Informatica Intelligent Cloud Integration Services vs. Talend Data Integration

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Integration Services
Score 7.1 out of 10
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Informatica’s Intelligent Cloud Services (IICS) platform is a solution for synchronizing and integrating cloud and on-premise applications. It offers prebuilt connectors and actions between applications and programs, allowing for data transformation within the program, as well as case-specific services.N/A
Talend Data Integration
Score 7.9 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
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Integration ServicesTalend Data Integration
Considered Both Products
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Integration Services
Chose Informatica Intelligent Cloud Integration Services
Informatica is a proven name in this space, and while Cloud does not have all the exotic features that Powercenter has, it is fast and light, working well for a very agile team that cannot always wait for the dedicated Informatica developer to fully build out an integration. …
Talend Data Integration

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Top Pros
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Features
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Cloud Data Integration
Comparison of Cloud Data Integration features of Product A and Product B
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Integration Services
8.8
13 Ratings
7% above category average
Talend Data Integration
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Ratings
Pre-built connectors9.013 Ratings00 Ratings
Connector modification8.712 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for real-time and batch integration9.713 Ratings00 Ratings
Data quality services8.712 Ratings00 Ratings
Data security features8.312 Ratings00 Ratings
Monitoring console8.313 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Source Connection
Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Integration Services
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Ratings
Talend Data Integration
8.2
9 Ratings
0% below category average
Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings8.99 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings7.68 Ratings
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Integration Services
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Ratings
Talend Data Integration
8.9
9 Ratings
6% above category average
Simple transformations00 Ratings8.99 Ratings
Complex transformations00 Ratings8.99 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Integration Services
-
Ratings
Talend Data Integration
7.9
9 Ratings
3% below category average
Data model creation00 Ratings7.28 Ratings
Metadata management00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
Business rules and workflow00 Ratings8.87 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings5.58 Ratings
Testing and debugging00 Ratings8.89 Ratings
Data Governance
Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Integration Services
-
Ratings
Talend Data Integration
7.8
8 Ratings
5% below category average
Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings7.68 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
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User Ratings
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Integration ServicesTalend Data Integration
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(13 ratings)
8.3
(18 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(3 ratings)
6.6
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
Informatica Intelligent Cloud Integration ServicesTalend Data Integration
Likelihood to Recommend
Informatica
Informatica Cloud is a great tool for use when data must be formatted consistently. Once configured, it is very robust and reliable. It is also well-suited for an organization without a robust IT staff to maintain a full server infrastructure. It offers a cost-effective approach to high-quality data integration for even the largest organizations. Organizations without staff experienced in data analytics may find it challenging to take advantage of the more complex results of this tool.
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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
Informatica
  • Once the secure connection is established it’s quite easy to operate and create new jobs. The controls are simple, and we appreciate the fact there are not a lot of complex fine-tunings required. Navigation is also easy, and we enjoy the ability to open multiple tabs in the browser to work on multiple projects.
  • The monitoring functionality works well to help track the progress of the jobs, again, without too much complication. In a fast dev environment, speed is essential and we quickly seeing the status/progress of jobs as well as any errors if the jobs fail helps us maintain speed.
  • The web interface is a lot easier to interact with than the client/on-prem version. Putting much of the heavy lifting of interacting with the tool onto the shoulders of the browser makes it easier to keep multiple sessions open and get in/out quickly without having to VPN into the office.
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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
Informatica
  • The User Interface can be a bit difficult to get in initial stages.
  • Error messages are hard to understand which sometimes takes a lot of time for the resolution
  • Cannot Implement complex SQL queries which should be fixed in future release.
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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
Informatica
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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
Informatica
I've never had trouble getting into contact with Informatica's support for technical help. I give it a nine because it does pretty well for mid to enterprise-scale workflows.
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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
Informatica
First, the wizard is easy to use making the learning curve for simple ETL tasks nice. Second, since Informatica is mature there are a good variety of connectors available. Finally, we have driven some fairly complex ETL solutions using only the cloud.
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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
Informatica
  • Cut costs on the number of staff we need for data import.
  • Cut costs for automation that can be done for data that no longer has to be manually imported.
  • We've saved countless dollars by eliminating duplicates in our system with this tool.
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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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