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SnapLogic vs Talend Open Studio comparison

 

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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:
 

Categories and Ranking

SnapLogic
Ranking in Data Integration
21st
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
Process Automation (15th), Cloud Data Integration (12th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (10th)
Talend Open Studio
Ranking in Data Integration
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of SnapLogic is 1.5%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Talend Open Studio is 4.9%, down from 5.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Integration
 

Featured Reviews

VinethSuresh - PeerSpot reviewer
Achieves rapid results in data migration and has an intuitive user interface
I find SnapLogic to be user-friendly, especially for beginners with limited experience in data engineering or ETL. The interface is interactive, allowing me to quickly learn how to run pipelines and achieve production-ready results swiftly. This agility translates to cost savings, especially for smaller projects and proofs of concept, as less time and effort are needed to deliver results.
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 technical support from SnapLogic is excellent, and I would give it a complete ten."
"The connection with SOAP is the best feature."
"I find the reusability and the snaps to be very valuable features."
"It is a stable solution."
"I found SnapLogic valuable and what I found most valuable about it was its ETL feature. I also found its automation feature valuable. It can be used for automating manual activities. It can be used as a middleware for certain transactional data processing and minimal datasets and ETL activities."
"By using snaps instead of functions in code, you can see the building blocks of the integration visually. This helps a lot."
"The solutions ability to connect "snaps" or components to the graphic user interface is very intuitive, prevents errors, and makes implementations easy."
"SnapLogic is a great platform for establishing integrations among various systems or patterns by using any kind of interface. If something is not supported by predefined snaps – snaps are connectors in SnapLogic – you can create them (custom snaps) or write a script."
"The best thing I have found with Talend Open Studio is their major support for the lookups."
"The data integration aspect of the solution is excellent."
"The initial setup was quite straightforward. The deployment took between two and three days."
"You can use Talend SDK to develop your own components and add them to the product."
"It's a good tool. It has the ability to take apart and install whatever we need. It's very good for data, transformation, and loading."
"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 most valuable features are definitely data integration, data preparation, and data stewardship."
 

Cons

"There is room for improvement with APM management and how task execution looks."
"SnapLogic doesn't provide any on-premises software, so users have only cloud-based software to use."
"The biggest issue we have faced in our company with SnapLogic is regarding the EDI format"
"The solution isn't ideal for complex processing or logic. We use another solution for that."
"It needs some more snaps. I would like to see some of the features be changed in some of the snaps."
"They should expand in terms of features for SaaS-based market requirements in different sectors."
"While new features are always welcome, I do not have anything else at the top of my mind currently."
"Connecting to data behind enterprise firewalls has been tricky."
"he overall marketing and documentation of this product need to improve a lot."
"In the next release, Open Studio should include cloud storage as an input."
"The security features could be improved."
"When faced with a challenge, such as the necessity to link up with an unconventional data source like the legacy Cyprus Vision database that wasn't inherently supported by Talend, I had to resort to writing Python code to establish the connection."
"Talend Open Studio is in Java language, and right now, you can only use the debug functionality in Java. I see that people who know programming languages other than Java currently face difficulties."
"Talend Open Studio has a lot of capabilities, but there is some restriction. For example, if we want to connect to an SAP system, Open Studio cannot do it. We need to go with an enterprise version. Additionally, the monitoring features could improve."
"Inter-version compatibility is a problem, and migration projects between versions are required."
"If I compare Open Studion to other solutions, their interface is robust but not so fancy looking. This is an area that could use improvement. I would like to see an updated interface."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"SnapLogic's price is high compared to the other tools available in the market."
"I used the free trial."
"It is a higher initial cost than other easy-to-use integration apps."
"From the ROI perspective, the price is extremely high"
"The pricing is okay."
"The cost with SnapLogic is an annual license and better than Informatica."
"They have pricing/usage tiers that are easy to move up or down."
"When comparing it with solutions like Apigee or MuleSoft, it still offers better value."
"It is an open-source product."
"I am using the open-source version of the solution, so there are no extra costs for any feature."
"The cost, particularly in Africa, is quite high."
"It does the job well for nothing — without cost. That's the advantage of this product."
"I am using the open-source version and it is free."
"The cost for one year for the ETL tools, not for the big data, is 6K per year. It is a good price."
"We are using the free version of the tool, because the enterprise version is a little expensive."
"The solution will be more expensive if you have a low data volume and a large number of developers."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
25%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Real Estate/Law Firm
6%
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 SnapLogic?
Despite having no prior experience in SnapLogic, we managed to build, test, and prepare it for release in just three hours, handling heavy data efficiently.
What needs improvement with SnapLogic?
I am quite happy with the solution and do not have specific requirements at the moment. I tend to frequently communicate with SnapLogic to ask for additional features, and they have been responsive...
What is your primary use case for SnapLogic?
I mainly use it for data integration and some API tasks.
How does Talend Open Studio compare with AWS Glue?
We reviewed AWS Glue before choosing Talend Open Studio. AWS Glue is the managed ETL (extract, transform, and load) from Amazon Web Services. AWS Glue enables AWS users to create and manage jobs in...
What do you like most about Talend Open Studio?
It is easy to use and covers most of the functions needed. We can use the code without any extra effort. The open source is very good. They have the same commercials with additional connectors. The...
 

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Sample Customers

Adobe, ADP, BlackBerry, Bonobos, Box, Capital One, Dannon, Eero, Endo, Gensler, HCL, HP, Grovo, HIS, iRobot, Leica, Merck, Sans, Target, Verizon, Vodafone, Yelp, Yahoo!
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