
Alteryx Designer with Data	$29,995¹
Alteryx Server	$45,000²

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