We performed a comparison between AWS Glue vs Talend Open Studio based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: AWS Glue has a slight edge in this comparison since it is more lightweight than Talend Open Studio.
"It is AWS-integrated. There is end-to-end integration with the other AWS services. It is also user-friendly."
"Transformations are valuable because you can modify or override complex data logic from an open source or Spark to solve issues."
"The solution is highly user-friendly, and its features are easy to use. The new addition of AWS Glue Data Catalog is also very beneficial, making the tool even more helpful for its users."
"I also like that you can add custom libraries like JAR files and use them. So, the ability to use a fast processing engine and embed basic jobs easily are significant advantages."
"The solution helps organizations gain flexibility in defining the structure of the data."
"The most valuable features currently are glue studio, jobs, and triggers."
"Our entire use case was very easily handled or solved using this solution."
"The most valuable feature of AWS Glue is that it provides a GUI format with a drag-and-drop feature."
"Talend lets you do everything — mapping, workflow, and orchestration — in a single place."
"Talend is safe to use because it is very restrictive. It is easy to use when one learns how to manipulate data with SQL."
"The initial setup was quite straightforward. The deployment took between two and three days."
"The main differentiator that I have seen between Talend and other data integration tools is the ability to view the data pipeline in the form of a program."
"The best thing I have found with Talend Open Studio is their major support for the lookups."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"This solution has improved our overall time to value for data ingestion."
"The data integration aspect of the solution is excellent."
"In terms of improvement, the performance of AWS Glue could be faster."
"We face performance issues when using AWS Glue for data transformation and integration."
"In terms of performance, if they can further optimize the execution time for serverless jobs, it would be a welcome improvement."
"AWS Glue is more costly compared to other tools like Airflow."
"Cost-wise, AWS Glue is expensive, so that's an area for improvement. The process for setting up the solution was also complex, which is another area for improvement."
"It would be better if it were more user-friendly. The interesting thing we found is that it was a little strange at the beginning. The way Glue works is not very straightforward. After trying different things, for example, we used just the console to create jobs. Then we realized that things were not working as expected. After researching and learning more, we realized that even though the console creates the script for the ETL processes, you need to modify or write your own script in Spark to do everything you want it to do. For example, we are pulling data from our source database and our application database, which is in Aurora. From there, we are doing the ETL to transform the data and write the results into Redshift. But what was surprising is that it's almost like whatever you want to do, you can do it with Glue because you have the option to put together your own script. Even though there are many functionalities and many connections, you have the opportunity to write your own queries to do whatever transformations you need to do. It's a little deceiving that some options are supposed to work in a certain way when you set them up in the console, but then they are not exactly working the right way or not as expected. It would be better if they provided more examples and more documentation on options."
"One area that could be improved is the ETL view. The drag-and-drop interface is not as user-friendly as some other ETL tools."
"The product is expensive for data streaming. This area needs improvement."
"The only other thing is that you have to integrate into an API gateway. We're in Azure, so we use Microsoft Azure Gateway. It doesn't come with its own gateway, which is another sort of big plus side that we saw in Boomi. Talend isn't quite there yet with the API gateway."
"The high price of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"When faced with a challenge, such as the necessity to link up with an unconventional data source like the legacy Cyprus Vision database that wasn't inherently supported by Talend, I had to resort to writing Python code to establish the connection."
"In terms of what can be improved, the scheduling is not there in the sister version, while it is there in the cloud one, which is a paid version. If all kinds of scheduling could be available on the Open Studio that we generally use and practice on, that would be great. The scheduling of the data migration is currently not available in the sister version of Talend Open Studio that we are working on. It is available in the advanced version of the Talend. This is the one thing that can be improvised."
"The profiling perspective needs improvement. Instead of using it in the studio, we are using a different tool which is also provided by Talend. It's redundant."
"The stability of the solution could improve when running jobs. There can be errors when running projects but in the end, it works well and the errors do not impact the result."
"The solution needs more integrations."
"The user interface could be made simpler."
AWS Glue is ranked 1st in Cloud Data Integration with 37 reviews while Talend Open Studio is ranked 5th in Data Integration with 48 reviews. AWS Glue is rated 7.8, while Talend Open Studio is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of AWS Glue writes "Provides serverless mechanism, easy data transformation and automated infrastructure management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Talend Open Studio writes "Intuitive interface and documentation make it simple to build jobs and APIs and logging helps pinpoint and resolve issues quickly". AWS Glue is most compared with AWS Database Migration Service, Informatica PowerCenter, Informatica Cloud Data Integration, SSIS and Oracle Integration Cloud Service, whereas Talend Open Studio is most compared with SSIS, IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Talend Data Fabric, Talend Data Management Platform and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI). See our AWS Glue vs. Talend Open Studio report.
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