# Why is KNIME so popular in the pharmaceutical industry? **URL:** \ **Category:** KNIME Analytics Platform\ **Created:** [January 3, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/why-is-knime-so-popular-in-the-pharmaceutical-industry/58114 "2023-01-03T16:40:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![ipazin](https://forum-cdn.knime.com/user_avatar/forum.knime.com/ipazin/32/806_2.png) [@ipazin](https://forum.knime.com/u/ipazin)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 10:24am UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/why-is-knime-so-popular-in-the-pharmaceutical-industry/58114/6 "2023-01-04T10:24:23Z")
Hello @Robinvm96, differences between Alteryx and KNIME and in general questions regarding moving from Alteryx to KNIME was already discussed many times (I’m not saying you shouldn’t discuss or ask related questions for specific area just pointing out that there already might be answers lying around). Here I share two forum topics you might find useful: > [@Alteryx Designer to Knime](https://forum.knime.com/t/alteryx-designer-to-knime/28125): > > I read through the eBook From Alteryx to Knime. It was a good starting point but I still have questions. Would love to have a group of former Alteryx users to ask migration questions of. How do we create such a community group (assuming one doesn’t already exist). I’m build a doc of tools I commonly use and am trying to find the equivalents in Knime. > [@KNIME vs SAS and Alteryx](https://forum.knime.com/t/knime-vs-sas-and-alteryx/4991): > > Dear users, My company is now in a tool research project analyzing the features of KNIME/SAS/Alteryx for Marketing purposes.  We are now using SPSS Statistics but want to move to a more robust and user friendly tool which makes portability of projects to other employees easier, requires less manual coding and easier to work with.  From the tools we have seen KNIME seems the best fit but because it is open source the IT staff is a bit reluctant to implement as the support might be less than th… Additionally you can use forum search on your own. Simply type Alteryx and you’ll get many results 😉 Welcome to Community! Br, Ivan --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.knime.com/t/why-is-knime-so-popular-in-the-pharmaceutical-industry/58114)._