Ask HN: Have you used Alteryx? What are your thoughts on it?

1 points by altairiumblue 7y ago ↗ HN

- I'm being encouraged to use Alteryx at work. For just about anything that it can do - data preparation, exploratory analysis, model building, geospatial analysis, data upload/download, web-scraping, building analytical apps that can be shared with non-technical users.

- I already know Python and R so Alteryx seems incredibly limited

- In general my preference would be open source over licensed software and a programming language over a GUI

I have a long list of criticisms of Alteryx, but I'm writing this post as a sanity/bias check. Have you used it? What was your experience? What tasks did you find it suitable/unsuitable for? Do you think it offers anything that justifies the cost?

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daricknance 7y ago ↗

Data prep, geospatial analysis, exploratory analysis and data upload/ download its great for business users.

The other stuff - it’s quite weak particularly if you know R and Python already. Give Dataiku a look - would be interested in your thoughts there but think it’s likely more robust and closer to what you’re looking for