We performed a comparison between IBM InfoSphere DataStage and Talend Data Fabric based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Once you have Infosphere up and running properly, it is stable."
"Compared to other ETL tools, DataStage has excellent debugging and development capabilities. And the availability of connectors, even though we sometimes have to opt for specific ones. Also, the availability of patches is good."
"The solution has improved the time it takes to perform tasks related to batch applications."
"The data lineage report can be filtered for reporting. The reports are user-friendly and take less time to find what you need."
"We like the flexibility of modeling."
"In IBM DataStage, the Transformer is the most valuable feature for me. It enables me to apply complex transformations, generate the gateway key, and map source tables into the session table."
"The Hierarchical Data Stage is good."
"ETL is the most valuable feature."
"It is a smart tool for us to design data pipelines. It lets us populate our three data lake instances. We like this solution for its connection capabilities, since it is very important to be able to use many different types of software. We tested a lot of SAP sources successfully, including cloud sources with SAP. It is also very easy to anonymize data with TIBCO, as well as populating HDFS files, packet files, and raw files. It is very easy to do that with Talend Data Fabric."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"We've had no issues with the stability so far."
"The Talend data integration has been one of the most valuable features."
"It takes a lot of time to actually trigger your job and then go into the logs and other stuff. So all of this is really time-consuming."
"The graphical user interface (GUI) feels a lot like the interfaces from the 1980s."
"The pricing should be lower."
"The troubleshooting guide is very bad."
"I want the tool to continue with the on-prem version, not the cloud one."
"It would be great if they can include some basic version of data quality checking features."
"We would be happy to see in next versions the ability to return several parameters from jobs. Now, jobs can return just one parameter. If they could return several parameters, that would be great."
"In terms of intermediate storage, we have some challenges, especially with customers who store data in intermediate locations."
"We are currently using version 7.3.1, but preferred the version before. The problem that we currently have is that Talend are releasing patches for Talend Studio every quarter. Our technical team has to be on top of these patches and constantly ensure everything is updated."
"We encounter issues getting email notifications. They should provide enough information about the configuration process for email components."
"I would like to see better integration with other tools."
"Deployment can be difficult, but I didn't test the latest version yet. With Talend products, every release brings a lot of new features and functionalities. This is never a small adaptation, because the tool is maturing, but we need to test the latest version and to check its deployment capabilities."
IBM InfoSphere DataStage is ranked 7th in Data Integration with 37 reviews while Talend Data Fabric is ranked 26th in Data Integration with 4 reviews. IBM InfoSphere DataStage is rated 7.8, while Talend Data Fabric is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of IBM InfoSphere DataStage writes "User-friendly with a lot of functions for transmission rules, but has slow performance and not suitable for a huge volume of data". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Talend Data Fabric writes "Smart tool to design data pipelines that has good connection capabilities ". IBM InfoSphere DataStage is most compared with IBM Cloud Pak for Data, SSIS, Azure Data Factory, Talend Open Studio and Informatica PowerCenter, whereas Talend Data Fabric is most compared with Talend Open Studio, Talend Data Management Platform, Azure Data Factory, Palantir Foundry and Alteryx Designer. See our IBM InfoSphere DataStage vs. Talend Data Fabric report.
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