We performed a comparison between Azure Data Factory and Talend Open Studio based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Azure Data Factory has an edge over Talend in this comparison. Most Azure Data Factory reviewers feel that it is reasonably priced when compared with Talend.
"UI is easy to navigate and I can retrieve VTL code without knowing in-depth coding languages."
"It is very modular. It works well. We've used Data Factory and then made calls to libraries outside of Data Factory to do things that it wasn't optimized to do, and it worked really well. It is obviously proprietary in regards to Microsoft created it, but it is pretty easy and direct to bring in outside capabilities into Data Factory."
"Data Factory's best feature is the ease of setting up pipelines for data and cloud integrations."
"It is a complete ETL Solution."
"It has built-in connectors for more than 100 sources and onboarding data from many different sources to the cloud environment."
"The overall performance is quite good."
"Microsoft supported us when we planned to provision Azure Data Factory over a private link. As a result, we received excellent support from Microsoft."
"The most valuable feature of this solution would be ease of use."
"We're sold on the customization part of the solution."
"Talend Open Studio is easy to create jobs. We use the basic functionality and it is very good."
"The most valuable feature of Talend Open Studio is the tMap component. There is a lot of functionality in one component."
"I can connect with different databases such as Oracle Database or SQL Server. It allows you to extract the data from one database to another. I can structure the data by filtering and mapping the fields. It is very user-friendly. You need to know the basics of SQL development or SQL queries, and you can use this tool."
"The initial setup of the product was very easy."
"The rapidity of integration with data may be one of the valuable features."
"Talend is safe to use because it is very restrictive. It is easy to use when one learns how to manipulate data with SQL."
"It has got so many connectors. It is intuitive and easy to use."
"It would be better if it had machine learning capabilities."
"Data Factory could be improved by eliminating the need for a physical data area. We have to extract data using Data Factory, then create a staging database for it with Azure SQL, which is very, very expensive. Another improvement would be lowering the licensing cost."
"We have experienced some issues with the integration. This is an area that needs improvement."
"We require Azure Data Factory to be able to connect to Google Analytics."
"The user interface could use improvement. It's not a major issue but it's something that can be improved."
"It does not appear to be as rich as other ETL tools. It has very limited capabilities."
"The performance could be better. It would be better if Azure Data Factory could handle a higher load. I have heard that it can get overloaded, and it can't handle it."
"One area for improvement is documentation. At present, there isn't enough documentation on how to use Azure Data Factory in certain conditions. It would be good to have documentation on the various use cases."
"In terms of features, it has all the features that I need. However, it consumes a lot of resources. It is using a lot of RAM, and they need to fix the issue related to resource consumption. It currently requires more than 24 gigabytes of RAM, which is a big amount of RAM."
"The profiling perspective needs improvement. Instead of using it in the studio, we are using a different tool which is also provided by Talend. It's redundant."
"It needs better installation configuration for other databases. Although the installation allows you to select another database, this doesn't mean that all connection points in the application point to the database selected. You actually need to do a search through the entire install to locate the configuration settings and change them."
"It is not as visually appealing as some of the other tools."
"Having additional training materials, such as a video tutorial, would be an improvement."
"he overall marketing and documentation of this product need to improve a lot."
"The pricing could be lower. They should work to make it more affordable."
"The physical appearance of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
Azure Data Factory is ranked 1st in Data Integration with 81 reviews while Talend Open Studio is ranked 5th in Data Integration with 48 reviews. Azure Data Factory is rated 8.0, while Talend Open Studio is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Azure Data Factory writes "The data factory agent is quite good but pricing needs to be more transparent". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Talend Open Studio writes "Intuitive interface and documentation make it simple to build jobs and APIs and logging helps pinpoint and resolve issues quickly". Azure Data Factory is most compared with Informatica PowerCenter, Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Alteryx Designer and Snowflake, whereas Talend Open Studio is most compared with SSIS, IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Talend Data Fabric, Talend Data Management Platform and FME. See our Azure Data Factory vs. Talend Open Studio report.
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