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Datafold vs Qlik Talend Cloud comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Datafold
Ranking in Data Quality
27th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Qlik Talend Cloud
Ranking in Data Quality
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
56
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (7th), Data Scrubbing Software (1st), Master Data Management (MDM) Software (3rd), Cloud Data Integration (6th), Data Governance (9th), Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) (3rd), Streaming Analytics (6th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Data Quality category, the mindshare of Datafold is 0.0%. The mindshare of Qlik Talend Cloud is 6.8%, down from 8.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Quality Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Qlik Talend Cloud6.8%
Datafold0.0%
Other93.2%
Data Quality
 

Featured Reviews

Shrinkhala Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at Agriculture Skill Council of India
Data monitoring has transformed our secure data workflows and now drives accurate decisions
Regarding the best features Datafold offers, tracking and monitoring of our data pipeline has become easier than ever, especially in the field of agriculture where collecting vast amounts of data is critical. India, being an agrarian country, has a majority of its population dependent on agriculture, making the tracking of complex data essential. The user interface is very useful and easy to navigate, allowing newcomers to train for just a week before being able to work independently with Datafold. It simplifies the entire process of collecting data from source to sync and addresses concerns related to secret and confidential data by supporting integration effectively. Datafold has consistently proven itself with its real-time alerts and visualizations when analyzing data for insights, enabling users to check on real-time anomalies and resolve them quickly. From our perspective, the platform has improved our testing environment significantly, ensuring the quality and consistency of captured data while saving us time and effort from manual intervention. I find Datafold to be superior, given its strong positive feedback from numerous users on platforms such as Google. My team has validated that the data testing capabilities are impressive, helping users validate data quality and identify any issues or lag, thus enabling us to address root causes before they become significant problems. Datafold has proven to be a game changer for organizations, and its pricing is quite reasonable, making it easy on our budget and encouraging annual subscription renewals. Datafold has positively impacted my organization as the user interface is extremely easy to navigate, allowing my team to efficiently engage with the environment and receive real-time updates regarding data capturing, quality, migration, and flow. It alerts us to any bugs, enabling us to reduce or eliminate errors almost entirely. Datafold provides an environment for creating tests, allowing users to independently ensure data matches benchmark quality and consistency, which saves valuable manpower and time. Thanks to Datafold, our team is now focused on more critical tasks rather than debugging and monitoring data flow. Overall, the feedback regarding data handling is consistently very positive. In terms of measurable impact, when we used traditional methods, our team consumed approximately four to five man hours daily for data transfers, but with Datafold, we have reduced that to only one hour per day, which is a substantial time-saving and a game changer for our organization.
HJ
IT Consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Has automated recurring data flows and improved accuracy in reporting
The best features of Talend Data Integration are its rich set of components that let you connect to almost any data design intuitive and its strong automation and scheduling capabilities. The TMap component is especially valuable because it allows flexible transformation, joins, and filtering in a single place. I also rely a lot on context variables to manage different environments like Dev, Test, and production, without changing the code. The error handling and logging tools are very helpful for monitoring and troubleshooting, which makes the workflow more reliable. Talend Data Integration has helped our company by automating and standardizing data processes. Before, many of these tasks were done manually, which took more time and often led to errors. With Talend Data Integration, we built automated pipelines that extract, clean, and load data consistently. This not only saves hours of manual effort, but also improves the accuracy and reliability of data. As a result, business teams had faster access to trustworthy information for reporting and decision making, which directly improved efficiency and productivity. Talend Data Integration has had a measurable impact on our organization. By automating daily data loading processes, we reduced manual effort by around three or four hours per day, which saved roughly 60 to 80 hours per month. We also improved data accuracy. Error rates dropped by more than 70% because validation rules were built into the jobs. In addition, reporting teams now receive fresh data at least 50% faster, which means they can make decisions earlier and with more confidence. Overall, Talend Data Integration has increased both efficiency and reliability in our data workflows.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Datafold has proven to be a game changer for organizations, and its pricing is quite reasonable, making it easy on our budget and encouraging annual subscription renewals."
"Datafold helped significantly because it has great resources for customizing queries and defining primary keys for comparison."
"Datafold has positively impacted my organization by helping us catch data regressions before they reach production."
"Some of the algorithms that are inbuilt in Talend Data Quality, such as Levenshtein, are the most valuable functions for us."
"Talend's most valuable feature is its ability to generate code and packages efficiently."
"The best feature of Talend Data Integration is its multiple data DB components; we have almost all the components and also cloud versions, with TMC allowing us to perform data preparation and data stewardship."
"Talend is a good product and I recommend it."
"I'm very passionate about this solution because if you look at any other tool that costs around $200 - $300,000, like Delphix which costs you a million dollars, Talend is very cheap and is almost is at par with what others can do. There is one thing which Delphix does which Talend cannot do, but overall, I would say apart from that, if you're looking for a solution, you should give it a try."
"They're very competitive in terms of performance, which is a good selling point. It has very rich features. It provides a very rich feature set in the application."
"The most valuable feature lies in the capability to assign data quality issues to different stakeholders, facilitating the tracking and resolution of defective work."
"The file fetch process is impeccable."
 

Cons

"Currently, I do not have specific feature requests or concerns since I have not heard of any major issues."
"The first pain point for me is that the reporting capabilities are weak."
"I know that bugs can be related to misconfigurations, but we had issues with comparisons where executing the queries simply did nothing, and we didn't have much information about why it failed."
"There are more functions in a non-streamlined manner, which could be refined to arrive at a better off-the-shelf functions."
"In the Philippines, there's only a handful of Talend support. The support is very helpful, but it's very limited."
"The setup cost is very expensive."
"Heap space issues plague us consistently. We maxed it out and it runs fine, then it doesn’t, then it does."
"I think the memory issues we faced when using the 3GB RAM compared to the 4GB RAM computers caused lot of issues."
"In terms of the solution's technical support, the interactions were satisfactory, but there is room for improvement, especially in managing expectations."
"The documentation from version to version could be more accurate. I have found information that is inaccurate or doesn't apply to the version I am trying to install or work in."
"Processing large volumes of data sometimes consumes a lot of resources."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I have been using the open-source version."
"The price of the Talend Data Management Platform is reasonable. The other competing solutions are priced high. Gartner Magic Quadrant identified other solutions, such as Informatica, that are far more expensive."
"It is cheaper than Informatica. Talend Data Quality costs somewhere between $10,000 to $12,000 per year for a seat license. It would cost around $20,000 per year for a concurrent license. It is the same for the whole big data solution, which comes with Talend DI, Talend DQ, and TDM."
"The solution's pricing is very reasonable and half the cost of Informatica."
"The tool is cheap."
"License renewal is on a yearly basis."
"It's a subscription-based platform, we renew it every year."
"I would advise to first take a look and at the Open Studio edition. Figure out what you need and purchase the appropriate license."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
42%
Transportation Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Retailer
6%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Construction Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business21
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise20
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Datafold?
The first pain point for me is that the reporting capabilities are weak. The ease of setup is also challenging, particularly for those who are not tech-savvy or do not know how to navigate it. Most...
What is your primary use case for Datafold?
My main use case for Datafold is to automatically compare data differences through data diffing, where I can compare datasets row-by-row, column-by-column, to surface unexpected changes. I also use...
What advice do you have for others considering Datafold?
I give Datafold a seven out of ten because it is excellent at its core specialization, which is data diffing and CI/CD integration, and its migration automation capabilities are strong and very AI-...
What needs improvement with Talend Data Quality?
I don't use the automated rule management feature in Talend Data Quality that much, so I cannot provide much feedback. I may not know what Talend Data Quality can improve for data quality. I'm not ...
What is your primary use case for Talend Data Quality?
It is for consistency, mainly; data consistency and data quality are our main use cases for the product. Data consistency is the primary purpose we use it for, as we have written rules in Talend Da...
What advice do you have for others considering Talend Data Quality?
Currently, I'm working with batch jobs and don't perform real-time data quality monitoring because of the large data volume. For real-time, we use a different product. I cannot provide details abou...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Talend Data Quality, Talend Data Management Platform, Talend MDM Platform, Talend Data Streams, Talend Data Integration, Talend Data Integrity and Data Governance
 

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Sample Customers

Information Not Available
Aliaxis, Electrocomponents, M¾NCHENER VEREIN, The Sunset Group
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