Talend Data Management Platform Reviews

My main use of this solution is application integration.

I like everything about this product, but the biggest thing is the ease of use. I also like the ability to have files between Linux missions.

An area for improvement would be that securing the product can be challenging because there are multiple ways to secure everything. If they offered a secured version or sample, that would be a big improvement.

I've been using this solution for around ten years. I use it myself and have trained others in how to use it.

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. However, the stability is great when you scale up to more users or more data.

Currently, scaling is more effective with the cloud version, where you can get into the data fabric and have access to more power.

I've had no problems with tech support - they're willing to work with me as an advanced user to figure out solutions.

Talend is scaled much lower in cost than Informatica.

Talend is getting ready to drop SVN as a code repository in version 8 going forward, so you have to convert anybody who's using SVN to switch over to GIT (on which it runs much faster). I understand it isn't easy to get people who are experienced in this product, so you should go through the training on their website as there are a lot of nuances in this product that you may miss otherwise. I would rate this solution as ten out of ten.

Talend is an ETL solution. It is great for moving data from source to target and has great error-handling and capturing techniques. Talend is easily becoming more recognized within the ETL space. I am seeing more and more companies branching out from the Oracles of the world since cloud was introduced. Cloud has seemed to even the playing field a bit. If you are looking for something that is stable, cost-effective and has a great ROI, then Talend is a great choice. I have compared ODI to other tools in reviews in the past, but I haven't compared it with Talend.

Implementing Talend can easily speed up implementation time and reduce the amount spent on the learning curve. Talend reminds me of a tool I used years ago called Hyperion Application Link (HAL). If you had basic knowledge of integration, you could pick up this tool in no time flat. The big difference between HAL and Talend is that the processing abilities of Talend are much better. HAL is clunky and slow. Talend is a powerhouse of ETL.

I love the fact that I can copy a step, click a button, and now I have the opportunity to create the opposite of what I was doing. 

For example: If I am creating an inner join which produces a file on the target, there could be records that do not have a match. In other ETL tools, you would have to create a whole different process. In Talend, all you have to do is copy the inner join, and there is an option for rejects. Now you can create a separate file for your business users to review.

There are no natural connections for some of the applications that I use more regularly. I think that if Talend wants to disrupt the market a bit, they could create built-in calls to Oracle Hyperion applications. 

As far as the next release, I would like to see connections to SAP work a bit better. They have a little lag, but this is just me reaching for something because they asked.

Great stability. As long as your infrastructure is good, then Talend will be great.

This can be a full data warehouse solution at the enterprise level.

We never really had to use it before and never really had a big issue. We only had smaller issues when we first started using it. Talend was very responsive and helpful.

My solutions are client dependent. I do help them evaluate which tool they should use in some cases, but I can't say "I had this tool and I switched because of XYZ".

It's very simple to install. So easy a caveman can do it? No, but someone with basic knowledge of databases can easily get this going.

As a consultant, I do the implementations myself, or a member of the team completes the implementation.

No vendor teams were harmed in the making of our projects.

The ROI on this tool varies. I would say that with the ease of use, you could easily get your worth out of the tool in the first few months.

Make sure you wait until the end of the quarter to get the best deal. Try to talk to multiple salespeople, and sometimes you can get multiple discounts. Let me know, and I can help.

My solutions are client dependent. I do help them evaluate which tool they should use in some cases, but I can't say "I had this tool and I switched because of XYZ".

Just be careful to think through everything that you want to do. There are reusable parts to Talend. Use the variables properly. This is advice for any ETL solution.

Our primary use case of this solution is data integration and managing historical data.

It is a very powerful solution to manage historical data and this is one of the key features that I love the most.

An area that needs improvement is the administration of data and granting permission for the different developers working on the product at the same time. Talend is a great development tool but the administration, access rights, synchronization and phoning can be better. 

New features I would like to see is changing the data capture and different connection abilities to the Oracle database because some connections are suitable for one customer and not for the other, as it is based on the environment architects or on the customer. 

The stability is good but the performance is slower when I work on a huge amount of data. So I think this area needs some enhancement.

The solution is scalable, and we have about three to five licenses per client.

I would suggest enhancement and improvement in the support program of Talend to have a real Talend expert working with the consultant on the support process and the support to share the knowledge with the consultants. It is very important for Talend to build a good technical team for support. This is the first impression for any customer working with a vendor. So having a very good technical support team on your side will increase the trust of the customer in your product, even if there are many bugs in the application or the environment itself. I think that the system needs more enhancement and more improvement in this aspect. We need to have more cyclical documents written in a very good manner to share the knowledge between the support and the consultant implementing using Talend.

I used Oracle Data Integrator and IBM but I replaced it with Talend. I like that Talend is straightforward. By using Talend we can simulate the theoretical information with the practical exercise. 

The initial setup was easy but I would suggest developers to include two different types of installation for the product, like to be able to do silent installation and not interactive installation for both. This is very important for us because when we do the installation and have a lack of resources, the inclusion of silent installation for the product will be great. 

I think Talend is one of the easiest tools for faster implementation compared to other tools.  For example, if we're implementing the data integration solution with some other tool, it will take 10 days. But with Talend, it will take less than 50% of the time. So the tool is very easy, the interface is user-friendly for the developer and suitable for the development of the solution. That is one of the key benefits of Talend.

I recommended Talend for two of my four customers during the last four years. I replaced the Oracle Data Integrator and IBM with Talend. 

My rating for this solution is eight out of ten.

We use Talend to help our clients distribute their products.

It's a real ETL solution. You download data, transform it, and then you upload it.

The most valuable feature is integration. There are several connectors, there is a large community, and the solution updates often. It is always up-to-date.

Performance and speed could be improved.

They could improve on the scalability.

I have been using the Talend Data Management Platform for three or four years.

This solution is stable, although not the best. I'd say that it is great but not on the top.

It's scalable but they could use Docker to improve the scalability.

I have contacted technical support on occasion. It's great because you have the support and you have the community as well.

You create a ticket and intel is very open and reactive. They are friendly.

The initial setup is straightforward and not complex.

It did not take a lot of time to deploy.

Before choosing Talend, we evaluated DataStage and Informatica.

We decided to go with Talend because it has an open-mindedness to it. It's not a closed system, you have a great community and in France, where I live, it is the leader and there are many people who can do a good job using Talend.

Talend is a good product and I recommend it. It is an open system, you have several connectors, it's evolved, and you are unlimited because of the great community. There are always people who may have had some of the same encounters and have found solutions to the same problems. 

I am still learning this product myself, I have not yet used all of the features this product has to offer.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Initially, it was data integration for academic data to an EDW on Sybase IQ for reporting purposes. Now it has evolved into data integration for both application and user consumption, loading data into Sybase and MS-SQL data stores. We use Studio on Windows with Servers on Ubuntu. 

This solution has allowed us to use more technical individuals for data integration that don't otherwise have expertise in SQL, Stored Procedures, and/or Perl scripting. It has improved our ability to integrate data from multiple systems and decreased the time it usually took using other means, which involved Perl or high-level SQL techniques.

The most valuable feature is the Talend Admin Console (TAC). It connects Studio to SVN (Code Repository), Nexus (Artifacts/Build Packages), and Job Servers (Runs Nexus packaged jobs). TAC also manages user access to projects, which allows multiple users, working within the same project at the same time, while maintaining all code changes in SVN. 

Talend Studio has the ability to connect to almost anything to integrate data from files, databases, web services, etc.

The documentation from version to version could be more accurate. I have found information that is inaccurate or doesn't apply to the version I am trying to install or work in. Documentation could also be more user-friendly as it seems cumbersome with too much information, which probably is why I have found inaccurate information.   

The application installation process needs improvement. They have an easy "non-secure" installation for trying out the subscription version. I would like to see installation instructions for a Production environment with system and server layout using SSL Security. It would go a long way to understand what Talend envisions as a best practice for a production environment. 

The Talend solution has been very stable. We have very few issues with the systems running the jobs. Most issues we have are with unknown changes to source systems that Talend jobs interact with.

It is scalable but we have not had to use it. Our next upgrade will likely be with their Cloud solution if not using Docker Containers.  

In the beginning, Customer Support helped a lot. Now that I know more, I would like them to respond with information I have not already tried. Escalation from Customer Support to get the right Technical Support person faster would be nice. Most times, I get a quick response. Sometimes, however, it can take days to get to the person who knows what is wrong or get a fix. Other times, I have solved my issue before they have an answer.

We used Perl and SQL for data integration.

Initial setup was using the Talend Installer, which is very easy but on the next upgrade, we decided to split the systems into individual VMs for better management of security patches. It gets really complex as you go from Data Integration to Data Services Platforms because of the open-source apps in their suite.

I implemented Talend in-house / on-premises. I have no experience with using a Talend vendor for implementing a solution, though this may change in the near future. 

Not sure about the money side but I know it has been easier and less time consuming to complete the same tasks for data integration compared to how we did it prior to using Talend. 

For a production environment, plan to separate the Talend suite of systems onto their own servers for easier management with 'security updates' and secure each one for encryption of data across systems. Using the installer for a Production environment didn't work for what we needed. 

We did evaluate other solutions, although I can't remember the names. They were either more expensive and/or didn't have a community/free version that compared to Talend's Open Studio at the time.

Having developers that are familiar with Java and Tomcat will be very helpful but not required when using Talend.

Currently, I am using this solution to develop an integration between two particular systems. It's selecting a TSV file from slate and transferring to banner after you work the data.

Since I am using it for an ongoing project, I haven't been able to deliver on that project.

It is going to help us in changing the way we look at integrations and not have deployed from a strictly coding standpoint. Instead, it's going to be from a perspective of design and orchestration, which is the direction we are going in.

I have been using very basic features, but one of the features that I liked the most is how it handles different contexts. I like the way that you can use the context variables, and how you can work those context variables to give you values and settings for every development environment, such as PROD, TEST, and DEV.

The objects are friendly to use, and another feature that I like is the general generic schemas, even though it took a certain amount of learning to get used to it, it was beneficial.

With what I have seen in the cloud version the interface is great, and what I have used of the on-premises version is great.

It's user friendly.

While I understand that I am using the open-source version, but the facility of having version control is to the point where you can share it with other developers in the team. I think that's the way the product was intentionally made. That way you don't have organizations using the open-source version and instead of using the paid version.

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. It will make it easier to share code with teammates. This is most likely something that Talend Open Studio doesn't have intentionally so that organizations have to invest in the cloud.

If Talend were to be able to offer an annual license in which the number of integrations is the deciding factor, instead of the number of concurrent users developing, then that would make them a little bit more competitive when you're comparing them to, for example, were Workato or SnapLogic.

I'm still in the learning phase and the exploration phase. I have been working with this solution for approximately a month and a half.

I haven't found any bugs or glitches so far. I am still exploring the tool.

I've heard from organizations that have the cloud version, that there are certain objects that I will not have in the on-premises version. I don't know which objects they are. 

I still haven't seen Talent Open Studio lacking in anything, but I guess that they've gone through something specific.

I am sure that there is a generic object that you can use to cover a certain demand.

In terms of scalability, we have put basic projects in Cron Servers to run out a Cron Job, which didn't require a lot of work. I had to do the research on how to export the job, then it worked. We have only done it with basic jobs where you are moving files over, creating directories, and validating if the directories exist.

Soon we will be deploying one that is going to involve connecting to an SFTP to select files, doing a DIFF of the file, and comparing it to a previous version. With what is left, we're performing inserts and Oracle tables.

I am the only one that is fully using this solution. I do have another person who helps me when transferring files to the Cron Server.

I really haven't reached out to technical support. I've been just doing it on my own, going through forums, blogs, reading multiple books, and finding a couple of videos on YouTube. That has been enough.

I would have to encounter something that is challenging in the development process, and since I am going to be using some APIs, those calls would be done through SQL. I don't think that I will be asking for help anytime soon, but it might be different once we are using the cloud version.

We are currently in the process of selecting an I-PASS solution and right now, the Talend Data Management Platform is one of the finalists.

We are ironing out the differences and seeing how much we can do with the open-source version before moving onto the cloud version.

In the initial setup, I was having some struggles with making sure that Java requirements were properly set up. After that, it was working fine. 

I have installed it on both a Mac and a PC, and I haven't had any complaints. 

I'm still working out the dynamic of using a GIT repository, such as GitLab to be able to back up all of the projects that I'm working on.

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

It's on the higher side because it's a developer-user licensed solution. It makes you look at the investment differently than an I-PASS that is offered by the number of integrations that you have to work on. You have to balance it out on one end. You have an I-PASS that tells you that you can have an unlimited amount of developers, but you can only develop a certain amount of integrations per yer. That's what you are paying for.

With Talend, it's the opposite. You can have an unlimited amount of integrations but you only a license for two developers, for example.

For anyone looking to use this solution, I would suggest using the open-source version first.

I have been told that there are missing features, but I haven't found what those components are. I can understand how an organization that is already living with the Talend cloud can identify that easier because they were already facing a challenge without finding that component.

The reason why that organization told me that was because they have three developers working on a cloud version and one developer working on the on-premises version. 

That is how they picked up on it. According to what I had heard from that source, there are differences. There are some components that are only going to be available in the Talend cloud version.

At this time, it is difficult for me to evaluate this solution, as I have only seen how their products work and I am not fully working with Talend. It's subjective. 

The only way that I could be objective would be if I had maybe one year of experience using a different I-PASS and then one year of experiencing using this one.

We are still in the process of evaluating them, but I love the way things look in Talend, and I'm all for Talend. I know that Workato is really close to it as well.

The relationship with the vendor is currently coding, presentations, demos, and conversations of how this I-PASS can be a part of our organization.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

The scheduling part of the solution is very good.  

Talend has a lot of connectors, which is very useful.

The user interface is good. It's very visual.

The basic tools are easy to pick up and understand.

Some components of the solution are not easy to exploit.

The solution takes quite a long time to master, even with a visual interface. They should work to make it more user-friendly and easier to learn. 

Once you get past the basic tools, it gets pretty complicated.

I've been using the solution for eight months.

I'm a user and a client. I'm a Data Integration Tech.

I'd rate the solution six out of ten.

It's my understanding that the solution is lining up a lot of new features to add and deploy in the near future. That will be great. I hope they continue to focus on new releases.

There are only a few things that are straightforward, however. Many things take a lot of time to understand and get used to. If they can improve the basic stuff, I think it would be much less complicated overall. There are also more connectors that could be added as a feature. Other than that, it's a good product.

This solution is being used on the client-side. It's a data warehouse solution, basically integrating data between Oracle data sources going into a Teradata Database data warehouse.

As far as the features that I have found most valuable, it's fairly easy to understand, even for someone inexperienced going from Informatica and DataStage to Talend. The other positive thing, although I haven't used it personally, is that it shares the same platform as the data quality solution which is important in my line of work. Both sections are beginning to be asked for by our clients. Unlike a few years ago, when it was either you doing a data integration or somebody else doing a data quality assessment, in this day and age they're actually asking for both, and it is a good platform to do both. The other thing about Talend is that it has a lot of push down features, wherein most of the execution that has to be done on the processing side, does not require much heavy lifting up. There's not much need to lift the data so that it can be processed and then pushed back to the database, which was traditionally the approach for the likes of Informatica and even DataStage if they're not using pushdown authentication.

I put Talend on the same playing field as the other platforms and 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.

I don't see any additional need for improvement, at least not in the use cases that I've encountered so far.

I'm not sure if they have it, but 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.

I have been working with Talend Data Management Platform over the last year.

Additionally, I've had a few years experience with Informatica, a few years with DataStage, and then a few years with SQL Server, and only recently with Talend.

As I mentioned, we've only been using it for a year, and for a portion of that it was still in development, but it's been fairly stable in the last 10 to 12 months.

In terms of scalability, I think from an engineering standpoint, Talend should be able to scale as your database platforms expand, as well. Noting that it has a run-time that basically executes your job on the database side. It should scale fairly consistently with your database growth. I would anticipate that.

I know the support people personally, so yes, I've contacted them for a few inquiries every now and then. None of that too difficult or too serious, it's usually more on unexplored feature sets or specific functionalities that I may have missed the documentation for. It's usually more regarding inquiries rather than solution fixes.

The initial setup is not too simple but I guess somebody out of college would be able to set it up felt fairly easily. So it should be fairly simple.

The Apple deployment took only about a week, but tuning and validation took another two weeks

I observed the implementation, but normally, at least in the projects that I have, we bring in Talend engineers to set up the platform for us.

Deployment was a two-person job. There's a lot of coordination between the system administrators and the database administrators to get the connectors right. It's about a handful of people. Of course, that's not the same as the developers, but for our use case, it was a very small team that deployed it.

Clients are looking for options. Before using Talend, when I was building Informatica and DataStage, they both were the "big bucks" kind of data integration and clients are desperate for deep-dive data warehousing because of the expense. But with Talend, it provides both a quick startup with their community and at the same time, it provides a different financial strategy with their subscription model. There are some clients who are actually financially stable enough and they're looking for a license model or a financial model like what Talend doesn't have. They like its features but it follows a subscription model. So it's even more on the client's business side wherein they want variety, but sometimes the variety is very much limited to the brand.

Basically, like in our case, Informatica and Cappex only offer a staged data payment model. But Talend offers a monthly subscription kind of model, and there are some clients who like the features of Talend, but they are not keen on having an OPEX, an operational expense, kind of financial model.

I would advise potential customers to try Talend's community edition. It would be a good strategy for them to get their hands and feet wet using the community so they'll understand the ins and outs of those sites.

It works well for the product because you get traction in terms of adoption and community. The community is rich enough for people to build actual production solutions, and it's open to expansion in an enterprise community. So that would be a good strategy, especially if a company is still exploring tools. It's a low-cost approach to get started.

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Talend Data Management Platform a nine. 

What would make it a ten, at least in my region, is the support. In the Philippines, there's only a handful of Talend support. The support is very helpful, but it's very limited. They usually refer you to the community or to their reseller partners, but for direct engineering inquiries, they would have to refer you to their head office. So for a very popular product, their footprint here in the Philippines is still on the development side or ramp-up side.

Support could improve. I'm leveraging it on personal references because I know the people running the show here in the Philippines. But for some of the clients, they would find it difficult to find global support for Talend here in the Philippines.