Software · head to head
Alteryx vs Orange
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Alteryx starter is $250 per user per month billed annually, and the Professional and Enterprise editions are quote-only; Orange orange is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3, so distributing modified or derived software requires releasing the source under the GPL
- They diverge on capability: Alteryx covers Data preparation, Orange covers Visual programming.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Alteryx and Orange actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Alteryx
- Data preparation
- Data blending
- Predictive analytics
- Spatial analytics
- Reporting
- R
- Snowflake
- AWS
Only in Orange
- Visual programming
- Data visualization
- Machine learning
- Text mining
- Bioinformatics
- scikit-learn
- PyQt
- Linux support
Both cover
- Python
- Windows support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Alteryx
- Data preparation and building AI-ready datasetsnot Orange
- Predictive analytics without writing codenot Orange
- Automating and orchestrating repeatable analytics workflowsnot Orange
- Enterprise reporting with governed, reusable logicnot Orange
- Connecting to Snowflake, Databricks and cloud warehouses alongside on-premises systemsnot Orange
Orange
- Visual programming for data mining and machine learning workflowsnot Alteryx
- Teaching data science without writing codenot Alteryx
- Exploratory data visualisation and clustering on tabular datanot Alteryx
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Alteryx
- Starter is $250 per user per month billed annually, and the Professional and Enterprise editions are quote-only
- Automation runs are metered, with 50 included on Starter and 15,000 on Professional, and more must be bought
- Cost depends on three separate dimensions at once: edition, user role and automation capacity
- Advanced analytics, governance and orchestration are withheld from the entry edition
Orange
- Orange is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3, so distributing modified or derived software requires releasing the source under the GPL
- The widgets and canvas are built on Qt, which is itself distributed under GPL 3.0
- Orange add-ons may carry additional licensing requirements set in their own licence files
- Documentation and website content are under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike, which imposes an attribution and share-alike obligation on reuse
- The software is distributed without any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose
Pricing, plan by plan
Alteryx
Free- TrialFree
- 14-day trial
- Full features
- Designer Desktop$5195/year
- Data prep
- Blending
- Analytics
Orange
Free- Open SourceFree
- Visual programming
- Machine learning
- Data visualization
Which should you pick?
Choose Alteryx if
- You need data preparation.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Windows, Web.
- You also want data blending.
Choose Orange if
- You need visual programming.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Linux, Mac, Windows.
- You also want data visualization.
Questions people ask
- Is Alteryx or Orange better?
- Neither clearly leads. Alteryx starts at Free and Orange at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Alteryx or Orange?
- Alteryx starts at Free and Orange at Free.
- Does Alteryx or Orange run on more platforms?
- Alteryx runs on Windows, Web. Orange runs on Linux, Mac, Windows.
- Can I use Alteryx for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Alteryx best used for?
- Alteryx is most often used for data preparation and building ai-ready datasets, predictive analytics without writing code, automating and orchestrating repeatable analytics workflows, enterprise reporting with governed, reusable logic. Of those, data preparation and building ai-ready datasets and predictive analytics without writing code are not what Orange is typically brought in for.
- What can Alteryx do that Orange cannot?
- Alteryx covers Data preparation, Data blending, Predictive analytics, Spatial analytics. Orange covers Visual programming, Data visualization, Machine learning, Text mining. Both handle Python, Windows support.
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