IBM DataStage vs. Talend Open Studio

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM DataStage
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
IBM® 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
Talend Open Studio
Score 6.1 out of 10
N/A
Talend Open Studio is an open source integration software, used to build basic data pipelines or execute simple ETL and data integration tasks, get graphical profiles of data, and manage files from a locally installed, open-source environment.
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Pricing
IBM DataStageTalend Open Studio
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM DataStageTalend Open Studio
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
IBM DataStageTalend Open Studio
Considered Both Products
IBM DataStage
Chose IBM DataStage
We chose IBM InfoSphere DataStage because it is the tool that has been used, historically, at the company level. In the near future, nothing prevents us from orienting ourselves to new solutions in view of a restructuring of architecture.
Talend Open Studio
Chose Talend Open Studio
Manages to combine simplicity of use and versatility with good stability in execution.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
IBM DataStageTalend Open Studio
Data Source Connection
Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
IBM DataStage
9.1
9 Ratings
10% above category average
Talend Open Studio
7.5
10 Ratings
9% below category average
Connect to traditional data sources9.59 Ratings7.010 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL8.88 Ratings7.99 Ratings
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
IBM DataStage
9.5
9 Ratings
13% above category average
Talend Open Studio
7.0
10 Ratings
18% below category average
Simple transformations9.89 Ratings6.010 Ratings
Complex transformations9.39 Ratings7.910 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
IBM DataStage
9.0
9 Ratings
10% above category average
Talend Open Studio
7.5
10 Ratings
8% below category average
Data model creation9.46 Ratings6.99 Ratings
Metadata management8.78 Ratings7.99 Ratings
Business rules and workflow8.18 Ratings6.98 Ratings
Collaboration9.09 Ratings7.07 Ratings
Testing and debugging9.59 Ratings8.910 Ratings
Data Governance
Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
IBM DataStage
8.9
8 Ratings
8% above category average
Talend Open Studio
6.5
7 Ratings
23% below category average
Integration with data quality tools8.88 Ratings6.06 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools9.08 Ratings7.07 Ratings
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IBM DataStageTalend Open Studio
Small Businesses
Skyvia
Skyvia
Score 9.6 out of 10
Skyvia
Skyvia
Score 9.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Score 8.1 out of 10
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Score 8.1 out of 10
Enterprises
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Score 8.1 out of 10
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Score 8.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
IBM DataStageTalend Open Studio
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(9 ratings)
7.9
(11 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(2 ratings)
3.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(1 ratings)
4.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.6
(3 ratings)
4.9
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM DataStageTalend Open Studio
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
Excellent Cloud data mapping tool and easy creating multiple project data analytics in real-time and the report distribution are excellent via this IBM product. Easy tool to provide data visualization and the integration is effective and helpful to migrating huge amounts of data across other platforms and different websites insights gathering.
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Qlik
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
IBM
  • Data movement
  • Seamless integration of scripts and etl jobs
  • Descriptive logging
  • Ability to work with myriad of data assets
  • Direct integration for Governance catalog
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Qlik
  • 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
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Cons
IBM
  • Connector Stages to Snowflake on the cloud. We had some issues initially but since then had been corrected.
  • Accessing tool from a browser (zero foot-print). Currently we need to either install locally or connect to a server to do ETL work.
  • Diversify ways of authenticating users.
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Qlik
  • 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
IBM
No answers on this topic
Qlik
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
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
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
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
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
IBM
I believe that IBM generally has one of the worst and most complex assistance systems (physical and online) that exists.
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Qlik
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
IBM
It's obvious since they both are from the same vendors and it makes it easier and can get better rates for licensing. Also, sales rapes are very helpful in case of escalations and critical issues.
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Qlik
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
IBM
  • Reduce development time by 65% compared with hand coding.
  • Reduces ETL process maintenance times.
  • Better data governance for technical and non-technical people.
  • Improve time to market for initiatives that require data integration.
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Qlik
  • 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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