Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics vs Talend Data Fabric comparison

Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics vs. Talend Data Fabric

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Categories and Ranking

Pentaho Data Integration an...

Ranking in Data Integration

9th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Talend Data Fabric

Ranking in Data Integration

33rd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics is 1.7%, down from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Talend Data Fabric is 0.8%, down from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Integration Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics	1.7%
Talend Data Fabric	0.8%
Other	97.5%

Data Integration

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Michelle Lawson

Principal Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Streamlines complex data workflows and has supported automated customer payment notifications

I haven't used Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics in a couple of years, so I don't know how it can be improved. I was pretty pleased with it and was self-taught on it, working a lot with their team at various times, but they were surprised that I was able to learn it all by myself. The documentation is not bad, and documentation is the main thing that any product can do to make themselves better because the easier it is to find examples of what you're trying to do improves the learning curve. I think it took me the longest to learn how to do the asynchronous processing and have things wait for other things to finish processing before continuing on in the workflow. I choose 8 out of 10 because the one reason that it's been rejected at T-Mobile is that everything has to go through a provisioning process and has to get approved, meaning the actual code base has to be investigated by T-Mobile before they'll allow us to use tools of that nature. For whatever reason, we just haven't been able to get that approval; I don't know if it's on Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics' side or if it's on our side. The more you can make it easier for companies to feel comfortable that your product is secure, robustly tested and bug-free, and free of any other kind of negative hacks, the more quickly it will get accepted.

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Salini RAVINDRANATH

Solution Architect at Spire Solutions

Data governance has improved and complex integrations are handled with flexible customization

Regarding Talend Data Fabric, the ease of use and the customization options that are available are particularly valuable. There are a lot of built-in components and features that we can modify in any way we want to transform the data and make it analytics ready. Talend Data Catalog is another product that, when combined with Talend Data Fabric, can be used for the data governance piece. The stewardship, ownership, and curation happen mainly from the Data Catalog side. Within Talend Data Fabric, the role-based access control is used for user segregations such as security infrastructure-related or integration-related activities. It bifurcates the roles and responsibilities. From the data standpoint, the RBAC functions with the help of Data Catalog.

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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

"Its drag-and-drop interface lets me and my team implement all the solutions that we need in our company very quickly. It's a very good tool for that."

"Running itself with the ETL was very fast; it makes it so that it is very easy to transform the information we have, and we found that very useful."

"It allows for rapid prototyping of a wide array of ETL workloads."

"The most valuable thing for me is that it enables a technical product manager to be able to write ETL jobs themselves, which saves developers time so that they can do more important things."

"As a result of one of the projects that we did in the Middle East, we achieved the main goal of fully digitalizing their population census."

"From my perspective I don't see the difference, we can do almost everything with Pentaho Kettle and if we need a little extra we are tech guys, we solve it."

"We have been able to expose data services through the use of CDA relying on the same database as the reporting tools, thus avoiding inconsistencies among the data shown by reports and data acquired by external systems."

"We're using the PDI and the repository function, and they give us the ability to easily generate reporting and output, and to access data. We also like the ability to schedule."

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"Everything in Talend Data Fabric is GUI-based, making it very user-friendly and easy to learn quickly."

"Talend has very good support for big data."

"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."

"Talend can be used for multi-cloud purposes, allowing users to orchestrate data across various cloud platforms without purchasing AWS Glue, Azure Data Factory, or similar cloud-specific tools."

"From my experience around Business Intelligence for data and analytics for around twenty-something years, I can say that what I appreciate about Talend Data Fabric is that we can connect sources to everything and be able to customize everything."

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Cons

"The initial version we were on was v3.2 and we had multiple issues, but currently don't find any issues as a blocker."

"For managing very large volumes of data, Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics is not the best tool, but it is in a good position to handle millions of records."

"I experience difficulties when handling millions of rows, as the data movement from one source to another becomes challenging."

"Some of the scheduling features about Lumada drive me buggy."

"Support for common Hadoop utilities can be expanded, such as bulk load with composite row keys for HBase, and include drivers for Impala out-of-the-box."

"I work with the Community Edition, therefore I do not have support. There was an issue that I could not resolve with community support."

"In terms of our decision to purchase Hitachi's product services or solutions, our satisfaction level is average or on balance."

"Larger data jobs take more time to execute."

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"I would like to see better integration with other tools."

"The support is not very good. The team is not well-trained, and resolving a ticket can require several discussions."

"Support is something that drives me crazy these days."

"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."

"Talend's architecture is complex to configure, especially due to the various components involved. It requires a more intricate setup."

"We encounter issues getting email notifications. They should provide enough information about the configuration process for email components."

"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."

"Deployment can be difficult, but I didn't test the latest version yet."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a good open source option (Community Edition)."

"I use it because it is free. I download from their page for free. I don't have to pay for a license. With other tools, I have to pay for the licenses. That is why I use Pentaho."

"You need to go through the paid version to have Hitachi Lumada specialized support. However, if you are using the free version, then you will have only the community support. You will depend on the releases from Hitachi to solve some problem or questions that you have, such as bug fixes. You will need to wait for the newest versions or releases to solve these types of problems."

"There was a cost analysis done and Pentaho did favorably in terms of cost."

"If a company is looking for an ETL solution and wants to integrate it with their tech stack but doesn't want to spend a bunch of money, Pentaho is a good solution"

"I think Lumada's price is fair compared to some of the others, like BusinessObjects, which is was the other thing that I used at my previous job. BusinessObject's price was more reasonable before SAP acquired it. They jacked the price up significantly. Oracle's OBIEE tool was also prohibitively expensive."

"The pricing has been pretty good. I'm used to using everything open-source or freeware-based. I understand that organizations need to make sure that the solutions are secure, and that's basically where I hit a roadblock in my current organization. They needed to ensure that we had a license and we had a secure way of accessing it so that no outside parties could get access to our data, but in terms of pricing, considering how much other teams are spending on cloud solutions or even their existing solutions, its price point is pretty good. At this time, there are no additional costs. We just have the licensing fees."

"I mostly used the open-source version. I didn't work with a license."

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"There are multiple subscriptions available with Talend, each with its own scope. Subscriptions depend on the number of users you have and how many remote engines you want to install."

"There are no additional licensing fees when you scale"

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

16%

Educational Organization

Construction Company

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

11%

Computer Software Company

Insurance Company

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	18
Midsize Enterprise	17
Large Enterprise	32

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	3

Questions from the Community

Which ETL tool would you recommend to populate data from OLTP to OLAP?

Hi Rajneesh, yes here is the feature comparison between the community and enterprise edition : https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/pdf/brochure/leverage-open-source-benefits-with-assurance-of-hita...

What do you think can be improved with Hitachi Lumada Data Integrations?

In my opinion, the reporting side of this tool needs serious improvements. In my previous company, we worked with Hitachi Lumada Data Integration and while it does a good job for what it’s worth, ...

What do you use Hitachi Lumada Data Integrations for most frequently?

My company has used this product to transform data from databases, CSV files, and flat files. It really does a good job. We were most satisfied with the results in terms of how many people could us...

What needs improvement with Talend Data Fabric?

Regarding the downsides of Talend Data Fabric, I think they can improve overall pricing. It is a challenging question to answer because, while I see advantages, the disadvantages revolve mostly aro...

What is your primary use case for Talend Data Fabric?

I am currently phasing out of Talend Data Fabric, as the client where I have worked for many years migrated out of Talend this year into a different tool. I have helped the team to migrate out of T...

What advice do you have for others considering Talend Data Fabric?

At the moment of phasing out Talend Data Fabric, maintenance from my end is not applicable. A new user would need to monitor the drivers associated with the tools being used closely. For example, i...

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Also Known As

Hitachi Lumada Data Integration, Kettle, Pentaho Data Integration

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Overview

Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics offers an intuitive platform for data workflows, enabling users to easily manage ETL processes across diverse data formats, ensuring seamless automation and development.

With its drag-and-drop interface, Pentaho allows for efficient ETL workflows without extensive coding. It supports a multitude of data formats and sources such as SQL, NoSQL, Hadoop, CSV, and JSON. Advanced features like metadata injection and API integration enable seamless automation. However, improvements in big data performance, better cloud service integration, and enhanced real-time processing capabilities can enhance user experience. Additional connectors and improved documentation are sought after by many. Providing support for more programming languages and optimizing memory usage also presents opportunities for enhancement.

What are the key features of Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics?

Drag-and-Drop Interface: Simplifies building workflows without coding.
Broad Data Support: Accommodates SQL, NoSQL, Hadoop, CSV, and JSON.
Advanced Automation: Leverages metadata injection and API integration.
Cost-Effectiveness: Offers value with comprehensive big data support.

What benefits should be evaluated in Pentaho reviews?

Versatility: Supports both on-premises and cloud solutions.
Data Integration: Facilitates seamless connection of disparate data sources.
Transparency: Enhances data management and reporting.
Scalability: Adapts to the growing data needs of organizations.

Pentaho is employed across finance, healthcare, and retail industries for ETL processes. It's instrumental in integrating data from ERP, SAP systems, Excel, and APIs to develop comprehensive reports and data models. Companies rely on its capabilities for both on-premises and cloud deployments, improving data transparency and management.

Hitachi Vantara

Talend Data Fabric provides a comprehensive solution for managing data pipelines, offering features like data connection, business queries, and schema management. Its user-friendly GUI and multi-cloud orchestration capabilities make it a critical tool for modern data processing needs.

Talend Data Fabric enhances data management by providing 900 connectors for tool integration, supporting multi-cloud orchestration without additional investments. With a user-friendly GUI in Talend Studio and an admin console, it ensures efficient task management. Customization is a key feature valued by developers. While priced as a challenge post-Click transition, eliminating its free license version, opportunities lie in improving its email configuration, deployment ease across platforms, and better integration with other tools. Documentation on data governance and memory management tools could be refined, and the integration of machine learning should be streamlined. Use cases involve data extraction, uploading, integration, and quality management. Organizations utilize it for designing data pipelines, popularizing APIs, anonymizing data, and managing big data processing through clusters like Spark.

What are the main features of Talend Data Fabric?

Data Connection: Facilitates robust connections across multi-cloud environments.
Schema Management: Streamlines schema creation and modifications.
Business Queries: Provides powerful tools for crafting detailed queries.
User-Friendly GUI: Simplifies navigation through Talend Studio and admin console.
900 Connectors: Offers extensive tool integration potential.
Customization: Allows developers to tailor solutions to specific needs.

What benefits should users look for?

Comprehensive Integration: Reduces the need for multiple vendors.
Cloud Support: Enables seamless orchestration across multiple clouds.
Big Data Processing: Manages large-scale data efficiently through clusters like Spark.
API Integration: Facilitates smooth connections with APIs for data interchange.

In industries like finance and healthcare, Talend Data Fabric is used to design secure data pipelines, ensuring compliance and data integrity. Retailers utilize it for streamlined supply chain data integration, while telecommunications rely on it for customer data management and analytics. Its multi-cloud capabilities and rich connector library support diverse industry needs.

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Sample Customers

66Controls, Providential Revenue Agency of Ro Negro, NOAA Information Systems, Swiss Real Estate Institute

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Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics vs. Talend Data Fabric