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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Actian DataConnect

    Score6 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    HCL DataConnect (formerly Actian DataConnect) is a hybrid integration solution that enables users to integrate anything, anywhere, anytime. It can be deployed in on-premise, cloud, and/or hybrid environments and offers quick onboarding. With its emphasis data quality, data reuse, adaptability and self-service integration, DataConnect is designed to support rapid onboarding and deliver the fast time to value.N/A

    Qlik Talend Cloud

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AThe Qlik Talend Cloud suite of solutions offer data integration, data quality, application integration, and data governance that work with key data sources, targets, architectures, or methodologies to ensure business users always have trusted and accurate data.N/A

    Talend Open Studio (discontinued)

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/ATalend Open Studio was an open source integration software, used to build basic data pipelines or execute simple ETL and data integration tasks. Qlik and Talend discontinued the service in early 2024, and it is no longer available.

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    Pricing
    Actian DataConnectQlik Talend CloudTalend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Actian DataConnectQlik Talend CloudTalend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Actian DataConnectQlik Talend CloudTalend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Considered Multiple Products
    HCLSoftware
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    Qlik
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    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    93%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
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    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
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    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
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    Features
    Actian DataConnectQlik Talend CloudTalend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Actian DataConnect and Qlik Talend Cloud and Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Actian DataConnect
    9.5
    2 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Qlik Talend Cloud
    9.5
    10 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    7.5
    10 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Connect to traditional data sources9.92 Ratings10.010 Ratings7.010 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL9.01 Ratings9.09 Ratings7.99 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of Actian DataConnect and Qlik Talend Cloud and Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Actian DataConnect
    9.9
    2 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Qlik Talend Cloud
    9.0
    10 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    7.0
    10 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Simple transformations10.02 Ratings9.010 Ratings6.010 Ratings
    Complex transformations9.92 Ratings9.010 Ratings7.910 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of Actian DataConnect and Qlik Talend Cloud and Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Actian DataConnect
    9.9
    2 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Qlik Talend Cloud
    9.0
    10 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    7.5
    10 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Data model creation10.01 Ratings9.09 Ratings6.99 Ratings
    Metadata management10.01 Ratings10.09 Ratings7.99 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow9.92 Ratings8.08 Ratings6.98 Ratings
    Collaboration9.82 Ratings9.09 Ratings7.07 Ratings
    Testing and debugging9.92 Ratings9.010 Ratings8.910 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of Actian DataConnect and Qlik Talend Cloud and Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Feature
    Actian DataConnect
    9.5
    1 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Qlik Talend Cloud
    8.5
    9 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Talend Open Studio (discontinued)
    6.5
    7 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Integration with data quality tools9.01 Ratings7.09 Ratings6.06 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools10.01 Ratings10.09 Ratings7.07 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Actian DataConnectQlik Talend CloudTalend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (19 ratings)
    7.9
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.6
    (4 ratings)
    4.9
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Actian DataConnectQlik Talend CloudTalend Open Studio (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    HCLSoftware
    The choice to use Actian DataConnect really comes down to pricing and the type of integration project you are performing, specifically with the requirements, whether you want the integration to be on-premise or in the cloud, can you install agents on your servers etc. For integration tools it runs head to head with its competitors.
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    Qlik
    This tool fits all kinds of organizations and helps to integrate data between many applications. We can use this tool as data integration is a key feature for all organizations. It is also available in the cloud, which makes the integration more seamless. The firm can opt for the required tools when there are no data integration needs.
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    Discontinued Products
    For quick daily integrations Talend is a very good tool and it makes development time so short and easy. Citizen developers who are not great programmers can pick up and start using Talend Open Studio within weeks. It's well suited for all kinds of data migration between various systems. It is less appropriate for smaller synchronous services where you need to trace the complete transaction and how data moved between them. It's also less appropriate for small data movements where other tools can be easier to use and manage.
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    Pros
    HCLSoftware
    • Map multiple source and destination tables - what would be done in many steps in SSIS can be done in one or two "maps" in Data Integrator.
    • Platform independent, cloud based, no client software.
    • Conversion of data types, write flat files - this helps us with integrating systems.
    • Fairly straightforward to use if the user has ETL experience.
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    Qlik
    • Talend Data Integration allows us to quickly build data integrations without a tremendous amount of custom coding (some Java and JavaScript knowledge is still required).
    • I like the UI and it's very intuitive. Jobs are visual, allowing the team members to see the flow of the data, without having to read through the Java code that is generated.
    • Dynamically table creation from new source.
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    • Your developers will be able to design SOA services graphically, and it is very easy to document and implement the code.
    • Talend Open Studio is based on Eclipse IDE, so your developers will be very comfy using it
    • Open is Key in Talend Open Studio = Open Source
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    HCLSoftware
    • Integration Manager needs better scheduling improvements. Like dependencies, and not running a process again if the prior run is still running.
    • New connector development does not seem a priority.
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    Qlik
    • Pricing for sure can be the area for improvement.
    • Real time processing is slow as compared to other tools like Abinitio.
    • While developing batches, it crashes a lot. It may be the issue with me, but I wanted to highlight it.
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    • The community is not that up to date and forum is not that great in response. Probably we should make people aware of the tool more on how to use and its implementations.
    • Talend crashes when transforming a lot of data (millions of rows).
    • Proper training documentation is a must for talend which is currently lagging. This will help users to learn more about Talend and use it effectively.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    HCLSoftware
    No answers on this topic
    Qlik
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    There is no licence requirement for Talend Open Studio. So, this is not relevant question. However, if you are asking whether we will use Talend in future. Yes. We will continue to use it. It's very powerful free tool which caters to all our extra, transform, load capabilities. We just love Talend for it's great functionality and ease of use.
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    Usability
    HCLSoftware
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    Qlik
    We use Talend Data Integration day in and day out. It is the best and easiest tool to jump on to and use. We can build a basic integration super-fast. We could build basic integrations as fast as within the hour. It is also easy to build transformations and use Java to perform some operations.
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    Talend Open Studio is based on Eclipse and is full of redundant procedures to do one thing, like when installing libraries. Sometimes I cannot manually download the libraries that it can't find.
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    Performance
    HCLSoftware
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    Qlik
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Many times, Talend freezes. When you give a cancel command, it takes several minutes to stop. It also takes a great toll on our PC with 16 GB of ram and I7 CPU, even in idle status. If you are downloading Maven Jar/Libraries, you cannot do anything and have to wait until the task is finished.
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    Support Rating
    HCLSoftware
    No answers on this topic
    Qlik
    Good support, specially when it relates to PROD environment. The support team has access to the product development team. Things are internally escalated to development team if there is a bug encountered. This helps the customer to get quick fix or patch designed for problem exceptions. I have also seen support showing their willingness to help develop custom connector for a newly available cloud based big data solution
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    Discontinued Products
    Talend Open Studio is free and we are not using the enterprise version which comes with licence and support. So, mostly depend on the open source community for any issues that we face. The document is good and we didn't have to use any support so far. We did evaluate the enterprise version and so far sticking to the free version.
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    Alternatives Considered
    HCLSoftware
    Data Integrator was initially a part of a package deal for us with our new Student Information System. It was chosen prior to my arrival at the institution. Since I discovered we have SQL Server licenses, we have decided to use SSIS instead since I have a background in the MSBI stack and SSIS appears to be more straightforward (process flow philosophy vs "map" philosophy.)
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    Qlik
    In comparison with the other ETLs I used, Talend is more flexible than Data Services (where you cannot create complex commands). It is similar to Datastage speaking about commands and interfaces. It is more user-friendly than ODI, which has a metadata point of view on its own, while Talend is more classic. It has both on-prem and cloud approaches, while Matillion is only cloud-based.
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    Discontinued Products
    Informatica has a limited number of components that you can use. This places a heavy limitation on the capabilities of Informatica. On the other hand, Talend allows you to create your own custom components using Java. For businesses that need to perform a wide variety of data operations, it can be quite useful to have the option of creating your own custom components to satisfy business needs.
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    Return on Investment
    HCLSoftware
    • Our customer likes the consistent reliable integrations we have built so we [got] a definite return on investment.
    • Problems are fairly easy to handle and rework.
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    Qlik
    • It’s only been a positive RoI with Talend given we’ve interfaced large datasets between critical on-Prem and cloud-native apps to efficiently run our business operations.
    • 40K+ plots data, covering 1K+ crop varieties.
    • 3K+ Customer & their credit data, 3K+ product inventory & pricing.
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    Discontinued Products
    • I delivered projects the client did not believe were possible, and I provided intermediate value by providing visibility to hidden data problems in their systems they could not detect before.
    • I was able to work 3 projects at a time, pausing gracefully in one while switching to the other, with minimal effort.
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    Actian DataConnect Screenshots

    Screenshot of DataConnect is a hybrid integration solution used to design, deploy, and manage integrations on premise, in the cloud or in hybrid environments with no limits on data types or volumes.Screenshot of Actian DataConnect is a versatile hybrid integration platform that supports a wide range of use cases in every industry.Screenshot of DataConnect helps service delivery teams (e.g. SaaS ProServ team, Systems Integrator) rapidly  onboard and maintain application integrations across their customer base.Screenshot of DataConnect helps organizations onboard master data from their customers as part of the customer onboarding and maintenance process.Screenshot of DataConnect helps an enterprise or service provider exchange EDI data with their supply chain, customer network, or partner network.Screenshot of Actian DataConnect