We performed a comparison between Azure Data Factory and 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: Azure Data Factory has an edge over Talend in this comparison. Most Azure Data Factory reviewers feel that it is reasonably priced when compared with Talend.
"Data Factory's best features are connectivity with different tools and focusing data ingestion using pipeline copy data."
"Data Factory's best features are simplicity and flexibility."
"The solution is okay."
"This solution will allow the organisation to improve its existing data offerings over time by adding predictive analytics, data sharing via APIs and other enhancements readily."
"The scalability of the product is impressive."
"The flexibility that Azure Data Factory offers is great."
"We have found the bulk load feature very valuable."
"For developers that are very accustomed to the Microsoft development studio, it's very easy for them to complete end-to-end data integration."
"It has got so many connectors. It is intuitive and easy to use."
"The rapidity of integration with data may be one of the valuable features."
"There are many architectures: hybrid, cloud, and on-prem."
"The API integration and big data approach are very good because of how you extract data from JSP files or big data web repositories like MongoDB."
"The data integration aspect of the solution is excellent."
"It is easy to use and covers most of the functions needed. We can use the code without any extra effort. The open source is very good. They have the same commercials with additional connectors. The graphical design environment is also very easy."
"The most valuable features are definitely data integration, data preparation, and data stewardship."
"We're able to handle large amounts of data with ease."
"I would like to see this time travel feature in Snowflake added to Azure Data Factory."
"Some known bugs and issues with Azure Data Factory could be rectified."
"There is always room to improve. There should be good examples of use that, of course, customers aren't always willing to share. It is Catch-22. It would help the user base if everybody had really good examples of deployments that worked, but when you ask people to put out their good deployments, which also includes me, you usually got, "No, I'm not going to do that." They don't have enough good examples. Microsoft probably just needs to pay one of their partners to build 20 or 30 examples of functional Data Factories and then share them as a user base."
"This solution is currently only useful for basic data movement and file extractions, which we would like to see developed to handle more complex data transformations."
"The solution needs to integrate more with other providers and should have a closer integration with Oracle BI."
"When the record fails, it's tough to identify and log."
"There are limitations when processing more than one GD file."
"I would like to be informed about the changes ahead of time, so we are aware of what's coming."
"We don't get continuous replication of the data."
"The price for Talend Data Integration should be less expensive."
"The security features could be improved."
"The high price of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Talent consumes a lot of resources on my PC."
"In version 6.2 we did encounter issues with the job servers and specifically with ESB. Version 6.3 is better but large jobs can cause the MDM server to fall over, requiring a reboot."
"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."
"It is complicated to understand the configuration process for email components."
Azure Data Factory is ranked 1st in Data Integration with 81 reviews while Talend Open Studio is ranked 5th in Data Integration with 47 reviews. Azure Data Factory is rated 8.0, while Talend Open Studio is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Azure Data Factory writes "The data factory agent is quite good but pricing needs to be more transparent". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Talend Open Studio writes "An open-source ETL tool, when deployed on-premises, requiring an easy installation phase". Azure Data Factory is most compared with Informatica PowerCenter, Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Alteryx Designer, Snowflake and FME, whereas Talend Open Studio is most compared with SSIS, IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Talend Data Fabric, Talend Data Management Platform and FME. See our Azure Data Factory vs. Talend Open Studio report.
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