We performed a comparison between Alteryx Designer and Zapier based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."One of the things I like about Alteryx Designer is how easy it is to connect numerous data inputs, including API connectors. This helps tremendously in reducing the time required to extract data from systems like SAP that don't have straightforward connectivity options."
"We use Alteryx Designer for analytics. It's quite helpful because once we set it up, we don't have to manually update or process data repeatedly. It saves time, especially for financial reporting, which is typically done monthly or quarterly. Once we set it up initially, we only need to make occasional updates if necessary."
"Alteryx is quite easy to use, learn, and understand as a product."
"Workflow automation, in general, is valuable."
"I like Alteryx's browser tool because you can view how your data is handled live. There are many other valuable tools like transpose and the crosstab. You can quickly pivot your data, and there are connections throughout the database. It's so easy to create a connection. If you connect to sign apps or a more complex database, the tool contains all the tools you need."
"The functionality of drag and drop is the most valuable. It is a very user-friendly tool that can be understood easily. My teams also work with other solutions, such as Integration Services, and these solutions are very difficult for people who don't have technical knowledge."
"It has great UI."
"I have been using Alteryx Designer only for data modeling and data structuring."
"Zapier’s most valuable feature is its ability to interconnect applications or devices."
"Zapier is user friendly and makes it easy to integrate different tools. It has a drag and drop functionality which makes it easy to connect environments."
"The product's most valuable feature is automation."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is that it is very intuitive and has a very flat learning curve."
"With the previous CRM we were using – the Google Ads landing pages we had – we were collecting leads manually. That process was not efficient and took a sales team a lot of time to insert these leads manually. Currently, the process is smooth and we use Zapier to collect the leads for us."
"The most valuable feature of Zapier is it saves me time doing repetitive tasks."
"Zapier is a really good tool for connecting multiple different platforms and data sources. For example, with Quickbase, I can easily integrate data from other sources like AWS or task-tracking platforms such as ClickUp or Asana."
"Zapier's interface, for me, is the solution's greatest value proposition. It is designed and developed for people who don't have a clue about what they're trying to do. It has a very user-friendly interface."
"Sometimes, while getting data from a third-party product, the solution works slowly."
"The actual usage part of it needs to be explained more. It's too vague right now."
"Improving the key-based sign-on process and making it more user-friendly would be a benefit."
"Optimizing processing times is one area I would like to see improved in Alteryx Designer. Sometimes, the workflows take an extremely long time to run. There are days when I have had to wait two to three hours for a single process to complete. There needs to be a functionality to split the processes."
"The major concern in Alteryx Designer stems from the high costs attached to the product."
"Alteryx Designer's pricing and support could be improved."
"When it comes to the pivoting part, the drill-through option is not there in Alteryx."
"The conditional join feature should be improved."
"Some recent changes to the solution have made it bulky and not as intuitive to use as it previously was."
"At the moment, they allow a limited number of apps. I look forward to getting more apps for each package."
"After mapping them out, and they'd worked for a while, I've had Zapier fail."
"Zapier needs to improve in the same way most RPA solutions should, such as Robocorp, Make, or UiPath. They are not good at helping you find the connections that you need for the problem that you have. For example, if need something on Instagram. I'm going to have to do research for hours to be able to find the components or the app, which is going to do what I need it to do. It makes it difficult to use the system when you don't know what to use."
"The pricing could be a little cheaper."
"It could support various languages along with Python."
"I would like to see them improve the Quickbase integration. Currently, it only allows triggering actions when records are added, but it would be more useful if we could also trigger actions when records are modified or deleted."
"The pricing of the solution is quite expensive."
Alteryx Designer is ranked 9th in Data Integration with 28 reviews while Zapier is ranked 9th in Cloud Data Integration with 41 reviews. Alteryx Designer is rated 8.0, while Zapier is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Alteryx Designer writes "An easy-to-use automation solution with satisfying customer support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zapier writes "A tool for automation purposes requiring an easy initial setup while offering a very helpful technical support team ". Alteryx Designer is most compared with Azure Data Factory, FME, SSIS, Informatica PowerCenter and Talend Data Fabric, whereas Zapier is most compared with AWS Glue, Tray.io, Coefficient, MuleSoft Composer and Coupler.io. See our Alteryx Designer vs. Zapier report.
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