IBM StreamSets vs. Talend Data Integration

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM StreamSets
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
IBM® StreamSets enables users to create and manage smart streaming data pipelines through a graphical interface, facilitating data integration across hybrid and multicloud environments. IBM StreamSets can support millions of data pipelines for analytics, applications and hybrid integration.N/A
Talend Data Integration
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
The Talend Integration Suite, from Talend, is a set of tools for data integration.N/A
Pricing
IBM StreamSetsTalend Data Integration
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM StreamSetsTalend 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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IBM StreamSetsTalend Data Integration
Features
IBM StreamSetsTalend Data Integration
Data Source Connection
Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
IBM StreamSets
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Ratings
Talend Data Integration
9.5
10 Ratings
15% above category average
Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings10.010 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
IBM StreamSets
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Ratings
Talend Data Integration
9.0
10 Ratings
12% above category average
Simple transformations00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
Complex transformations00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
IBM StreamSets
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Ratings
Talend Data Integration
9.0
10 Ratings
14% above category average
Data model creation00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Metadata management00 Ratings10.09 Ratings
Business rules and workflow00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
Testing and debugging00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
Data Governance
Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
IBM StreamSets
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Ratings
Talend Data Integration
8.5
9 Ratings
7% above category average
Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings10.09 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM StreamSetsTalend Data Integration
Likelihood to Recommend
7.3
(10 ratings)
10.0
(19 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
6.4
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.5
(9 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
5.5
(1 ratings)
6.6
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM StreamSetsTalend Data Integration
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
IBM StreamSets excels in real-time logistics data ingestion and transformation across hybrid systems. It’s less ideal for lightweight ETL tasks or static datasets where simpler tools can achieve similar results with less overhead and complexity.
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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
  • It helps streaming huge data that we have in our Teradata database to various reporting applications that runs on cloud seamlessly.
  • We also use IBM StreamSets to power few BI dashboards that our product managers use on regular basis to showcase various data with clients.
  • I think the data quality is way better compared to Informatica tool.
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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
  • The error messages I feel aren t always very descriptive so troubleshooting can take longer
  • Maybe more customisation options for scheduling can be done, rest it works pretty well.
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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
IBM Stream sets has been a wonderful addition to our technology stack. It has helped in some of our initiatives such as data engineering, data integration for not only external customers but also for internal purposes. The tool has also helped on our use cases related to streaming data. Moving to another tool would require significant amount of work and time.
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Qlik
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Usability
IBM
The StreamSets platform is very easy to use and the interface is extremely intuitive. The drag-and-drop, low-code design makes it accessible for teams with varying technical skills, allowing us to quickly connect sources, define transformations, and deploy pipelines without heavy coding. StreamSets allows us to get started quickly and not have to worry about our pipelines breaking once they're built.
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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
Streamsets support has improved a lot in the last couple of years. We had some challenges in the beginning with support, but now the quality of the support and the responsiveness to tickets are better. We have contacted support multiple times when it came to scenarios where the system was slow or the output as not as we expected
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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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Implementation Rating
IBM
I was not involved in the implementation
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Qlik
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
First advantage is that this software is particularly new and it keeps updating according to the needs of the user. Other advantage is the it organises and produces conclusions on the basis of data without leaving any relevant information. Other softwares lack in data summarising and readability of the charts and sheets they produce.
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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
  • time saving for automatic collection and integration of data
  • time saving thanks to live monitoring and reaction
  • time saving for standardization of data
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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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