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Alteryx Features

What are the features of Alteryx?

Reports

  • Reports Interface
  • Graphs and Charts

Self Service

  • Calculated Fields
  • Data Column Filtering
  • Data Discovery
  • Search
  • Collaboration / Workflow

Advanced Analytics

  • Predictive Analytics
  • Data Visualization
  • Big Data Services

Data Source Access

  • Ease of Data Connectivity

Data Interaction

  • Data Joining
  • Data Blending
  • Data Quality and Cleansing

Data Exporting

  • Data Workflows

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Reports

Reports Interface

Based on 176 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Reports interface for standard and self-service reports is intuitive and easy to use.
75%
(Based on 176 reviews)

Steps to Answer

Requires a minimal number of steps/clicks to answer business question. 122 reviewers of Alteryx have provided feedback on this feature.
81%
(Based on 122 reviews)

Graphs and Charts

Based on 174 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Offers a variety of attractive graph and chart formats.
68%
(Based on 174 reviews)

Score Cards

Based on 105 Alteryx reviews. Score cards visually track KPI's.
77%
(Based on 105 reviews)

Dashboards

Based on 147 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provides business users an interface to easily design, refine and collaborate on their dashboards
70%
(Based on 147 reviews)

Self Service

Calculated Fields

Based on 185 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Using formulas based on existing data elements, users can create and calculate new field values.
90%
(Based on 185 reviews)

Data Column Filtering

Based on 190 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Business users have the ability to filter data in a report based on predefined or automodeled parameters.
91%
(Based on 190 reviews)

Data Discovery

Based on 180 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Users can drill down and explore data to discover new insights.
90%
(Based on 180 reviews)

Search

Based on 174 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Ability to search global data set to find and discover data.
84%
(Based on 174 reviews)

Collaboration / Workflow

Based on 177 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Ability for users to share data and reports they have built within the BI tool and outside the tool through other collaboration platforms.
85%
(Based on 177 reviews)

Automodeling

Based on 139 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Tool automatically suggests data types, schemas and hierarchies.
80%
(Based on 139 reviews)

Advanced Analytics

Predictive Analytics

Based on 154 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Analyze current and historical trends to make predictions about future events.
81%
(Based on 154 reviews)

Data Visualization

Based on 168 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Communicate complex information clearly and effectively through advanced graphical techniques.
72%
(Based on 168 reviews)

Big Data Services

Based on 154 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Ability to handle large, complex, and/or siloed data sets.
83%
(Based on 154 reviews)

Building Reports

Data Transformation

Based on 141 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Converts data formats of source data into the format required for the reporting system without mistakes.
91%
(Based on 141 reviews)

Data Modeling

Based on 131 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Ability to (re)structure data in a manner that allows extracting insights fast and accurate.
88%
(Based on 131 reviews)

WYSIWYG Report Design

Based on 97 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provides business users an interface to easily design and refine their dashboards and reports. (What You See Is What You Get)
73%
(Based on 97 reviews)

Integration APIs

Based on 104 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Application Programming Interface - Specification for how the application communicates with other software. API's typically enable integration of data, logic, objects, etc with other software applications.
78%
(Based on 104 reviews)

Statistical Tool

Scripting

Based on 58 Alteryx reviews. Supports a variety of scripting environments
85%
(Based on 58 reviews)

Data Mining

Mines data from databases and prepares data for analysis This feature was mentioned in 59 Alteryx reviews.
87%
(Based on 59 reviews)

Algorithms

Applies statistical algorithms to selected data This feature was mentioned in 59 Alteryx reviews.
84%
(Based on 59 reviews)

Data Analysis

Analysis

As reported in 66 Alteryx reviews. Analyzes both structured and unstructured data
92%
(Based on 66 reviews)

Data Interaction

Interacts with data to prepare it for visualizations and models 64 reviewers of Alteryx have provided feedback on this feature.
91%
(Based on 64 reviews)

Decision Making

Modeling

As reported in 62 Alteryx reviews. Offers modeling capabilities
87%
(Based on 62 reviews)

Data Visualizations

Creates data visualizations or graphs This feature was mentioned in 65 Alteryx reviews.
75%
(Based on 65 reviews)

Report Generation

As reported in 67 Alteryx reviews. Generates reports of data performance
84%
(Based on 67 reviews)

Data Unification

Unifies information on a singular platform This feature was mentioned in 62 Alteryx reviews.
92%
(Based on 62 reviews)

Model Development

Language Support

Supports programming languages such as Java, C, or Python. Supports front-end languages such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript 39 reviewers of Alteryx have provided feedback on this feature.
81%
(Based on 39 reviews)

Drag and Drop

Offers the ability for developers to drag and drop pieces of code or algorithms when building models 47 reviewers of Alteryx have provided feedback on this feature.
90%
(Based on 47 reviews)

Pre-Built Algorithms

Provides users with pre-built algorithms for simpler model development This feature was mentioned in 45 Alteryx reviews.
82%
(Based on 45 reviews)

Model Training

Supplies large data sets for training individual models This feature was mentioned in 43 Alteryx reviews.
84%
(Based on 43 reviews)

Pre-Built Algorithms

Provides users with pre-built algorithms for simpler model development 43 reviewers of Alteryx have provided feedback on this feature.
90%
(Based on 43 reviews)

Model Training

As reported in 44 Alteryx reviews. Supplies large data sets for training individual models
85%
(Based on 44 reviews)

Feature Engineering

Transforms raw data into features that better represent the underlying problem to the predictive models This feature was mentioned in 47 Alteryx reviews.
85%
(Based on 47 reviews)

Machine/Deep Learning Services

Computer Vision

Offers image recognition services This feature was mentioned in 34 Alteryx reviews.
82%
(Based on 34 reviews)

Natural Language Processing

Offers natural language processing services 32 reviewers of Alteryx have provided feedback on this feature.
81%
(Based on 32 reviews)

Natural Language Generation

Based on 30 Alteryx reviews. Offers natural language generation services
82%
(Based on 30 reviews)

Artificial Neural Networks

Based on 30 Alteryx reviews. Offers artificial neural networks for users
81%
(Based on 30 reviews)

Computer Vision

Offers image recognition services 33 reviewers of Alteryx have provided feedback on this feature.
81%
(Based on 33 reviews)

Natural Language Understanding

Based on 32 Alteryx reviews. Offers natural language understanding services
80%
(Based on 32 reviews)

Natural Language Generation

Offers natural language generation services This feature was mentioned in 31 Alteryx reviews.
81%
(Based on 31 reviews)

Deep Learning

Based on 29 Alteryx reviews. Provides deep learning capabilities
80%
(Based on 29 reviews)

Deployment

Application

Allows users to insert machine learning into operating applications 41 reviewers of Alteryx have provided feedback on this feature.
87%
(Based on 41 reviews)

Scalability

Based on 43 Alteryx reviews. Provides easily scaled machine learning applications and infrastructure
87%
(Based on 43 reviews)

Application

As reported in 39 Alteryx reviews. Allows users to insert machine learning into operating applications
88%
(Based on 39 reviews)

Scalability

As reported in 42 Alteryx reviews. Provides easily scaled machine learning applications and infrastructure
87%
(Based on 42 reviews)

Data Transformation

Real-Time Analytics

Based on 67 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Facilitates analysis of high-volume, real-time data.
85%
(Based on 67 reviews)

Data Querying

Based on 76 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Allows user to query data through query languages like SQL.
88%
(Based on 76 reviews)

Connectivity

Hadoop Integration

Based on 50 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Aligns processing and distribution workflows on top of Apache Hadoop
84%
(Based on 50 reviews)

Spark Integration

Based on 46 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Aligns processing and distribution workflows on top of Apache Spark
83%
(Based on 46 reviews)

Multi-Source Analysis

Based on 68 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Integrates data from multiple external databases.
90%
(Based on 68 reviews)

Operations

Data Visualization

Based on 75 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Processes data and represents interpretations in a variety of graphic formats.
77%
(Based on 75 reviews)

Data Workflow

Based on 80 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Strings together specific functions and datasets to automate analytics iterations.
92%
(Based on 80 reviews)

Governed Discovery

Based on 61 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Isolates certain datasets and facilitates management of data access.
84%
(Based on 61 reviews)

Embedded Analytics

Based on 63 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Allows big data tool to run and record data within external applications.
87%
(Based on 63 reviews)

Notebooks

Based on 57 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Use notebooks for tasks such as creating dashboards with predefined, scheduled queries and visualizations
81%
(Based on 57 reviews)

Cartography

Map Design

Based on 26 Alteryx reviews. Ability to create a map from different perspectives and with varying geographic features.
81%
(Based on 26 reviews)

Vector Mapping

Create a map made up of points and lines that may have additional information assigned to them. This feature was mentioned in 22 Alteryx reviews.
80%
(Based on 22 reviews)

Data Visualization

Based on 26 Alteryx reviews. Ability to translate data and metrics into charts, graphs, and other ways to communication information.
78%
(Based on 26 reviews)

Overlaying

Visualize different forms of data in one single image. 24 reviewers of Alteryx have provided feedback on this feature.
80%
(Based on 24 reviews)

Analysis

Predictive Analysis

Make informed decisions and predict patterns based on data. 24 reviewers of Alteryx have provided feedback on this feature.
88%
(Based on 24 reviews)

Distance Analysis

Select a point on the map and display data within a certain radius. 25 reviewers of Alteryx have provided feedback on this feature.
95%
(Based on 25 reviews)

Spatial Analysis

Use data to gather information about a specific location's geographic features. 26 reviewers of Alteryx have provided feedback on this feature.
94%
(Based on 26 reviews)

Data Stream

Study data in live time to analyze any changes happening in the location. This feature was mentioned in 25 Alteryx reviews.
91%
(Based on 25 reviews)

Reporting

Data Transformation

The ability to convert the format of source data to one required for the reporting system. This feature was mentioned in 26 Alteryx reviews.
95%
(Based on 26 reviews)

WYSIWYG Design

As reported in 19 Alteryx reviews. Easily design and refine dashboards and reports.
83%
(Based on 19 reviews)

API Integrations

As reported in 23 Alteryx reviews. Integrating APIs that allow you to customize your tool as needed.
91%
(Based on 23 reviews)

Data Source Access

Breadth of Data Sources

As reported in 148 Alteryx reviews. Provides a wide range of possible data connections, including cloud applications, on-premise databases, and big data distributions, among others
90%
(Based on 148 reviews)

Ease of Data Connectivity

Allows businesses to easily connect to any data source This feature was mentioned in 161 Alteryx reviews.
88%
(Based on 161 reviews)

API Connectivity

Offers API connections for cloud-based applications and data sources 128 reviewers of Alteryx have provided feedback on this feature.
82%
(Based on 128 reviews)

Data Interaction

Profiling and Classification

Permits profiling of data sets for increased organization, both by users and machine learning This feature was mentioned in 131 Alteryx reviews.
85%
(Based on 131 reviews)

Metadata Management

Indexes metadata descriptions for easier searching and enhanced insights This feature was mentioned in 128 Alteryx reviews.
84%
(Based on 128 reviews)

Data Modeling

Based on 142 Alteryx reviews. Tools to (re)structure data in a manner that enables quick and accurate insight extraction
87%
(Based on 142 reviews)

Data Joining

Allows self-service joining of tables 164 reviewers of Alteryx have provided feedback on this feature.
91%
(Based on 164 reviews)

Data Blending

Provides the ability to combine data sources into one data set This feature was mentioned in 157 Alteryx reviews.
92%
(Based on 157 reviews)

Data Quality and Cleansing

Allows users and administrators to easily clean data to maintain quality and integrity This feature was mentioned in 162 Alteryx reviews.
92%
(Based on 162 reviews)

Data Sharing

Based on 147 Alteryx reviews. Offers collaborative functionality for sharing queries and data sets
87%
(Based on 147 reviews)

Data Governance

As reported in 132 Alteryx reviews. Ensures user access management, data lineage, and data encryption
85%
(Based on 132 reviews)

Data Exporting

Breadth of Integrations

Provides a wide range of possible integrations, including analytics, data integration, master data management, and data science tools 146 reviewers of Alteryx have provided feedback on this feature.
89%
(Based on 146 reviews)

Ease of Integrations

Allows businesses to easily integrate with analytics, data integration, master data management, and data science tools This feature was mentioned in 149 Alteryx reviews.
88%
(Based on 149 reviews)

Data Workflows

As reported in 161 Alteryx reviews. Operationalizes data workflows to easily scale repeatable preparation needs
92%
(Based on 161 reviews)

System

Data Ingestion & Wrangling

Gives user ability to import a variety of data sources for immediate use This feature was mentioned in 49 Alteryx reviews.
92%
(Based on 49 reviews)

Language Support

Based on 39 Alteryx reviews. Supports programming languages such as Java, C, or Python. Supports front-end languages such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
81%
(Based on 39 reviews)

Drag and Drop

Offers the ability for developers to drag and drop pieces of code or algorithms when building models 47 reviewers of Alteryx have provided feedback on this feature.
94%
(Based on 47 reviews)

Data Preparation

Connectors

Based on 100 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Ability to connect the analytics platform with a wide range of connector options for common data sources, including popular enterprise applications.
89%
(Based on 100 reviews)

Data Governance

Based on 89 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Connects to enterprise data governance software, or provides integrated data governance features to avoid misuse of data
85%
(Based on 89 reviews)

Data Modeling and Blending

Data Querying

Based on 102 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Using formulas based on existing data elements, users can create and calculate new field values
90%
(Based on 102 reviews)

Data Filtering

Based on 104 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Business users have the ability to filter data in a report based on predefined or automodeled parameters.
92%
(Based on 104 reviews)

Data Blending

Based on 99 Alteryx reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Allows the user to combine data from multiple sources into a functioning dataset.
93%
(Based on 99 reviews)

Generative AI

AI Text Generation

As reported in 22 Alteryx reviews. Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.
71%
(Based on 22 reviews)

AI Text Summarization

Based on 23 Alteryx reviews. Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.
79%
(Based on 23 reviews)

AI Text Generation

As reported in 13 Alteryx reviews. Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.
76%
(Based on 13 reviews)

AI Text Summarization

As reported in 14 Alteryx reviews. Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.
77%
(Based on 14 reviews)

AI Text Generation

Based on 21 Alteryx reviews. Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.
66%
(Based on 21 reviews)

AI Text Generation

Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.

Not enough data

AI Text Summarization

Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.

Not enough data

AI Text-to-Image

Provides the ability to generate images from a text prompt.

Not enough data

Agentic AI - Analytics Platforms

Autonomous Task Execution

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Not enough data

Multi-step Planning

Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes

Not enough data

Cross-system Integration

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Not enough data

Adaptive Learning

Improves performance based on feedback and experience

Not enough data

Natural Language Interaction

Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation

Not enough data

Proactive Assistance

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Not enough data

Decision Making

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Not enough data

Agentic AI - Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms

Autonomous Task Execution

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Not enough data

Multi-step Planning

Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes

Not enough data

Cross-system Integration

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Not enough data

Adaptive Learning

Improves performance based on feedback and experience

Not enough data

Natural Language Interaction

Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation

Not enough data

Proactive Assistance

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Not enough data

Decision Making

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Not enough data

Deployment & Integration - Analytics Platforms

No-code Dashboard Builder

Enables non-technical users to build dashboards through intuitive, drag-and-drop interfaces

Not enough data

Report Scheduling and Automation

Enables automated report generation and scheduled delivery to stakeholders

Not enough data

Embedded Analytics and White-labeling

Allows dashboards and analytics to be embedded into external apps with branding flexibility

Not enough data

Data Source Connectivity

Supports integration with major data sources like cloud data warehouses, SQL/NoSQL databases, and SaaS applications

Not enough data

Performance & Scalability - Analytics Platforms

Large data handling and Query Speed

Efficiently processes large datasets with minimal lag and ensures high performance under load

Not enough data

Concurrent User Support

Maintains performance and uptime during high traffic from multiple users or teams

Not enough data

Advanced Analytics & Modeling - Analytics Platforms

Data Modeling and Governance

Supports semantic data layers, role-based access controls, and metadata governance

Not enough data

Notebook and Script Integration

Integrates with Jupyter, Python, or R for custom analytics and modeling

Not enough data

Built-in Predictive and Statistical Models

Provides native tools for statistical analysis, forecasting, and trend prediction

Not enough data

Agentic AI Capabilities - Analytics Platforms

Auto-generated Insights and Narratives

Uses AI to generate textual summaries, key takeaways, and data stories from dashboards

Not enough data

Natural Language Queries

Allows users to query data and build reports using conversational or plain language

Not enough data

Proactive KPI Monitoring and Alerts

Detects and notifies users about KPI anomalies or significant metric changes in real time

Not enough data

AI Agents for Analytical Follow-ups

Recommends next questions, analyses, or exploration paths using autonomous AI agents

Not enough data

Personalized Intelligence - Analytics Platforms

Behavioral Learning for Contextual Query Refinement

Learns from historical user interactions to improve and personalize query results over time

Not enough data

Role-based Insight Personalization

Tailors dashboard views and suggestions based on user roles, access levels, and past behavior

Not enough data

Conversational and Prompt-based Analytics

Supports AI-driven exploration via prompts or multi-turn conversations for iterative querying

Not enough data

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