IBM InfoSphere Information Server vs. Talend Data Integration

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Score 8.1 out of 10
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IBM InfoSphere Information Server is a data integration platform used to understand, cleanse, monitor and transform data. The offerings provide massively parallel processing (MPP) capabilities.N/A
Talend Data Integration
Score 7.8 out of 10
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The Talend Integration Suite, from Talend, is a set of tools for data integration.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM InfoSphere Information ServerTalend Data Integration
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Top Pros
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Features
IBM InfoSphere Information ServerTalend Data Integration
Data Source Connection
Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
10.0
5 Ratings
20% above category average
Talend Data Integration
8.2
9 Ratings
0% above category average
Connect to traditional data sources10.05 Ratings8.89 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL10.05 Ratings7.68 Ratings
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
10.0
5 Ratings
18% above category average
Talend Data Integration
8.8
9 Ratings
5% above category average
Simple transformations10.05 Ratings8.89 Ratings
Complex transformations10.05 Ratings8.89 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
9.7
5 Ratings
18% above category average
Talend Data Integration
7.9
9 Ratings
3% below category average
Data model creation10.03 Ratings7.28 Ratings
Metadata management10.05 Ratings8.08 Ratings
Business rules and workflow10.05 Ratings8.87 Ratings
Collaboration10.05 Ratings5.58 Ratings
Testing and debugging9.05 Ratings8.89 Ratings
Data Governance
Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
9.5
5 Ratings
15% above category average
Talend Data Integration
7.8
8 Ratings
5% below category average
Integration with data quality tools10.05 Ratings7.68 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools9.04 Ratings8.08 Ratings
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Score 8.1 out of 10
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Score 8.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
IBM InfoSphere Information ServerTalend Data Integration
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(6 ratings)
8.3
(18 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.6
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM InfoSphere Information ServerTalend Data Integration
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
It's super terrific with workflow automation. Terrific with data backup and convenient with encryption of data. Reliable with asset management Great to discover virtual servers
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Qlik
The same way you design data integration job can be used to design services. It is easy to enhance by custom components and can adapt to all requirements. Talend Data Integration connects to [a] multitude of data sources and streaming service. Very easy interface to design complex applications without spending much time on coding. Easy to learn and master. Talend constantly strives to better itself by adding more features and functionalities.
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Pros
IBM
  • Any source to any target support.
  • ETL flexibility without coding.
  • Extreme data volume processing.
  • Native integration with other Data integration functionalities such as data profiling, data cleansing, metadata management.
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Qlik
  • We used Talend to ETLing the data from myriad sources such Oracle Database, Clarify, Salesforce, Sugar CRM, SQL DB, MQ, Stibo Step, FTP, Netezza, and Files.
  • We leverage Talend transformation capabilities for stitching the data , unions and join
  • We successfully created the final unified set that can be used by business
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Cons
IBM
  • I would be nice to have a new web development environment for DataStage.
  • Connectivity Packs such as Pack for SAP Application are a little pricey.
  • It is confusing for new developers the possibility of developing jobs using different execution engines such as Parallel or 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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Likelihood to Renew
IBM
  • Scale of implementation
  • IBM techsupport
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Qlik
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Usability
IBM
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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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Support Rating
IBM
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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Alternatives Considered
IBM
DataStage is more robust and stable than ODI The ability to perform complex transformations or implement business rules is much more developed in DS
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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
  • If you don't use all of the product family, it will be expensive. But if you want to plan use all the products and you will position it in the center of your infrastructure ROI will be effective.
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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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