Passionned Group™

Talend ETL & Data Integration

Business Partner
By: Daan van Beek MSc
Business Partner
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Below we present an abstract of our independent ETL & Data Integration survey of the software vendor Talend and its product portfolio (such as Talend Data Fabric, Talend Open Studio and Talend Data Catalog). Talend ETL & Data Integration scores better in our survey than Astera but slightly worse than IBM. Of all the categories in our research, Talend scored the highest on data connectivity and scored the worst in master data management. Within the context of ETL & Data Integration, we have researched the pros and cons of Talend Data Integration, and present them by component (DI, extract transform load, data replication and data quality). We also display the key functionalities of the software products like Talend Data Fabric, Talend Open Studio and Talend Data Catalog et cetera.

How does Talend ETL & Data Integration perform on different parts?

In our study we also inspected all relevant products of Talend software. We evaluated Talend ETL & Data Integration on no less than 290 criteria. The bar graph below shows the strengths and weaknesses of Talend Data Integration, compared to key competitors. Please note that Passionned Group is 100% independent of the software vendors in our research. We do not sell software licenses, we do not make deals or have any legal ties to the vendor. Among other things, we help and advise organizations in selecting the right ETL & Data Integration platform.

Score of Talend Data Integration software.Figure 1: Strength-weakness analysis of the supplier Talend ETL & Data Integration. A maximum of 100% can be obtained. Reference: the ETL & Data Integration Guide 2023. Do you need additional information about our research? Check out our buyers guide for ETL & Data Integration.

The Talend analysis was made possible by tapping into a lot of public big data and from there it was thoroughly analyzed. More than 2,219 documents were analyzed for this vendor. In this analysis process both algorithms and the critical eye of a senior Data Integration expert played a key role in finalizing the validation process.

Talend and their complete ETL & Data Integration product portfolio

The vendor Talend has (a minimum of) 11 products in the field of ETL & Data Integration. Based on relevance we list the products of Talend below:

What is Talend Data Integration?

In this paragraph, we describe Talend Data Integration, including some of its features and any related products. This product group consists of Talend Data Fabric, Talend Open Studio, Talend Data Catalog, Talend Data Preparation, Talend Data Management, Talend Data Quality, Talend Cloud Integration, Talend Cloud Data Integration, Talend Pipeline Designer and Talend Metadata Manager. The product Talend Data Integration can be best characterized by the following features:

  • data integration
  • data connectivity > AWS
  • data connectivity > mysql
  • data management
  • data integration > ETL
  • data integration > data integration job
  • master data management
  • data quality management > data quality
  • data connectivity > apache
  • data infrastructure > operating system > linux

Do you want to know everything about all elements (100+) of Talend Data Integration? Then download our ETL & Data Integration Guide™ 2023 here.

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Screen shot of Talend Data Integration software.
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Talend Data Integration in action
Figure 2, 3 and 4: Several images show the operation of Talend Data Integration. Click on an image to magnify.

What is Talend Data Fabric?

In this section, we report the (main) characteristics of Talend Data Fabric, including some of its features and any related products. Talend Data Fabric can be best characterized by the following features:

  • data integration
  • data management > real time
  • data management > big data management > big data
  • master data management
  • data quality management > data quality
  • data integration > data integrity
  • data quality management > data profiling
  • data infrastructure > security > authentication > SSO
  • data infrastructure > security
  • metadata management > metadata

Do you want to know the intricacies of all elements (100+) of Talend Data Fabric? Download the ETL & Data Integration Guide™ 2023 here.

Screen shot of Talend Data Fabric software.
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Talend Data Fabric in action
Figure 5, 6 and 7: Several images show the operation of Talend Data Fabric. Click on the image to make it bigger.

What is Talend Open Studio?

This product is also known as: Talend Studio

Under this heading, we report the (main) characteristics of Talend Open Studio, including some of its features and any related products. The Talend Open Studio can be best defined by the following properties:

  • data integration
  • data infrastructure > operating system > windows
  • data infrastructure > enterprise service bus
  • data quality management > data quality
  • data management > big data management > big data
  • data integration > ETL
  • data infrastructure > open source
  • metadata management > metadata
  • data infrastructure > operating system > linux
  • data integration > data warehouse

Do you want to know everything about all the functionalities (100+) of Talend Open Studio? Download the ETL & Data Integration Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Talend Data Catalog?

We don’t reveal everything here but, in this paragraph, we display the details of Talend Data Catalog, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be defined by the following characteristics:

  • metadata management > data catalog
  • metadata management > metadata
  • data infrastructure > API
  • data integration
  • data infrastructure > rest API
  • data quality management > data profiling
  • data infrastructure > security > authentication > saml authentication
  • data governance
  • data infrastructure > security > authentication > LDAP authentication

Are you curious about all the functions (100+) of Talend Data Catalog? Then order the ETL & Data Integration Guide™ 2023 here.

Screen shot of Talend Data Catalog software.
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Talend Data Catalog in action
Figure 8, 9 and 10: Overlying images illustrate the functionality of Talend Data Catalog. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is Talend Data Preparation?

In this part, we give you insight in the key behaviors of Talend Data Preparation, including some of its features and any related products. The product Talend Data Preparation can be defined by the following functionalities:

  • data infrastructure > API
  • data infrastructure > rest API
  • data management > big data management > big data
  • data integration > ETL
  • data integration
  • data quality management > data quality
  • data infrastructure > operating system > linux
  • data connectivity > hadoop
  • data integration > data integrity
  • data connectivity > GIT

Do you want to know the intricacies of all properties (100+) of Talend Data Preparation? Then download our ETL & Data Integration Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Talend Data Management?

We do not display here all the features but, in this paragraph, we describe Talend Data Management, including some of its features and any related products. Talend Data Management can be best characterized by the following features:

  • data management
  • metadata management > data catalog
  • data integration > data warehouse > dimension tables > slowly changing dimensions
  • data quality management > data quality
  • master data management
  • data infrastructure > operating system > windows
  • metadata management > metadata
  • data quality management > data profiling
  • master data management > master data

Are you curious about all features (100+) of Talend Data Management? Download the ETL & Data Integration Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Talend Data Quality?

In this section, we portrait Talend Data Quality, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be best characterized by the following characteristics:

  • data quality management > data quality
  • data integration
  • data management
  • data integration > ETL
  • data integration > data integrity
  • data management > big data management > big data
  • data management > data sources
  • data quality management > data quality rules
  • data quality management > data profiling

Are you now curious about all the functionalities (100+) of Talend Data Quality? In that case order the ETL & Data Integration Guide™ 2023 here.

Screen shot of Talend Data Quality software.
Picture of Talend Data Quality tools.
Talend Data Quality in action
Figure 11, 12 and 13: These three images give a first impression of Talend Data Quality. Click on an image to make it bigger.

What is Talend Cloud Integration?

Under this heading, we report the (main) characteristics of Talend Cloud Integration, including some of its features and any related products. This product / group of products can be characterized by the following characteristics:

  • data integration > ETL
  • data connectivity > AWS
  • data connectivity > mysql
  • data connectivity > salesforce
  • data quality management > data quality
  • data integration > data warehouse > snowflake
  • data connectivity > redshift
  • data connectivity > amazon redshift
  • data integration > data warehouse

Do you want to know the intricacies of all properties (100+) of Talend Cloud Integration? Download the ETL & Data Integration Guide™ 2023 here.

What is Talend Cloud Data Integration?

Under this heading, we provide a description of Talend Cloud Data Integration, including some of its features and any related products. The Talend Cloud Data Integration can be best defined by the following properties:

  • data integration > cloud data integration
  • data integration > ETL
  • data connectivity > AWS
  • data management > data pipelines
  • metadata management > data catalog
  • data connectivity > amazon redshift
  • data connectivity > redshift
  • data integration > data integrity
  • data infrastructure > operating system > windows

Are you now curious about all elements (100+) of Talend Cloud Data Integration? Then order the ETL & Data Integration Guide™ 2023 here.

Screen shot of Talend Cloud Data Integration software.
Picture of Talend Cloud Data Integration tools.
Talend Cloud Data Integration in action
Figure 14, 15 and 16: Various figures show the operation of Talend Cloud Data Integration. Click on an image to enlarge it.

What is Talend Pipeline Designer?

In this paragraph, we describe Talend Pipeline Designer, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be best characterized by the following functionalities:

  • data management > data pipelines
  • data connectivity > JSON
  • data integration
  • data management > data pipeline
  • data infrastructure > ESB
  • data connectivity > FTP
  • data connectivity > AWS
  • data management > big data management > big data
  • data integration > cloud data integration
  • data integration > data warehouse

Do you want to know the intricacies of all the functions (100+) of Talend Pipeline Designer? In that case order the ETL & Data Integration Guide™ 2023 here.

Screen shot of Talend Pipeline Designer software.
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Talend Pipeline Designer in action
Figure 17, 18 and 19: Several images show the operation of Talend Pipeline Designer. Click on the image to enlarge it.

What is Talend Metadata Manager?

In this section, we portrait Talend Metadata Manager, including some of its features and any related products. This product can be best defined by the following characteristics:

  • metadata management > metadata
  • metadata management
  • data management > big data management > big data
  • BI
  • metadata management > data catalog
  • data integration
  • data governance
  • data connectivity > hadoop
  • data integration > ETL
  • DI

Are you curious about all features (100+) of Talend Metadata Manager? Then order the ETL & Data Integration Guide™ 2023 here.

The latest innovations of Talend Data Integration-tools and the version history

Over time, Talend has seen a negative evolution when it comes to ETL & Data Integration functionality and support for various platforms and data sources. The latest added ‘gadgets’ are in the areas of data replication > data synchronization > real-time data synchronization, data integration > ETL > data transformation > data type mappings and data connectivity > siebel.

We investigated Talend’s latest updates of its complete ETL & Data Integration proposition. Below you can see the successive versions of all the known versions of the ETL & Data Integration products of Talend:

  • Talend Data Catalog: 8
  • Talend Data Integration: Studio v8 Data integration 6 6.3
  • Talend Data Preparation: 2.5.1
  • Talend Metadata Manager: 7 6
  • Talend Open Studio: 2023 8.0.1 7.4.1 7.3.1 7.0

Behind each product we mention the version numbers, the most recent updates are listed first.

Can you easily determine the licensing costs of Talend Data Fabric, Talend Open Studio and Talend Data Catalog?

In many cases, it can be difficult to determine the licensing costs of Talend ETL & Data Integration because it depends on the country, the number of users (and/or the number of cores if you want to run it on a server), the connectors to data sources, and at what point in the year you request a quote. If you request a quote just before the end of the fiscal period of Talend, you can probably get a decent reduction in the license cost. In addition, nowadays it is recommended running the software in the cloud, you only pay for the actual use. The purchase cost of Talend Data Fabric, Talend Open Studio and Talend Data Catalog may not be the most important costs, but maintenance and support of course do limit your future investment scope.

The advantages and disadvantages of Talend Data Integration

Tag cloud of the Talend Data Integration software.Figure 20: Tag cloud with the strength-weakness analysis of Talend ETL & Data Integration

In the following paragraphs, we name all the pros and cons of Talend ETL & Data Integration, Talend Data Fabric, Talend Open Studio and Talend Data Catalog, et cetera. This overview and scores are not rigid: Talend can currently work on developing new features (such as support for UNIX, interoperability and operating system). It may also be that a feature has not yet been adequately described.

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1. Talend Data Connectivity

91%

Talend has an excellent score in our objective ETL & Data Integration survey on the subject ‘Data Connectivity’, given that they score 91% on this, relative to other vendors. The following criteria were used: hadoop, ODBC, JDBC, redshift, PDF, teradata and amazon redshift. In total, we examined 49 features within this discipline. Would you like to go into more depth with the subject ‘Data Connectivity’? Then download here our ETL & Data Integration Guide.

2. Talend Data Management

80%

The company has an excellent score in our study on the subject ‘Data Management’. The score amounts to 80%, compared to other vendors. We considered the following factors: big data management and source table. In doing so, we analyzed the following four products: Talend Data Quality, Talend Data Integration, Talend Data Fabric and Talend Data Management. In total, we examined 71 features within this discipline. Are you planning to specialize further in the subject ‘Data Management’? Then download here our ETL & Data Integration Guide 2023. Or learn more about the following topics:

3. Talend Self-service Integration

77%

Talend has a good score in our study on the subject ‘Self-service Integration’, given that they score 77% on this, relative to other vendors. We considered the following factors: self-service data preparation, self-service data integration, self-service data management, self-service data warehouse, self-service data quality, self-service data profiling and self-service data cleansing. In total, we examined 8 criteria within this section. Would you like to go into more depth with the subject ‘Self-service Integration’? Then download here our ETL & Data Integration Guide.

4. Talend Metadata Management

71%

Talend has a good rating in our study on the subject ‘Metadata Management’, given that they score 71% on this, compared to other vendors. We looked at the following criteria, among others: metadata, data catalog, data lineage, enterprise data catalog and metadata repository. In doing so, we investigated the following two products: Talend Data Catalog and Talend Metadata Manager. In total, we examined 7 features within this discipline. Would you like to become more proficient in the subject ‘Metadata Management’? Then download here our ETL & Data Integration Guide. Or learn more about the following topics:

5. Talend Data Integration

71%

Talend has a good score in our study on the subject ‘Data Integration’ with a score of 71%, compared to other vendors. We used the following selection criteria: data warehouse, data flow, data integrity, cloud data integration, data ingestion, enterprise data fabric and cloud-native data integration. In doing so, we analyzed the following five products: Talend Open Studio, Talend Data Quality, Talend Data Integration, Talend Data Fabric and Talend Data Management. In total, we examined 169 aspects in this category. Would you like to delve further into the subject ‘Data Integration’? Then download here our ETL & Data Integration Guide.

6. Talend Data Infrastructure

67%

Talend has a good score in our 100% vendor-independent ETL & Data Integration survey on the subject ‘Data Infrastructure’. The company scores 67% on this topic, compared to other vendors. We considered the following factors: SDK, data virtualization, sandbox, data transfer, cloud platforms, serverless data integration service and serverless big data integration. In total, we examined 87 selection criteria within this main theme. Are you planning to specialize further in the subject ‘Data Infrastructure’? Then download here our ETL & Data Integration Study.

7. Talend Data Quality Management

60%

Talend has a good score in our 100% vendor-independent ETL & Data Integration survey on the section ‘Data Quality Management’, given that they score 60% on this, relative to other vendors. The following criteria were used: data quality, data profiling, data cleansing, data quality rules, address verification, financial data quality and data matching. In doing so, we assessed the following products: Talend Data Quality. In total, we examined 28 aspects in this category. Are you planning to specialize further in the subject ‘Data Quality Management’? Then download here our ETL & Data Integration Guide 2023.

8. Talend Data Governance

42%

The company has a moderate rating in our current ETL & Data Integration survey of the theme ‘Data Governance’. The score amounts to 42%, relative to other vendors. The following criteria were used: dataops, data protection and data privacy. In doing so, we studied the following three products: Talend Data Quality, Talend Data Catalog and Talend Metadata Manager. In total, we examined 11 criteria within this section. Would you like to learn more about the subject ‘Data Governance’? Then download here our ETL & Data Integration Guide.

9. Talend Data Replication

31%

Talend has a moderate score in our independent ETL & Data Integration survey on the subject ‘Data Replication’. The score amounts to 31%, compared to other vendors. We used the following selection criteria: data synchronization, database replication, replication model and position-based replication. In total, we examined 32 criteria in this category. Would you like to delve further into the subject ‘Data Replication’? Then download here our ETL & Data Integration Guide 2023.

10. Talend Master Data Management

23%

Talend has a poor performance in our 100% vendor-independent ETL & Data Integration survey of the theme ‘Master Data Management’. The company scores 23% on this topic, relative to other vendors. We used the following selection criteria: master data, MDG, master data integration, location data, master data quality, master data replication and employee master data. In doing so, we looked at the following four products: Talend Open Studio, Talend Data Integration, Talend Data Fabric and Talend Data Management. In total, we examined 16 selection criteria within this main theme. Would you like to go into more depth with the subject ‘Master Data Management’? Then download here our ETL & Data Integration Study. Or learn more about the following topics:

Want to know more? Then order the ETL & Data Integration Guide™ 2023 here

The footprint of Talend ETL & Data Integration in different sectors

In our research, we also looked at which industries a software vendor specializes. These are the industries where Talend has the largest footprint: insurance, telecom and universities.

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Courses and training Talend ETL & Data Integration

We organize various courses in the area of ETL & Data Integration but can also provide specific Talend training, for example as incompany. Then think about the following software: Talend Data Fabric, Talend Open Studio and Talend Data Catalog. We make you totally comfortable with the ideas of the intelligent, data-driven organization.

Final Verdict: Talend Data Integration scores high

Talend has a extensive product portfolio with which it scores high in our ETL & Data Integration survey. Talend ETL & Data Integration innovates (approximately) at an average rate of more than 15 features per year, is active (for now) in relatively few sectors, and is strongest in data connectivity.

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