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SAP Data Services vs Talend Data Management Platform comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.5
SAP Data Services provides up to 300% ROI, significant time savings, reduced costs, and improved data quality for users.
Sentiment score
6.8
Talend Data Management Platform offers cost-effective, easy integration, reducing integration costs and saving time and resources for users.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.7
SAP Data Services support is generally praised but needs improvements in responsiveness, language options, and complexity management.
Sentiment score
5.9
Talend's customer service is responsive, but users seek faster, more knowledgeable technical support and improved problem resolution.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
SAP Data Services is scalable and flexible, suitable for medium to enterprise-level use, but requires product knowledge for optimization.
Sentiment score
7.5
Talend Data Management Platform scales well for enterprise needs, offering flexibility, cloud support, and robust features despite occasional performance issues.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
SAP Data Services is generally stable and reliable, with minor issues often due to user knowledge rather than software flaws.
Sentiment score
7.2
Talend Data Management Platform is stable, but performance varies, often rated 8-9; setup and scaling affect reliability.
We have not encountered many issues with remote engines, and the interfaces are properly developed.
 

Room For Improvement

SAP Data Services could enhance by improving user-friendliness, integration, performance, machine learning features, and addressing support issues.
Talend faces challenges in performance, integration, and support, with users seeking enhancements in multitasking, scalability, and data management.
Data management could also encompass APIs and real-time streaming data integration.
 

Setup Cost

SAP Data Services pricing varies widely, with options for different enterprise needs and potential high costs for smaller companies.
Talend is cost-effective with unlimited integrations, but pricing confusion exists; negotiate at quarter-end for best deals.
 

Valuable Features

SAP Data Services offers powerful ETL, seamless integration, data quality, and transformation features with broad database support and minimal coding.
Talend Data Management Platform provides real-time data integration, user-friendly tools, extensive connectivity, and strong support for enterprise tasks.
I have successfully requested the necessary patch from Talend support multiple times to align different studio versions across the team of developers.
 

Categories and Ranking

SAP Data Services
Ranking in Data Integration
11th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
Data Quality (2nd)
Talend Data Management Plat...
Ranking in Data Integration
21st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of SAP Data Services is 2.8%, down from 3.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Talend Data Management Platform is 1.5%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Integration
 

Featured Reviews

RambabuMandala - PeerSpot reviewer
Responsive support, scalable, and beneficial integration
The BA reporting tools, such as Data Services, and ETL tool in SAP Data Services are the most valuable. When we had in-memory requirements, we used HANA. HANA is most preferably for most the customers for in-memory. SAP is the first company that created the in-memory concept. There are a lot of SAP applications and they have good integration with SAP packages. In the next release, they should be more advanced cloud functionalities and web services. More integration with other applications including SAPs and other applications. They should not switch to a complete solution but provide better integration with other applications.
Srinivas Mamidipalli - PeerSpot reviewer
Built for everything and packed with features but there are some monitoring limitations
Our company uses the solution to provide data integration services for customers. Most of our implementations are on-premises for large or enterprise-level customers.  We have six users with experience in both the local studio and the enterprise versions.  The solution can run on any machine and…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
16%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How do you evaluate the ratio of price to quality for SAP Data Services?
I believe the license for the product is fair, even though some competitors offer similar services at lower prices. The difference between the Edge edition and the next one up is significant in pr...
Would you recommend SAP Data Services to complete beginners?
I think after some preparation, a beginner will be able to use SAP Data Services, however, if you are completely unprepared, you may have some issues. I think that in particular you will need a mo...
How has SAP Data Services helped your organization?
SAP Data Services has helped our whole staff understand the data across various sources and systems within the company. Not everyone who works at my organization is an IT expert - most just have av...
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.
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.
What needs improvement with Talend Data Management Platform?
The biggest challenge with Talend was its performance. Sometimes data cleaning from the data warehouse was very slow, and we had to restart the server to enhance performance.
 

Also Known As

SAP BusinessObjects Data Services, SAP BusinessObjects Data Integrator, BusinessObjects Data Integrator
Talend Integration Suite
 

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Sample Customers

EMC Corporation, LivePerson, Eldorado, Mozzart, The VELUX Group, AOK Bundesverband, Hilti Group, Nissha Printing Company Ltd., Asian Paints, Aareal Bank Group, Migros Group
Accent Group, Acticall, Allianz Global Investors Distributors LLC, Car & Boat Media, Cdiscount.com
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