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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM DataStage

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AIBM® DataStage® is a data integration tool that helps users to design, develop and run jobs that move and transform data. At its core, the DataStage tool supports extract, transform and load (ETL) and extract, load and transform (ELT) patterns. A basic version of the software is available for on-premises deployment, and the cloud-based DataStage for IBM Cloud Pak® for Data offers automated integration capabilities in a hybrid or multicloud environment.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
    Pricing
    IBM DataStageQlik Talend Cloud
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    IBM DataStageQlik Talend Cloud
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    IBM DataStageQlik Talend Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
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    Qlik
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    Features
    IBM DataStageQlik Talend Cloud
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of IBM DataStage and Qlik Talend Cloud
    Feature
    IBM DataStage
    7.8
    11 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Qlik Talend Cloud
    9.5
    10 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Connect to traditional data sources7.911 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL7.610 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of IBM DataStage and Qlik Talend Cloud
    Feature
    IBM DataStage
    7.7
    11 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Qlik Talend Cloud
    9.0
    10 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Simple transformations8.011 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Complex transformations7.311 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of IBM DataStage and Qlik Talend Cloud
    Feature
    IBM DataStage
    7.2
    11 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Qlik Talend Cloud
    9.0
    10 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Data model creation7.18 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Metadata management5.010 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow7.410 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Collaboration7.411 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Testing and debugging6.711 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of IBM DataStage and Qlik Talend Cloud
    Feature
    IBM DataStage
    5.3
    10 Ratings
    41% below category average
    Qlik Talend Cloud
    8.5
    9 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Integration with data quality tools5.310 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools5.310 Ratings10.09 Ratings
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    Score10 out of 10
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    Score10 out of 10
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    SolarWinds Task Factory
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    User Ratings
    IBM DataStageQlik Talend Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.9
    (11 ratings)
    10.0
    (19 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    6.6
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM DataStageQlik Talend Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    DataStage is somewhat outdated for an ETL. I guess that's what makes it a bit lagged behind its competitors. It can be used for data processing, sure, but its performance seems to be lagging behind or quite slow given the server it is running from. I won’t depend on this application if it's handling a lot of mission-critical banking and business data.
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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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    Pros
    IBM
    • Connect to multiple types of data-sources including Oracle, Teradata, Snowflake, SQl Server.
    • Powerful tool to load large volumes of data.
    • Transformation stages allow us to reduce the amount of code needed to create ETL scripts.
    • Allow us to synchronize and refresh data as much as needed.
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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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    Cons
    IBM
    • Technical support is a key area IBM should improve for this product. Sometimes our case is assigned to a support engineer and he has no idea of the product or services.
    • Provide custom reports for datastage jobs and performance such as job history reports, warning messages or error messages.
    • Make it fully compatible with Oracle and users can direct use of Oracle ODBC drivers instead of Data Direct driver. Same for SQL server.
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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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    Usability
    IBM
    Because it is robust, and it is being continuously improved. DS is one of the most used and recognized tools in the market. Large companies have implemented it in the first instance to develop their DW, but finding the advantages it has, they could use it for other types of projects such as migrations, application feeding, etc.
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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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    Performance
    IBM
    It could load thousands of records in seconds. But in the Parallel version, you need to understand how to particionate the data. If you use the algorithms erroneously, or the functionalities that it gives for the parsing of data, the performance can fall drastically, even with few records. It is necessary to have people with experience to be able to determine which algorithm to use and understand why.
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    Qlik
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    IBM
    IBM offers different levels of support but in my experience being and IBM shop helps to get direct support from more knowledgeable technicians from IBM. Not sure on the cost of having this kind of support, but I know there's also general support and community blogs and websites on the Internet make it easy to troubleshoot issues whenever there's need for that.
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    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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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    With effective capabilities and easy to manipulate the features and easy to produce accurate data analytics and the Cloud services Automation, this IBM platform is more reliable and easy to document management. The features on this platform are equipped with excellent big data management and easy to provide accurate data analytics.
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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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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • It’s hard to say at this point, it delivers, but not quite as I expected. It takes a lot of resources to manage and sort this out (manpower, financial).
    • Definitely, I don’t have the exact numbers, but given the data it processes, it is A LOT. So props to the developer of this application.
    • Again, based on my experience, I’d choose other ETL apps if there is one that's more user-friendly.
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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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