About the Company
As the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm by revenue, this Fortune 500 leader serves over 95 of the Fortune 100 companies. The US-based company operates globally, managing data-intensive operations across facilities, property investments, and real estate advisory services. With data demands growing and Alteryx’s solution showing limitations, the firm sought a better way to modernize enterprise data, analytics, workflows, and reporting.
The Challenges
Alteryx’s limitations led to rising license costs, fragmented governance, and slow user uptake across global operations. The real estate giant required that their preferred solution have centralized governance controls, simplified workflows for business teams, and cost‑efficient, scalable automation.
Users Struggled with Overwhelming 2,000+ Step Processes
Core business workflows had become heavily layered, requiring hundreds — even thousands — of manual tool steps. For example, a working capital calculator contained over 2,000 steps, making it difficult to manage, modify, or automate efficiently at scale.
Per-Seat Licensing Costs Pressured Budgets
The company’s budget ballooned to over $3.35M in annual costs due to costly per-user licenses and ongoing server investments. Rising costs strained budgets without delivering proportional improvements in agility or scalability.
Growth Bottlenecked by Manual Onboarding and Limited Self-Service Capabilities
Workflow development required deep technical expertise, which slowed business user onboarding and limited the expansion of self-service analytics across departments.
Fragmented Systems Undermined Consistent IT Governance and Risk Management
Disconnected systems and inconsistent controls made it hard to collaborate on workflows or enforce enterprise-wide governance, increasing operational risk as data volumes and complexity grew.
The Solution
The company switched from Alteryx to Savant to modernize analytics operations, simplify workflow development, and scale automation across users and regions with ease.
Intuitive User Experience Reduced Complexity by Up to 90%
High‑complexity workflows, like a 2,000‑step working capital calculator and a 200‑step Coupa API flow, were rebuilt in Savant with up to 90% fewer steps and manual configurations. Savant’s intuitive interface, two-click file ingestion, drag-and-drop tools, and modern API connectors made it easy to migrate existing processes with minimal effort. This allowed teams to focus on building new, high-value analytics workflows.
Enterprise-Scale Adoption: 260+ Users Onboarded in Just One Quarter and No Per-User Costs
Savant’s Gen-AI-powered platform, combined with user-friendly tools like Transform and Blend, accelerated user adoption across departments. Within the first quarter of Savant deployment, 260 users were up and running, independently building and automating workflows without relying on IT. The ability to provide analytics tools to all users without per-user licensing enabled broader participation in high-value initiatives, improved employee satisfaction, and greater agility in decision-making.
Centralized Platform Mitigated Compliance Risks and Accelerated Cross-Team Innovation
With real-time collaboration, role-based access control, and built-in workflow management, Savant provided a fully governed analytics environment that scaled to thousands of concurrent workflows. Its cloud-native architecture eliminated the need for additional servers or licenses, enabling secure, enterprise‑wide automation and cross-team innovation without added IT overhead.
