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SAP Process Orchestration vs Talend Open Studio comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

SAP Process Orchestration
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
Business-to-Business Middleware (2nd)
Talend Open Studio
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

SAP Process Orchestration and Talend Open Studio aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. SAP Process Orchestration is designed for Business-to-Business Middleware and holds a mindshare of 8.6%, down 13.0% compared to last year.
Talend Open Studio, on the other hand, focuses on Data Integration, holds 4.9% mindshare, down 5.1% since last year.
Business-to-Business Middleware
Data Integration
 

Featured Reviews

Laxman  Molugu - PeerSpot reviewer
Enhances operational efficiency with valuable prepackaged content and cost-effective pricing
For organizations that operate within an SAP ecosystem, SAP Process Orchestration is recommended due to its cost-effectiveness and the availability of valuable prepackaged content. It is important to consider the needs of your industry, as SAP Process Orchestration may not meet all requirements in consumer-oriented sectors. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
Jason Hale - PeerSpot reviewer
Intuitive interface and documentation make it simple to build jobs and APIs and logging helps pinpoint and resolve issues quickly
Talend is doing a lot of work at the moment, and it's not there yet, but the whole platform could be managed in a SaaS-type environment. You still need to have the Studio running on a virtual desktop or a PC. They will get to be able to do the whole thing inside your browser, so you don't need to install anything locally. It's down the track, and it's the nirvana that we were looking for in Boomi. But the biggest challenge they have is that the platform is so focused on the Studio for all of its development. They'll probably get there, but they have such a mature Studio client that it's a huge amount of work to get all of that functionality into a browser or SaaS platform. That's pretty much the biggest flaw with the Talend environment—being reliant on the Studio, which needed to be on a local machine. The only other thing is that you have to integrate into an API gateway. We're in Azure, so we use Microsoft Azure Gateway. It doesn't come with its own gateway, which is another sort of big plus side that we saw in Boomi. Talend isn't quite there yet with the API gateway. Other than that, it's bloody hard to find something because it just seems to be all good.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable features of SAP Process Orchestration are its system monitoring and alerts."
"With the latest version what I find to be the most valuable are the REST, SuccessFactors, and Ariba Network adapters."
"The monitoring is one of the greatest features in Process Orchestration because it is user-friendly and easy for somebody who is not experienced."
"Great monitoring tools and has its own alert framework."
"The performance of data processing has increased."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"I didn't have many problems installing it. It seemed very straightforward to me."
"Talend Open Studio is easy to create jobs. We use the basic functionality and it is very good."
"The product is easy to install and configure. It is one of the best tools for data integration."
"Talend can connect to multiple data sources, including relational data sources, ERP, CRM, and others."
"The API integration and big data approach are very good because of how you extract data from JSP files or big data web repositories like MongoDB."
"Talend Open Studio's installation process is easy. One just needs to install Java before installing the product"
"This is a user-friendly solution that is easy to use."
"The drag-and-drop feature in the interface is very good."
 

Cons

"I think the main area that SAP PO should improve on is offering pre-delivered content like they do when you use SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI). SAP should not forget that they still have a lot of customers using Process Orchestration and they should focus more on providing pre-delivered content in SAP PO."
"The usability is an area where it can be improved upon."
"We encounter challenges while connecting to MQTT and MQDD adapters."
"The monitoring governance offered by SAP is too technical and needs to be geared more toward business users."
"Process Orchestration doesn't provide authentication for data sent to us, meaning we have to rely on client certificate-based or basic authentication."
"SAP needs to improve a lot in terms of the orchestration part so that more adapters can be provided to users, which are areas where the solution has downsides."
"The product roadmap suggests it will approach the end of support in several years, and a lot of innovations are now implemented by SAP not in SAP PO, but in SAP Integration Suite, hence, the platform is stable, but doesn't receive a lot of new features in recent updates."
"Process Orchestration needs to provide secure connectivity as no one has any data information."
"Inter-version compatibility is a problem, and migration projects between versions are required."
"The high price of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"It gets the job done but it's a bit slow."
"There is a need for mastery in some areas."
"Talend should improve the log and error handling to better track the errors you find during development. Sometimes it's challenging to see what's causing an issue, and tracking that on Talend is complicated."
"The technical support and documentation need a lot of work to come up to standard."
"The documentation is lacking within the product. They need to get better at all aspects of describing how it works and how to use it."
"In version 6.2 we did encounter issues with the job servers and specifically with ESB. Version 6.3 is better but large jobs can cause the MDM server to fall over, requiring a reboot."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing depends on what type of client you are with SAP and the contract you have. There is a licensing cost that needs to be paid."
"The license is a one-time payment, and additional costs are only incurred on the infrastructure side since it's an on-premise solution."
"It's not an expensive solution."
"We subscribe to annual licenses, and the competitive license cost is reasonable."
"My company deals with different pricing models of the product, according to which we don't pay for the solution directly, but we do pay for the maintenance part."
"Normally, you will have to choose CPU-based licensing...I rate the tool price a five out of ten."
"Looking at market conditions, vendors nowadays are giving products at very low price levels. However, SAP Process Orchestration have not yet reduced their prices. The prices could be reduced a lot to stay competitive."
"The solution is highly-priced."
"Talend Open Studio costs about 11,000 a year."
"There are many versions available and one is open-sourced which is free."
"Price could be lower. It is getting too expensive when compared to some other solutions, which is actually a little bit concerning."
"The paid version of this solution has a very high price, but even with the limitations, the Community version works fine."
"It is an open-source tool which means it is a free solution."
"Talend Open Studio is priced too high."
"The cost, particularly in Africa, is quite high."
"Open Studio has a basic license and additional costs for services, including customer support and technical assistance."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
18%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Energy/Utilities Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about SAP Process Orchestration?
It provides essential features such as continuous monitoring of all interfaces are crucial for our needs.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Process Orchestration?
The main concern is the cost. If additional help is needed due to lack of skill, we have to pay for SAP support.
What needs improvement with SAP Process Orchestration?
There are two main areas for improvement: performance and cost. The cost is quite high, and if it were reduced, it might also improve the performance, potentially allowing us to access a more effic...
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Also Known As

SAP NetWeaver Process Integration, NetWeaver Process Integration
Open Studio
 

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Sample Customers

Lenovo, Dansk Supermarked A/S, Ego Pharmaceuticals Pty. Ltd, Kaeser Kompressoren
Almerys, BF&M, Findus
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