Equalum vs Talend Open Studio comparison

Google and Talend are both solutions in the Data Integration category. Google is ranked #66, while Talend is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.2. Google holds a 0.4% mindshare in DI, compared to Talend’s 3.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 98% of Talend users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Talend Open Studio and Equalum are competitors in the data integration and management category. Equalum seems to have the upper hand with its focus on real-time streaming and no-code interface, appealing to enterprises needing seamless operation through advanced technologies like Kafka and Spark.

Features: Talend Open Studio is designed for small businesses and developers, offering extensive ETL functions with customizable jobs and a wide range of connectors. It's appreciated for data quality management but requires technical skills. Equalum provides a no-code interface with an emphasis on real-time CDC replication and streaming, using integrated technologies such as Kafka and Spark to simplify complex data processes.

Room for Improvement: Talend Open Studio needs improvements in user experience and better integration with version control systems, along with performance enhancements to align with cloud trends. Equalum requires improved integration capabilities and documentation, along with advanced features like evolved deployment flows and multi-vendor integration to increase its flexibility.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Talend Open Studio allows deployment across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments but is criticized for relying heavily on community support, leading to delays. Equalum, though easy to deploy and user-friendly, needs improvement in installation support and interoperability with other systems while offering proactive customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Talend Open Studio's open-source nature is cost-effective for small setups, but paid versions can be expensive for large-scale use, raising concerns about cost-efficiency. Equalum, while perceived as costly, offsets initial costs through substantial time savings and efficient development cycles, making it cost-effective for enterprises needing advanced features.

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Categories and Ranking

Equalum

Ranking in Data Integration

66th

Ranking in Cloud Data Integration

30th

Average Rating

9.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Replication (19th)

Talend Open Studio

Ranking in Data Integration

5th

Ranking in Cloud Data Integration

6th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Equalum is 0.4%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Talend Open Studio is 3.2%, down from 5.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Integration Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Talend Open Studio	3.2%
Equalum	0.4%
Other	96.4%

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Joel Buck

Director of Enterprise Architecture at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

There is no better product for CDC and streaming on Kafka

The Equalum user interface is extremely easy to use. I would rank it really highly on user-friendliness. The only issue with the user interface is it doesn't supply everything that you need for somebody who has to work with Equalum. For example, when you get deep into development, there are many areas where you have to go to the command line to do things and the Equalum user interface does not have that functionality. The deployment of their flows needs improvement. It doesn't work with a typical Git branching and CI/CD deployment strategy. If you have multiple projects, all working in one Equalum environment, separating out their work is something that you have to design into your implementation, as opposed to baked into the product.

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Sushrit Moundekar

Program Manager at InfoCepts

Has supported building flexible data pipelines and streamlined ETL orchestration

There should be a dedicated support team for Talend Open Studio. We do have a support team, but at times it is critical for us to fix certain things within one or two hours. Usually, the support team takes some 12 hours, which is the standard edition of support. If we could have round-the-clock support, we would be able to resolve many issues which we encounter during the development part. The initial setup for Talend Open Studio is a little complex. We need to have a dedicated person who has an understanding of Talend Open Studio as a tool. It takes some level of expertise, so it is not an easy process, but once we have a dedicated associate who is knowledgeable in that particular field, it becomes comparatively easier.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The main impact for Oracle LogMiner is the performance. Performance is drastically reduced if you use the solution’s Oracle Binary Log Parser. So, if we have 60 million records, initially it used to take a minute. Now, it takes a second to do synchronization from the source and target tables."

"Equalum provides a single platform for core architectural use cases, including CDC replication, streaming ETL, and batch ETL. That is important to our clients because there is no other single-focus product that covers these areas in that much detail, and with this many features on the platform. The fact that they are single-minded and focused on CDC and ETL makes this such a rich solution. Other solutions cover these things a little bit in their multi-function products, but they don't go as deep."

"Equalum has resulted in system performance improvements in our organization. Now, I am ingressing data off of multiple S3 sources, doing data processing, and formatting a schema. This would usually take me a couple of days, but now it takes me hours."

"All our architectural use cases are on a single platform, not multiple platforms. You don't have to dump into different modules because it is the same module everywhere."

"I found two features in Equalum that I consider the most valuable. One is that Equalum is a no-code tool. You can do your activities on its graphical interface, which doesn't require complex knowledge of extracting, changing, or loading data. Another feature of Equalum that I like the most is that it monitors the data transfers and tells you if there's any issue so that you can quickly check and correct it. Equalum also tells you where the problem lies, for example, if it's a hardware or communication issue."

"Equalum is real-time. If you are moving from an overnight process to a real-time process, there is always a difference in what reports and analytics show compared to what our operational system shows. Some of our organizations, especially finance, don't want those differences to be shown. Therefore, going to a real-time environment makes the data in one place match the data in another place. Data accuracy is almost instantaneous with this tool."

"It's got it all, from end-to-end. It's the glue. There are a lot of other products out there, good products, but there's always a little bit of something missing from the other products. Equalum did its research well and understood the requirements of large enterprise and governments in terms of one tool to rule them all, from a data migration integration perspective."

"It's a really powerful platform in terms of the combination of technologies they've developed and integrated together, out-of-the-box. The combination of Kafka and Spark is, we believe, quite unique, combined with CDC capabilities. And then, of course, there are the performance aspects. As an overall package, it's a very powerful data integration, migration, and replication tool."

"The initial setup of the product was very easy."

"The best thing I have found with Talend Open Studio is their major support for the lookups."

"I can connect with different databases such as Oracle Database or SQL Server. It allows you to extract the data from one database to another. I can structure the data by filtering and mapping the fields. It is very user-friendly. You need to know the basics of SQL development or SQL queries, and you can use this tool."

"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 most valuable feature of Talend Open Studio is the tMap component. There is a lot of functionality in one component."

"The most valuable feature for me when it comes to this solution is that it's easy to use."

"A very user friendly solution."

"Talend Open Studio is easy to create jobs. We use the basic functionality and it is very good."

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Cons

"The deployment of their flows needs improvement. It doesn't work with a typical Git branching and CI/CD deployment strategy."

"Right now, they have a good notification system, but it is in bulk. For example, if I have five projects running and I put a notification, the notification comes back to me for all five projects. I would like the notification to come back only for one project."

"If you need to use the basic features of Equalum, for example, you don't even need data integration, then many competitors in the market can give you basic features. For instance, if you need batch ETL, you can pick among solutions in the market that have been around longer than Equalum. What needs improvement in Equalum is replication, as it could be faster. Equalum also needs better integration with specific databases such as Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server."

"Their UI could use some work. Also, they could make it just a little faster to get around their user interface. It could be a bit more intuitive with things like keyboard shortcuts."

"There is not enough proven integration with other vendors. That is what needs to be worked on. Equalum hasn't tested anything between vendors, which worries our clients. We need more proven vendor integration. It is an expensive product and it needs to support a multi-vendor approach."

"They need to expand their capabilities in some of the targets, as well as source connectors, and native connectors for a number of large data sources and databases. That's a huge challenge for every company in this area, not just Equalum."

"I should be able to see only my project versus somebody else's garbage. That is something that would be good in future. Right now, the security is by tenants, but I would like to have it by project, e.g., this project has this source and flows in these streams, and I have access to this on this site."

"The price for Talend Data Integration should be less expensive."

"The solution should integrate with a version control system in the subscription versions to make it easy to work with and manage the version control."

"The user interface could be made simpler."

"The solution should offer better integration with other products."

"I think my biggest problem with the tool is that the errors are very hard to debug."

"I rate Talend Open Studio's stability an eight out of ten. Talend has some problems sometimes."

"We need more components to be more efficient. We use a lot of components, such as Salesforce, and it's not easy to use. There's are minor bugs and it's not easy to use some of the features."

"Technical support and customer service need to be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Equalum is rather expensive compared to its competitors. So, you have to make up that cost in time savings, and we usually do that. If we are saving money, it is because we are reducing our development time."

"Equalum was reasonably priced. It is not like those million dollar tools, such as Informatica."

"They have a very simple approach to licensing. They don't get tied up with different types of connectivity to different databases. If you need more connectors or if you need more CPU, you just add on. It's component-based pricing."

"Equalum licensing costs vary, but I won't be able to give information on its fees."

"As soon as you have more than six users, Equalum is lower in cost [than Talend] and if the group gets bigger, it's quite a big delta. If more users want to use it, you don't end up with an increase in licensing costs, so that makes it very easy. And if you need more licenses or more sources, it's a very simple upgrade methodology."

"For Talend Open Studio, there is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing cost. Talend Open Studio is a bit expensive, in my opinion."

"Talend Open Studio is priced too high."

"There are many versions available and one is open-sourced which is free."

"Talend is free and you can download it."

"The paid version of this solution has a very high price, but even with the limitations, the Community version works fine."

"It does the job well for nothing — without cost. That's the advantage of this product."

"It is an open-source product."

"The solution will be more expensive if you have a low data volume and a large number of developers."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	4

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	22
Midsize Enterprise	13
Large Enterprise	18

Questions from the Community

Why should I use Equalum instead of LogMiner?

You'd want to use the Equalium Oracle Binary Log Parser because it's just better than the LogMiner. Sure, LogMiner is made by Oracle and probably the team knows some insight to make it efficient th...

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Is Equalum compatible with all databases?

I'm using Equalum's data replication software for Oracle because that's the one database it's designed for. While it may sound limiting, when you find out how many solutions it can provide for you ...

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Can I use Equalum for free?

No, it's not free but you can benefit from a free trial, though. There's an option to try their platform for a limited amount of time, so that may be useful to help you decide if you want to contin...

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How does Talend Open Studio compare with AWS Glue?

We reviewed AWS Glue before choosing Talend Open Studio. AWS Glue is the managed ETL (extract, transform, and load) from Amazon Web Services. AWS Glue enables AWS users to create and manage jobs in...

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What do you like most about Talend Open Studio?

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...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Talend Open Studio?

The setup cost is expensive, so there are considerations.

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Overview

Equalum is a fully-managed, end-to-end data integration and real-time data streaming platform, powered by industry-leading change data capture (CDC) tech and modern data transformation capabilities (streaming ETL and ELT). Equalum's enterprise-grade platform features intuitive UI allowing you to build robust, real-time data pipelines in minutes.

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Talend Open Studio is a free, open source ETL tool for data integration and Big Data. The solution enables you to extract diverse datasets and normalize and transform them into a consistent format which can be loaded into a number of third-party databases and applications.

Talend Open Studio Features

Talend Open Studio has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

Automatic identification of data types and potential errors
tMap module
Graphical conversion tools
Charts
Database SCD Tools
Business intelligence formats (Jasper, OLAP, SPSS, Splunk)
ETL and ELT support
Eclipse-based development tooling
Versioning
Large library of connectors
Data flow orchestration
File management without scripting
Data transformations

Talend Open Studio Benefits

There are several benefits to implementing Talend Open Studio. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

Reduces the time taken to develop the integration.
Provides a wide selection of source and target connectors.
Monitor and manage problematic deployments with ease.
Allows developers to have the lowest cost of ownership for any solution.
Improves collaboration between different teams who need access to data.
Automated data integration process synchronizes the data and eases real time and periodic reporting, which would be time-consuming if done manually.
Achieve better data quality because data matures and improves over time.

Reviews from Real Users

Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by PeerSpot users currently using the Talend Open Studio solution.

Elio B., Data Integration Specialist/CTO at Asset messages, says, "The solution has a good balance between automated items and the ability for a developer to integrate and extend what he needs. Other competing tools do not offer the same grade of flexibility when you need to go beyond what is provided by the tool. Talend, on the other hand, allows you to expand very easily."

A Practice Head, Analytics at a tech services company mentions, “The data integration aspect of the solution is excellent. The product's data preparation features are very good. There's very useful data stewardship within the product. From a technical standpoint, the solution itself is pretty good. There are very good pre-built connectors in Talend, which is good for many clients or businesses, as, in most cases, companies are dealing with multiple data sources from multiple technologies. That is where a tool like Talend is extremely helpful.”

Prerna T., Senior System Executive at a tech services company, comments, “The best thing I have found with Talend Open Studio is their major support for the lookups. With Salesforce, when we want to relate our child objects to their parent object, we need to create them via IDs. Then the upsert operation, which will allow you to relate a child object to the event, will have an external ID. That is the best thing which keeps it very sorted. I like that.”

An Implementation Specialist, Individual Contributor at a computer software company, states, “I can connect with different databases such as Oracle Database or SQL Server. It allows you to extract the data from one database to another. I can structure the data by filtering and mapping the fields.” He also adds, “It is very user-friendly. You need to know the basics of SQL development or SQL queries, and you can use this tool.”

PeerSpot user Badrakh V., Information System Architect at Astvision, explains, "The most valuable features are the ETL tools."

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SIEMENS, GSK, Wal-Mart, T Systems

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