Meet Alteryx Designer, Alteryx Server, and Alteryx Connect
In this piece, we present a concise summary of our independent BI & Analytics survey of the software vendor Alteryx and its product portfolio (such as Alteryx Designer, Alteryx Server, and Alteryx Connect). Alteryx BI & Analytics scores better in our comprehensive research than Zoho but slightly worse than MicroStrategy. Of all the categories in our independent study, Alteryx has the best performance in BI infrastructure and has the worst score in mobile business intelligence. Within the context of BI & Analytics, we have put together the main advantages and disadvantages of Alteryx Analytics, and present them by component (BI, big data, data analytics, AI, and data science). We also point out the features of the product portfolio such as Alteryx Designer, Alteryx Server, and Alteryx Connect et cetera.
How does Alteryx BI & Analytics score on certain components?
In our survey, we also judged the various tools of Alteryx software. More than 720 evaluation criteria were examined. The chart below gives good insight into the strengths and weaknesses of Alteryx Analytics, in general terms. Please note that Passionned Group is 100% independent of the suppliers in our guide. We are not a reseller, we do not make deals or have any relationship with the vendor. Among other things, we help and advise companies in the proper selection of BI tooling.
Figure 1: Strength-weakness analysis of the supplier Alteryx BI & Analytics. A vendor can score a maximum of 100%. Source: The BI & Analytics Guide 2025. Do you need more clarification about our research? Click here to download this guide.
The Alteryx analysis has been established by tapping into a lot of public big data and from there it was analyzed in-depth. More than 4,527 documents have been analyzed from Alteryx since it was included in our research. In this analysis process, both algorithms and the critical eye of a senior BI expert played an important role in establishing the final results.The BI & Analytics Guide™ 2025 
In our 100% vendor-independent BI & Analytics Guide we have collected all the ins and outs of Alteryx for you. You get access to hundreds of (shorter) trainings, tech talks, lectures, demos, tutorials, and so on and always have the latest BI & AI news. This guide will additionally assist you in the further development of your knowledge about BI & Analytics.
Alteryx and their complete BI & Analytics product portfolio
The software company Alteryx carries (a minimum of) 8 products in the realm of BI & Analytics. Based on relevance we list the products below:
What is Alteryx Analytics?
In this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of Alteryx Analytics, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of Alteryx Designer, Alteryx Server, Alteryx Connect, Alteryx Intelligence Suite, Alteryx APA Platform, Alteryx Promote, and Alteryx AiDIN. This product/group of products can be characterized by the following properties:
- advanced analytics
- analysis
- analytics
- analytics hub
- cloud platform
- data preparation
- data science
- Google Analytics
- machine learning
- predictive analytics
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What is Alteryx Designer?
We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we report the (main) characteristics of Alteryx Designer, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be best characterized by the following properties:
- analytics
- cloud platform
- data preparation
- data quality
- data science
- data storytelling
- machine learning
- reporting
- Windows
- XML
Do you want to know the intricacies of all the functions (100+) of Alteryx Designer? Then download our BI & Analytics Guide™ 2025 here.
What is Alteryx Server?
Under this heading, we report the (main) characteristics of Alteryx Server, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be defined by the following features:
- ab testing
- analytics
- authentication
- connectivity
- dashboards
- infrastructure
- load balancing
- ODBC
- time series
- Windows
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What is Alteryx Connect?
We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we describe the key elements of Alteryx Connect, including some of its features and any related products. Alteryx Connect can be best characterized by the following functionalities:
- advanced analytics
- analytics
- authentication
- dashboards
- data catalog
- data governance
- data science
- repository
- Sharepoint
- Windows
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What is Alteryx Intelligence Suite?
We do not display all the features here but, in this paragraph, we describe Alteryx Intelligence Suite, including some of its features and any related products. This product/group of products can be characterized by the following characteristics:
- advanced analytics
- analysis
- analytics
- automated machine learning
- computer vision
- data preparation
- data science
- machine learning
- predictive modeling
- text mining
Are you now curious about all features (100+) of Alteryx Intelligence Suite? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2025 here.
What is Alteryx APA Platform?
Other names by which this software product is known: Alteryx Analytic Process Automation
In this section, we provide a description of Alteryx APA Platform, including some of its features and any related products. The product Alteryx APA Platform can be best characterized by the following characteristics:
- analysis
- analytics
- analytics hub
- big data
- data management
- data science
- machine learning
- predictive modeling
- predictive models
- reporting
Are you now curious about all elements (100+) of Alteryx APA Platform? Download the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2025 here.
What is Alteryx Promote?
In this paragraph, we give you insight into the key behaviors of Alteryx Promote, including some of its features and any related products. The tool Alteryx Promote can be characterized by the following characteristics:
- analytics
- data science
- infrastructure
- machine learning
- machine learning models
- predictive models
- Python
- real-time
- REST APIs
Do you want to know everything about all properties (100+) of Alteryx Promote? In that case, open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2025 here.
What is Alteryx AiDIN?
We do not display all the features here but, in this paragraph, we describe the key elements of Alteryx AiDIN, including some of its features and any related products. The tool Alteryx AiDIN can be best characterized by the following features:
- analytics
- analytics platform
- artificial intelligence
- cloud platform
- data science
- data wrangling
- generative AI
- machine learning
- natural language
- sentiment analysis
Do you want to know the intricacies of all properties (100+) of Alteryx AiDIN? Open the BI & Analytics Guide™ 2025 here.
Recent innovations of Alteryx Analytics tools and the version history
Lately, we see a positive trend in terms of BI & Analytics functionality and support for various platforms, and data sources. The latest innovations are in the areas of BI infrastructure > web server > IIS, data discovery > analysis > portfolio analysis, and BI infrastructure > operating systems > Macintosh.
We reviewed Alteryx’s most recent releases of the total product range. Below we give an overview of the various releases of the BI & Analytics products of Alteryx:
- Alteryx Analytics: 2024.1 2024 2023.1 2023 2021.1 2018.3 22.3 9.0.4.47108 8.6
- Alteryx APA Platform: 2020.2
- Alteryx Connect: 2018.2 21.4 2.0 2
- Alteryx Designer: 2024.1 2023.2 2023.1 2022.3 2021.3.1 2020.4
- Alteryx Intelligence Suite: 2021.4 202
- Alteryx Server: 2024.1 2023.1 2022.3 2022.1 2021.4.1 2021.4 21 3
Behind each product, we show the version numbers, the older the version the more backward the version is in the list.
What are the licensing costs of Alteryx Designer, Alteryx Server, and Alteryx Connect?
It is difficult to determine exactly what a license of Alteryx Designer, Alteryx Server, and Alteryx Connect costs because it depends on the country, the number of users (and/or the number of cores if you want to run it on a server), the connectors to data sources, and at what point in the year you request a quote. And before the end of a fiscal quarter of Alteryx, you may be able to look forward to a decent discount. In addition, we recommend to run the software in the cloud, for the most part, you only pay for your consumption then. The purchase cost of Alteryx Designer, Alteryx Server, and Alteryx Connect may not be the largest amounts, but maintenance and support of course do limit your future investment scope.
What makes Alteryx BI & Analytics unique?
In our study, we see that Alteryx in the field of BI & Analytics software has a number of specific features and thus differentiates itself from the competition. This makes Alteryx Analytics more or less unique: image classification, key phrase extraction, cognitive services, z/OS, and Apache Cassandra.
The advantages and disadvantages of Alteryx Analytics
Figure 26: Tag cloud with the strength-weakness analysis of Alteryx BI & Analytics
By research theme (BI, big data, data analytics, AI, and data science), we listed all the advantages and disadvantages of Alteryx BI & Analytics, Alteryx Designer, Alteryx Server, and Alteryx Connect. They are not cemented in place, i.e.: Alteryx wants to gain a better position in the market, of course, and works continuously on developing functionality that closes the gaps in the product portfolio at this time (such as support for funnel chart, push notifications, ROLAP, mobile dashboards, cache settings, bullet graphs, in-memory analytics, push notification, horizontal bar chart, and Red Hat).
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1. Alteryx BI Infrastructure
Alteryx has a good performance in our 100% vendor-independent BI & Analytics survey on the section ‘BI Infrastructure’. The company scores 72% on this topic, relative to other vendors. We used the following selection criteria: web services and web server. In total, we examined 162 aspects in this category. Are you excited about the topic ‘BI Infrastructure’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Study 2025.
2. Alteryx Data Connectivity
The vendor Alteryx has a good rating in our objective BI & Analytics survey on the subject ‘Data Connectivity’. The company scores 72% on this topic, relative to other vendors. We considered the following factors: CSV, connectivity, and native. In total, we examined 91 criteria within this section. Would you like to go into more depth with the topic ‘Data Connectivity’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide.
3. Alteryx Self-service BI
The company has a good performance in our study on the section ‘Self-service BI’, given that they score 70% on this, compared to other vendors. The following criteria were used: self-service analysis, self-service data discovery, self-service data analytics, self-service analytics platform, and self-service data quality. In total, we examined 14 features within this discipline. Are you excited about the topic ‘Self-service BI’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide 2025.
4. Alteryx Analytics
Alteryx has a good rating in our current BI & Analytics survey of the theme ‘Analytics’. The score amounts to 67%, compared to other vendors. We considered the following factors: quality analytics, field quality analytics, supply chain analytics, utility analytics, and production quality analytics. In doing so, we analyzed the following five products: Alteryx Designer, Alteryx Analytics, Alteryx Intelligence Suite, Alteryx APA Platform, and Alteryx Server. In total, we examined 130 criteria within this section. Would you like to learn more about the topic ‘Analytics’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Study. Or take a deep dive in the following content:
5. Alteryx Business Intelligence
The vendor Alteryx has a good score in our independent BI & Analytics survey of the theme ‘Business Intelligence’, given that they score 66% on this, relative to other vendors. We looked at the following criteria, among others: reporting, enterprise business intelligence, embedded business intelligence, and business process monitoring. In total, we examined 73 criteria in this category. Are you planning to specialize further in the topic ‘Business Intelligence’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide.
6. Alteryx Artificial Intelligence
The company has a good score in our independent BI & Analytics survey of the theme ‘Artificial Intelligence’ with a score of 58%, compared to other vendors. We considered the following factors: cognitive services and computer vision. In doing so, we looked at the following products: Alteryx AiDIN. In total, we examined 181 criteria within this section. Would you like to delve further into the topic ‘Artificial Intelligence’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Study. Or take a deep dive in the following content:
7. Alteryx Data Governance
The vendor Alteryx has a good performance in our recently updated, independent BI & Analytics study on the subject ‘Data Governance’, given that they score 57% on this, compared to other vendors. We looked at the following criteria, among others: data management, data quality, data catalog, data encryption, data lineage, and data acquisition layer. In total, we examined 91 selection criteria within this main theme. Would you like to delve further into the topic ‘Data Governance’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide 2025.
8. Alteryx Performance Optimization
The company has a good rating in our study on the section ‘Performance Optimization’ with a score of 55%, relative to other vendors. We used the following selection criteria: caching, parallel processing, data pipelines, materialized views, quantum computing, and cached data. In total, we examined 29 selection criteria within this main theme. Would you like to go into more depth with the topic ‘Performance Optimization’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide.
9. Alteryx Data Integration
Alteryx has a good rating in our objective BI & Analytics survey on the subject ‘Data Integration’. The company scores 50% on this topic, compared to other vendors. The following criteria were used: data warehousing, data hub, and data virtualization. In total, we examined 76 features within this discipline. Are you planning to specialize further in the topic ‘Data Integration’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide.
10. Alteryx Big Data
Alteryx has a good score in our 100% vendor-independent BI & Analytics survey on the section ‘Big Data’. The score amounts to 50%, relative to other vendors. The following criteria were used: big data analytics, IoT analytics, big data analysis, and in-chip big data analytics. In total, we examined 59 criteria within this section. Are you excited about the topic ‘Big Data’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Study. Or take a deep dive in the following content:
11. Alteryx Data Discovery
The vendor Alteryx has a moderate score in our objective BI & Analytics survey on the section ‘Data Discovery’. The score amounts to 49%, relative to other vendors. We considered the following factors: analysis, data visualization, notifications, standard deviation, data storytelling, and share insights. In total, we examined 405 criteria within this section. Would you like to delve further into the topic ‘Data Discovery’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Study 2025.
12. Alteryx Decision Management
The company has a moderate score in our objective BI & Analytics survey on the subject ‘Decision Management’, given that they score 40% on this, relative to other vendors. We used the following selection criteria: performance management, decision-making platform, decision optimization, real-time decision-making, automated decision-making, and decision planning. In total, we examined 30 selection criteria within this main theme. Would you like to go into more depth with the topic ‘Decision Management’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide 2025. Or take a deep dive in the following content:
13. Alteryx Real-time Analytics
The company has a moderate performance in our 100% vendor-independent BI & Analytics survey of the theme ‘Real-time Analytics’. The company scores 36% on this topic, compared to other vendors. We considered the following factors: real-time, real-time data, data ingestion, and real-time insights. In total, we examined 19 features within this discipline. Would you like to go into more depth with the topic ‘Real-time Analytics’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide.
14. Alteryx Multidimensional Models
Alteryx has a moderate score in our independent BI & Analytics survey on the subject ‘Multidimensional Models’, given that they score 32% on this, relative to other vendors. The following criteria were used: OLAP, DAX, ROLAP, MOLAP, and tabular data models. In total, we examined 14 features within this discipline. Would you like to delve further into the topic ‘Multidimensional Models’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide.
15. Alteryx Mobile Business Intelligence
Alteryx has a poor performance in our study on the subject ‘Mobile Business Intelligence’. The score amounts to 29%, compared to other vendors. We looked at the following criteria, among others: Android, iPad, and iPhone. In total, we examined 10 selection criteria within this main theme. Would you like to become more proficient in the topic ‘Mobile Business Intelligence’? Then download here our BI & Analytics Guide.
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In which sectors is Alteryx BI & Analytics most active?
In our objective BI & Analytics survey, we also found out at which industries a supplier has a track record. These are the industries where Alteryx is frequently used: automotive, aviation, banking, energy, higher education, insurance, pharmacy, public sector, restaurants, retail, and universities.
Alteryx software is most used by…
The BI & Analytics software from Alteryx is most often mentioned in combination with the following functions/roles: analytics manager, business intelligence analyst, Database Administrators, decision makers, and product manager.
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Education and training course Alteryx BI & Analytics
We facilitate various training courses in the field of BI & Analytics but can also provide specific Alteryx training, for example as in-company. In these training sessions, we delve into various software applications including Alteryx Designer, Alteryx Server, and Alteryx Connect. Of course, we color such a training with the ideas of the intelligent, data-driven organization.
In conclusion: Alteryx Analytics scores high
Alteryx has a minimal product portfolio with which it scores high in our BI & Analytics survey. Alteryx BI & Analytics innovates (approximately) at an average rate of more than 15 features per year, is active (for now) in many different sectors, and growing high in the field of BI infrastructure.
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