Qlik Compose vs Talend Data Management Platform comparison

Qlik and Talend are both solutions in the Data Integration category. Qlik is ranked #23 with an average rating of 7.9, while Talend is ranked #20 with an average rating of 7.9. Qlik holds a 1.1% mindshare in DI, compared to Talend’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 81% of Qlik users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 85% of Talend users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Talend Data Management Platform and Qlik Compose are leading solutions in the data management domain. Talend appears to have an advantage with its extensive features and integration capabilities, whereas Qlik Compose is preferred for certain analytical and warehousing functions.

Features: Talend provides real-time data access and integration, a central metadata repository, and open-source ETL transformations. It boasts advanced monitoring capabilities and a wide array of connectors, enhancing its adaptability. Qlik Compose focuses on automation, real-time replication, and modeling, offering robust data handling for analytics with rapid warehouse generation.

Room for Improvement: Talend users highlight issues with system crashes during installation, subpar multitasking, and documentation gaps, alongside the need for enhancements in administration and scalability. Qlik Compose users point to limitations in monitoring, complex ETL handling, and technical support, seeking improvements in scripting and scheduler functionalities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Both platforms allow flexible deployment in on-premises and cloud environments. Talend has strong community backing but requires better technical support. Qlik Compose deploys with ease but demands improved documentation and technical support for more complex scenarios.

Pricing and ROI: Talend features a cost-effective subscription model that brings significant ROI despite initial setup costs, standing as a competitive alternative to costlier solutions like Informatica. Qlik Compose’s pricing is inconsistent and often viewed as high, prompting users to seek cost adjustments that align with corporate budget expectations.

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Categories and Ranking

Qlik Compose

Ranking in Data Integration

23rd

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Talend Data Management Plat...

Ranking in Data Integration

20th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Qlik Compose is 1.1%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Talend Data Management Platform is 1.2%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Sahil Taneja

Principal Consultant/Manager at Tenzing

Easy matching and reconciliation of data

The initial setup was easy for the data warehousing concept. But for a person who is new to ETL and warehousing concepts, it may take some time. If someone is familiar with these concepts, they could understand and learn the tool quickly. However, compared to other tools, the UI is complex. It would be helpful to have a better UI and documentation for new users. As of now, there is a challenge in learning the Compose tool for new users altogether. Qlik Compose was deployed on-premises. But the servers, like the SQL servers were maintained on the cloud—the managed instances.

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Selim Seddiki

Consultant en intelligence décisionnelle at VO2 Group

Accessible support with easy upgrades and helpful patch support

The process of upgrading the software is quite easy. For instance, upgrading the Studio is straightforward, especially if done automatically. However, I typically do it manually by downloading the patch and placing it in the dedicated folder before restarting the studio. I have successfully requested the necessary patch from Talend support multiple times to align different studio versions across the team of developers. It was not difficult, and having access to Talend support directly from TNC proved quite beneficial. Our business has been running smoothly for three and a half years.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It is a scalable solution."

"Qlik Compose is good enough. It is user-friendly and intuitive."

"It's a stable solution."

"It can scale."

"I have found it to be a very good, stable, and strong product."

"As long as you pick the solution that best fits with your requirements, you won't find that performance is a problem. It's good."

"The technical support is very good. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."

"One of the most valuable features of this tool is its automation capabilities, allowing us to design the warehouse in an automated manner. Additionally, we can generate Data Lifecycle Policies (DLP) reports and efficiently implement updates and best practices based on proven design patterns."

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"The tool was mainly used for ETL processes to apply governance rules on data."

"The solution is connected to various phones. It retrieves the configuration from the system."

"The solution can run on any machine and that is a big advantage."

"The availability of connectors is great."

"The solution is very user-friendly and easy to understand."

"They're very competitive in terms of performance, which is a good selling point. It has very rich features. It provides a very rich feature set in the application."

"The most valuable feature is integration."

"The most valuable feature is the data loading and scripting language"

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Cons

"It would be better if the first level of technical support were a bit more technically knowledgeable to solve the problem. I think they could also improve the injection of custom scripts. It is pretty difficult to add additional scripts. If the modeling doesn't give you what you want, and you want to change the script generated by the modeling, it is a bit more challenging than in most other products. It is very good with standard form type systems, but if you get a more complicated data paradigm, it tends to struggle with transforming that into a model."

"Qlik's ETL and data transformation could be better."

"There could be more customization options."

"When processing data from certain tables with a large volume of data, we encounter significant delays. For instance, when dealing with around one million records, it typically takes three to four hours. To address this, I aim to implement performance improvements across all tables, ensuring swift processing similar to those that are currently complete within seconds. The performance issue primarily arises when we analyze the inserts and updates from the source, subsequently dropping the table. While new insertions are handled promptly, updates are processed slowly, leading to performance issues. Despite consulting our Qlik vendors, they were unable to pinpoint the exact cause of this occurrence. Consequently, I am seeking ways to optimize performance within Qlik Compose, specifically concerning updates."

"I'd like to have access to more developer training materials."

"It could enhance its capabilities in the realm of self-service options as currently, it is more suited for individuals with technical proficiency who can create pages using it."

"There should be proper documentation available for the implementation process."

"For more complex work, we are not using Qlik Compose because it cannot handle very high volumes at the moment. It needs the same batching capabilities that other ETL tools have. We can't batch the data into small chunks when transforming large amounts of data. It tries to do everything in one shot and that's where it fails."

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"I've had some issues with bugs causing crashes, especially when making changes to the system or with the monthly upgrades to Studio they've introduced."

"Including either XML or JSON in the next release would definitely be a good transformation. I'm not sure if Talend has that feature, but it's one of those requirements that we are working around and have to do some parsing of XML so this could make it easier."

"The sales and market department could improve the Talend Data Management Platform."

"The stability is good, but the performance is slower when I work on a huge amount of data."

"I would like to sync a project and do an upload from that current version, and then from GitLab, be able to download the latest one."

"I wonder if, at the same price, the API component could be added, which would be beneficial."

"We'd like to see more connectors it the future."

"Performance and speed could be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"While they outperform Tableau, there's room for improvement in Qlik's pricing structures, especially for corporate clients like us."

"On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is very expensive, I rate the solution a six."

"The price of the solution is expensive."

"The pricing is a little higher than what I had expected, but it's comparable with I-PASS competitors."

"The price is on a per-user basis. It's a little more expensive than other tools. There aren't any additional costs beyond the standard licensing fee."

"The price of the Talend Data Management Platform is reasonable. The other competing solutions are priced high. Gartner Magic Quadrant identified other solutions, such as Informatica, that are far more expensive."

"The solution's pricing is very reasonable and half the cost of Informatica."

"The tool is cheap."

"The licensing cost is about 40,000 Euros a year."

"License renewal is on a yearly basis."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

17%

Government

10%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

19%

Financial Services Firm

19%

Manufacturing Company

Government

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Questions from the Community

Which ETL tool would you recommend to populate data from OLTP to OLAP?

There are two products I know about * TimeXtender : Microsoft based, Transformation logic is quiet good and can easily be extended with T-SQL , Has a semantic layer that generates metat data for cu...

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What do you like most about Qlik Compose?

The most valuable is its excellence as a graphical data representation tool and the versatility it offers, especially with drill-down capabilities.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Qlik Compose?

While they outperform Tableau, there's room for improvement in Qlik's pricing structures, especially for corporate clients like us.

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What do you like most about Talend Data Management Platform?

We can develop our own code if we do not see the functionality we need.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Talend Data Management Platform?

Talend was an open-source tool, so there were no fees associated with it.

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What needs improvement with Talend Data Management Platform?

I understand this might relate more to another platform, like the cloud API cloud platform. Nevertheless, data management could also encompass APIs and real-time streaming data integration. I wonde...

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Also Known As

Compose, Attunity Compose

Talend Integration Suite

Overview

Qlik Sense is a powerful business intelligence tool that offers a range of features to help organizations make faster and more informed decisions. Its primary use cases include operational and financial dashboards, self-service reporting, and centralized access to cross-functional reports. The solution is praised for its mobile platform, ease of use, data-sharing capabilities, and extensibility.

Qlik Sense has helped organizations improve data literacy, reduce time consumed in complex reports, and provide widely available MI to senior stakeholders. It also enables self-service analytics, improves data quality and governance, enhances collaboration, and reduces costs.

Qlik

Talend offers robust data integration in an open and scalable architecture to maximize its value to your business. Simple, graphical tools and wizards get you up and running quickly with native code generation that streamlines development.

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Accent Group, Acticall, Allianz Global Investors Distributors LLC, Car & Boat Media, Cdiscount.com

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