Editor Sebastiaan Smits ·
Published November 5, 2026 · Updated November 5, 2026
Teams look past Alteryx when the $250 per user entry price, the quoted upper editions or the automation-run metering stop fitting the budget. Most move to KNIME for a similar visual canvas, to Dataiku for a shared project space, or to Hex, Deepnote and Databricks when analysts are ready to write code.
Short answer: The closest replacements for Alteryx in our data science platforms ranking are KNIME, Dataiku and Databricks. Choose KNIME if you want a visual workflow canvas without paying per seat for authors. These 13 options are lifted from the Best Data Science Platforms in 2026 list. The write-ups look at one question, how each one differs from Alteryx, and admit where Alteryx is still ahead.
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Alteryx lists Starter at $250 per user each month, billed annually, for 1 to 10 seats, cloud only, with file sources. Professional and Enterprise show Contact Sales. A team that outgrows file inputs cannot cost the next step from the page.
Since the Alteryx One packaging, buyers choose an edition, assign Basic or Full user roles and size automation runs. Starter includes 50 runs, Enterprise 15k. Scheduled, API-triggered and viewer-run apps count, so a successful automation program raises the contract size.
Desktop plus cloud, macros, geospatial prep and 100+ sources are listed from Professional. Viewer licenses, enterprise governance and private data handling appear only in Enterprise, which starts at 10 users. A small team may pay for seats it never uses to reach one feature.
Listed from best to weakest fit for people moving off Alteryx. The rightmost column shows where we rank each one out of 14.
| # | Alternative | Headquarters | Switch if | Our rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  KNIME | Switzerland | you want a visual workflow canvas without paying per seat for authors | #1 |
| 2 |  Dataiku | France | analysts and data scientists must share one governed project space | #6 |
| 3 |  Databricks | United States | your data already sits in a lakehouse and your team writes SQL or Python | #13 |
| 4 |  Hex | United States | analysts want notebooks with shareable apps at a printed per-editor price | #3 |
| 5 |  Deepnote | United States | you are moving analysts into notebooks and want a free tier to test | #2 |
| 6 |  Anaconda | United States | your analysts already script and need approved, reproducible Python environments | #7 |
| 7 |  Posit | United States | your analysts code in R or Python and need hosted IDEs plus app publishing | #4 |
| 8 |  DataRobot | United States | your use case is predictive models or AI agents more than data blending | #10 |
| 9 |  SAS Viya | United States | statistical modeling and regulated reporting matter more than self-service prep | #12 |
| 10 |  H2O.ai | United States | you need models run inside your own walls and accept a sales-led purchase | #8 |
| 11 |  Domino Data Lab | United States | a central data science team needs audit trails and self-managed hosting | #9 |
| 12 |  Amazon SageMaker | United States | you are an AWS shop and want metered cloud services, not licences | #14 |
| 13 |  Saturn Cloud | United States | you want metered compute for Python work and no seat licence | #5 |
Open-source desktop workflow builder with 300+ connectors and a code-optional canvas that resembles Alteryx's. The Analytics Platform costs nothing. Server-side KNIME Hub is quoted on capacity, and the pricing page says there is no per-seat licensing. Expect to rebuild each flow with its own nodes.
Switch from Alteryx if you want a visual workflow canvas without paying per seat for authors.
Platform that covers data preparation, visualization, AutoML and MLOps in one shared space, with collaboration built in. No price list is printed. A 14-day managed cloud trial needs no card and holds 2 users, a free edition installs locally, and paid plans come from sales.
Switch from Alteryx if analysts and data scientists must share one governed project space.
Lakehouse platform that runs notebooks, SQL and jobs next to the data. Billing is pay as you go, per second by product, with committed-use contracts for discounts. A serverless Free Edition exists for learning only. The work is code and SQL, not drag-and-drop tools.
Switch from Alteryx if your data already sits in a lakehouse and your team writes SQL or Python.
Collaborative notebook where you build with all cell types and publish data apps. Community is free, Professional costs $36 per editor each month, and Team $75, with a 14-day Team trial and no card. Professional caps published apps at five; Team lifts that limit.
Switch from Alteryx if analysts want notebooks with shareable apps at a printed per-editor price.
Cloud notebook for teams with real-time editing, SQL blocks and interactive apps. Free covers 3 editors and 5 projects, while Team lists $39 per editor each month on yearly billing. It imports and exports .ipynb files, and viewers are unlimited on every plan including Free.
Switch from Alteryx if you are moving analysts into notebooks and want a free tier to test.
Governed Python package and environment management, not a workflow builder. Core is free, Starter lists $15 per user each month, Business $50 with SSO and vulnerability scanning. Organizations with 200 or more staff need a paid Business licence. It offers no visual data preparation.
Switch from Alteryx if your analysts already script and need approved, reproducible Python environments.
Open-source R and Python tooling sold as Workbench, Connect and Package Manager. Bundles are quoted and licensed by named users, with Basic covering up to 10 developers and 50 viewers, Enhanced 100 and 500. It is code first, so a visual-tool team must retrain.
Switch from Alteryx if your analysts code in R or Python and need hosted IDEs plus app publishing.
Agent workforce platform aimed at AI teams rather than spreadsheet analysts. Its pricing address redirects to the home page, which offers a trial request and a demo, so cost comes from a sales contract. We found no printed per-user or capacity figure there.
Switch from Alteryx if your use case is predictive models or AI agents more than data blending.
Analytics platform covering data management, modeling, deployment and AI governance. Its product page offers a 14-day free trial, but price comes through a request for a quote. Pick it for modeling and governance depth, since plain data preparation is a small part of its scope.
Switch from Alteryx if statistical modeling and regulated reporting matter more than self-service prep.
AI platform for predictive, generative and agentic work that can run on-premises or fully air-gapped. We found no pricing page, because the site sends buyers to a live demo, and the product is built for model builders, not for blending spreadsheets.
Switch from Alteryx if you need models run inside your own walls and accept a sales-led purchase.
MLOps and data science workbench with governed experiment tracking. Tiers are Domino Cloud single-tenant SaaS, plus Premium and Enterprise self-managed, all quoted. Each lists unlimited consumer licenses and a fixed count of admin licenses and service accounts. Aimed at model teams, not report builders.
Switch from Alteryx if a central data science team needs audit trails and self-managed hosting.
AWS service for data and AI development where you pay the price of each AWS service used under it, so no licence line exists. A Unified Studio free tier is offered, and a quote can be requested. Expect cloud engineering work, not a desktop canvas.
Switch from Alteryx if you are an AWS shop and want metered cloud services, not licences.
Notebook, job and deployment platform billed hourly on hosted instances, for example $0.15 per hour for an AWS t3.medium plus $0.20 per GB-month of storage. Enterprise installs inside your own cloud account by contract. It supplies compute, not point-and-click tools.
Switch from Alteryx if you want metered compute for Python work and no seat licence.
Alteryx remains right for finance and operations analysts who build repeatable workflows without code and need them scheduled and governed. Its pricing page lists code-free preparation, scheduling, orchestration, analytic apps and free viewer licenses in Enterprise. If that no-code audience is yours, compare KNIME first, but expect to rebuild workflows.
List every workflow, macro, schedule and published app, and mark which ones still run. Alteryx's own FAQ maps Designer-only licenses to Professional and Designer plus Server to Enterprise, so check which edition your renewal will become before negotiating.
We found no import path for Alteryx workflows on any alternative page, so assume each flow is rebuilt by hand. Start with the three jobs that feed reports others read, run both tools in parallel for one cycle, and compare outputs row by row.
Visual tools such as KNIME and Dataiku suit current Alteryx users. Notebook tools such as Hex and Deepnote suit people who can write SQL or Python. Decide which group you have, because retraining costs more than a licence.
Only for Starter: $250 per user each month, billed annually. Professional and Enterprise show Contact Sales on the pricing page, and a 30-day free trial is offered. Add-ons such as extra automation capacity are priced through sales.
Workflows, plans and apps executed through schedules, APIs or viewer interactions count. Failed runs, validation runs and design-time runs do not. Starter includes 50 runs and Enterprise 15k, with more purchasable.
KNIME Analytics Platform, which its site describes as free and open source with 300+ connectors and optional coding. It is a different product with its own nodes, so existing workflows are rebuilt, not converted.
Not directly, according to what we could verify. The alternatives list their own connectors and file formats, but none of their pages describe importing Alteryx workflows, so plan a manual rebuild and confirm in a trial.
Yes. Hex lists $36 and $75 per editor each month, Deepnote $39 on yearly billing, and Anaconda $15 and $50 per user each month. KNIME, Dataiku and Domino price by quote or capacity.
The drag-and-drop canvas. Hex and Deepnote work through code cells and SQL blocks, so analysts who do not code must retrain. In return, both list free tiers and let viewers read results without an editor seat.
We opened the vendors' own pages on November 5, 2026 to confirm each price and limit quoted for Alteryx and its rivals. Those pages move without warning, so the numbers describe that day only.
Sebastiaan Smits, Founder, wrote, edited and fact-checked this page.
Founder of The Interregnum and of 2 Steps Ahead, an AI search visibility agency. Editorially responsible for every page here; research and drafting are AI-assisted. Last reviewed November 5, 2026.
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