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Talend Data Fabric

Talend Data Fabric

What is Talend Data Fabric?

Talend, a leader in data integration and data governance, is changing the way the world makes decisions.

Talend is the complete, flexible, and trusted platform that seamlessly combines an extensive range of data integration and governance capabilities to actively manage the health of corporate information. This unified approach is unique and essential to delivering complete, clean, and uncompromised data in real time across the organization.

Who Uses Talend Data Fabric?

Talend serves all size of companies spanning all verticals, from Fortune 100 enterprises to startups.

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Reviews of Talend Data Fabric

Average score

Overall
4.3
Ease of Use
3.8
Customer Service
4.1
Features
4.2
Value for Money
4.3

Reviews by company size (employees)

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  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001

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Ava
Ava
Senior Staff Engineer in India
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Comprehensive Data Integration

5.0 2 months ago

Pros:

It provides a comprehensive platform for data integration, transformation, and governance. It makes connecting to multiple data sources easy.

Cons:

The interface can sometimes feel a bit sluggish, and using some of the advanced features may require more technical expertise.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Banking, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

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Enterprise Level Data Integration Software

4.0 5 years ago

Comments: Our big data projects are based on Talend platform for our pipeline processing. To handle the exception properly, we designed a complex multi-master handling process to make sure the runtime exception can be resumed automatically. Other than that, Talend fulfilled our needs properly and their support were cooperative and working hard.

Pros:

1. Open source; 2. Full of transformations to support different scenarios; 3. Convenient designer/java code switching capability for troubleshooting; 4. Integrated with java, maven, nexus; 5. Integration support with Big Data and MDM.

Cons:

1. When project is big, the designer is becoming slower and slower; 2. The exception handling not convenient. You can either let go the exception or stop the process, or using external controller to resume the applications. But you cannot customize the try catch block of the exception itself; 3. Nexus integration is buggy on talend 7.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Use talend in the company to implement integrations between systems.Using both Web services and file

2.0 7 years ago

Pros:

Ease of learning. Development can be done by writing a few lines of code or in any case with very basic java knowledge. Graphically it is possible to write writes or readings in the database, writings or readings on file. Talend already provides default connectors with other systems. Such as Google Cloud, Excel, MySql, Oracle and many others.

Cons:

The version for mac is horrible. Sometimes you have to use "Ctrl" sometimes "Cmd" is really badly done. In my experiences the speed of learning clashes with the consumption of resources and the slowness of the interfaces. An interface made in pure Java requires more time to implement but is definitely more performing.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Telecommunications, 5,001–10,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Cloud based service for best data governance and cataloging

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: best data governance and cataloging in the market , with the ease of fast development.

Pros:

Out of various data catalogue tools I have used , I find Talend data fabric is the best one as it has got great features and very easy to use !

Cons:

The product differentiation within Talend could be more clear since there are various Talend services and customer might find it difficult to find what to choose.

Marie Jeanne
Marie Jeanne
CEO in Cameroon
Verified LinkedIn User
Internet, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Talent data fabric best data integration software.

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: Talend data fabric allowed me to launch Data Driven initiatives, to share and Monêtier the data...

Pros:

What I liked most about this software is its security and integrity, its data quality...

Cons:

What I liked least is the fact that operational efficiency is not yet perfect...

Chris
CTO in US
Computer Networking, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

When you need to beam your data from one database or format to any other format or database

4.0 8 years ago

Comments: Talend Data Integration is an open source application, available in free and paid premium versions, which saves an enormous amount of time and provides you with the ability to setup and automate most of the work needed to sync data from one application or database to another application or database. It's easy to drag an drop lines between pre built components for almost every data base or format or data source known to mankind, click automap to map the corresponding fields. The paid version is great because of the level of support provided by the company, plus they also offer hosting and team collaboration features to let a group of people share with their fellow team members any recipes for extracting and loading data.

Pros:

Talend Data Integration has a great set of features. Plus, the company behind the software has earned one of the best reputations and most respect in the realm of data integration and big data. The software user interface is very good to great and takes a short time to explore and get used to it. There is an online community for discussing with other users, or plenty of consultants and developers available if you want to outsource that work. Based on java, it's industrial strength and and army of java pros is available if and when you want.

Cons:

Talend is a Windows desktop app running on top of the Eclipse development environment, so you need a several hundred MB of ram and disk space to run the application comfortably.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Excellent Data Integration tool with support for many Heterogeneous Systems :Oracle, AWS , Big Data

5.0 7 years ago

Pros:

1) Extensive Components to support Integration with multiple systems: Oracle ,AWS, Big Data 2) Does have Data Quality , Data Preparation , MDM , ESB Integration suite

Cons:

1) Talend is completely Java based and have seen stability issues 2) Need to have the option to convert Data profiling analysis to Talend Job.

Pradeep
ETL dev in India
Information Technology & Services, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Best for data wrangling in ETL for any process

4.0 6 years ago

Comments: I have solved many business problems and provided a necessary solution using Talend which helped in integrating multiple programs in to one place, getting to know more on the Big data is must which has more and more useful things

Pros:

This tool has custom components which helps in solve all the business problems like TikaPDF extractor and many more also the integration between other components is very easy

Cons:

Most of the powerfull components are paid cant find in custom components and also sometimes it very hard to run complex ETL jobs gets slow in V7

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

review of talend data fabric

3.0 4 years ago

Comments: I have used talend data fabric is working with database development and loading batch jobs. My department is using this software less and less now.

Pros:

Talend data fabric can run and integrated many batch jobs at the same time. it is effective when a lot of loads need to be completed.

Cons:

Talend data fabric is oftentimes very slow. It is also very particular. Everything step has to be exact or else the whole program will spew out errors.

Reinaldo
Reinaldo
Principal DBA in France
Verified LinkedIn User
, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

I'm using Talend Open Studio from 2 years now and its perfect to integrate files with your BDD.

5.0 6 years ago

Comments: I've done many applications with this ETL in order to read from a file and write the data in a BDD (one or many BDD to write in the same job).
Very good software

Pros:

Easy to use No need to "hard" code in order to have your job done Easy to integrate with many technologies of BDD (MySQL, noSql and many more) Easy to integrate with many kind of files (csv, xls, xlsx) There's a lot of forum with people that's willing to help if you know how to ask

Cons:

There's a lot of components, in order to manage everything in this software you will have to do to many formations.

Felix
ETL consultant, developer, Business Developer in Venezuela
Information Technology & Services, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Talend Open Studio DI

5.0 8 years ago

Comments: I've been working with Talend Open Studio Data Integration for more than 5 years, in easy and complex projects that include data extractions, transformations, and load.

Pros:

You can download a community version and test it for as long as you want, then decide to switch to a paid enterprise version, or keep using the community without cost. There is an respectable list of components available, also an additional list of components provided by users and developers called "Talend Exchange" can be added to your projects. Easy to learn, there are videos, manuals, and forum. Very responsive user community.

Cons:

Need more marketing as a company.

Allan
data analyst in Australia
Mining & Metals, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Review of Talend DI and ESB .. and TAC

4.0 8 years ago

Comments: Have used Talend pretty heavily for past 5 years ..
Medium size gas and oil company .. ~2500 employees ..
Overall pretty good product ..
Like the Admin console to overview process results and run adhoc re-runs.
Java based .... Eclipse under the covers ..
can migrate work from Free studio to Integration suite ..
SVN usage ..

Pros:

flexible. Can grow number of processes ... 200+ .. Can start with free version .. Has admin console. Can be hosted by either Linux servers ... or windows servers ..

Cons:

need to know some Java ... this isn't really a con I guess ... support fairly good ... might expect even more from support ..

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Its an efficiently and effectively manage my data sets.

4.0 7 years ago

Comments: Efficiently and effectively way to manage Variant data

Pros:

This App has created a reputation for your company since it has enabled users to integrate and manage large volumes of data therefore reducing their workload

Cons:

The need to refresh on Java, though on the other hand it has made me remember a few concepts that would soon fade away from my mind.

David
Infrastructure Architect in US
Hospital & Health Care, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Talend is flexible and can do many task for Data Engineers

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: Talend was the go to for our team since it allowed easy access to other Data Bases systems as Oracle and no-sql db's as well.

Pros:

I like that it is based on open source technology. The Integrated development environment (IDE) is Eclipse based so if you are familiar with Java IDE you will feel right at home.

Cons:

If you are primarily a Windows workshop there will be a learning curve to moving around Talend's IDE. Some task might not be as intuitive if you are only familiar with MSSQL based products.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Useful, fast and vary, that's what you need!

5.0 7 years ago

Pros:

We integrated it with Salesforce and many other services through its connectors. It's very fast and easy to use even if you have to get used to it, and it might not be easy at first.

Cons:

It can become incredibly complicated to handle complex fluxes, and if you are facing issue or getting unexpected results it can be quite hard to debug and find the problem.

anthony
anthony
Business Analyst for Data Analytics in Philippines
Verified LinkedIn User
Consumer Electronics, 5,001–10,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Best cross database ETL tool

5.0 6 years ago

Comments: Talend help us to perform ETL task between different databases. This help us to see more opportunities from our data.

Pros:

I like the most on this software is the capability to perform ETL job on different database type like MSSQL to MySQL, RDBMS to NoSQL and even on Big Data platforms such as hadoop.

Cons:

I dont like on this software is the IDE. It not beginner friendly.

Keval
Keval
software odoo developer in India
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Data integration software with a lot more feature

4.0 5 years ago

Comments: At the end of the day successfully migrate data in from one database to another which is hosted on server. Linking of relational tables are easy than expected.

Pros:

This software provide you ease of access for usage. Here you can easily communicate with 2 database with weather it is on local or server. You can communicate both with different features as well. Apart from that you can also easily transfer with just UI.

Cons:

One of the main issue is if you have security key rather than password than there is a lot more external process needed to connect. Also you can only connect 2 database at a time for data transfer.

Siddharth
Siddharth
Software Analyst in India
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Talend

5.0 6 years ago

Pros:

Talend can be used for big data projects so that is really helpful it can handle large amount of data set

Cons:

Talend is not that user friendly so it's GUI should be improved and improvised.

Ankit
Ankit
Consultant in India
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

User-friendly ETL Tool for transforming Raw Data

4.0 4 years ago

Pros:

1. Our organization is using it to transform and integrate file data into redshift. It is supporting multiple data connectors as components 2. We use to load the transformed data into reporting tables within less time

Cons:

1. It is only an ETL tool and reporting is not supported as of today 2. It has to be deployed over the server

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Telend is powerful software with cheaper cost

4.0 6 years ago

Comments: overall I can suggest it to use it is most powerful and cheaper solution.

Pros:

Easy interface. custom components are allowed to extend the functionality as per project needs. Designing and developing jobs and schedules are easy and pretty straightforward.

Cons:

Source control with git and integrating with Git is not that easier. found some runtime issues which support took long time to resolve it.

Adam
US
Used the Software for: Not provided
Reviewer Source

Talend - Far above its Peers

5.0 8 years ago

Comments: Talend is phenomenal at bridging the data gap between two disparate (or like) data sources. One way we've used Talend in the past was to bring data from Marketo into NetSuite, and one way we're using it now is to bring data from SFDC, Netsuite (for Finance) and Marketo into Tableau for optimized reporting. Within Marketo, I've personally used Talend to update campaign flow steps in bulk, that otherwise would have been manual. Huge time saver.

Pros:

unified platform, predictable pricing, and plethora of connectors

Cons:

That I didn't think of the idea.

Kevin
Web Developer in US
Apparel & Fashion, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Useful for first foray into big data

3.0 6 years ago

Pros:

Just dipping my toe in to the water of possibilities with big data. Easy to connect with my data source and warehouse. Support has been great.

Cons:

Can be very cumbersome at first to learn. Queries get complex fast.

frank
US
Used the Software for: Not provided
Reviewer Source

talend for big data

4.0 8 years ago

Comments: easy to use , great performance, used it for our internal datawarehouse. easy to build and connect to our data sources such as salesforce, netsuite, marketo.

xiao
bi developer in US
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

overall good

4.0 7 years ago

Pros:

It has free version and can do majority of the work. Overall easy to work with. Has forum and community support. Has many components.

Cons:

It is not always so intuitive, need to learn java, but at the same time, it is flexible. Nothing bad to say.