IBM API Connect vs Qlik Talend Cloud comparison

IBM and Qlik are both solutions in the Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) category. IBM is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.0, while Qlik is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.0. IBM holds a 2.2% mindshare in PaaS, compared to Qlik’s 4.2% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of Qlik users who would recommend it.

IBM API Connect

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91% willing to recommend

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88% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 18, 2025

Qlik Talend Cloud and IBM API Connect compete in the data integration and API management category, respectively. Qlik Talend Cloud seems to have the upper hand in data integration with its extensive toolset and flexibility, while IBM API Connect excels in API management and security features.

Features: Qlik Talend Cloud offers robust data integration tools, wide connectivity options, and a centralized repository for metadata sharing, which enhances collaborative work. Its flexibility allows for custom coding, enabling advanced data transformations with tools like TMap. IBM API Connect provides a comprehensive API management environment, with strong integration capabilities, exceptional security measures, and a unified platform for API lifecycle management, making it ideal for secure and efficient API operations.

Room for Improvement: Talend users find system stability, memory usage, and a steep learning curve need improvement. Enhancements in support, documentation, and real-time processing are desired. IBM API Connect requires better scalability, enhanced user-friendliness, and smoother support interactions. The complexity of installation and improvement in documentation and on-premise performance, especially for asynchronous API handling, are also highlighted areas.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Both Talend and IBM API Connect offer flexible deployment options, including on-premises and cloud environments. Talend users frequently rely on community support, whereas IBM API Connect is praised for comprehensive technical support, though both could benefit from more straightforward deployment processes and enhanced support responsiveness.

Pricing and ROI: Talend's competitive pricing model, particularly with its open-source community edition, offers cost-effective entry options, albeit with some confusion in mid-tier pricing. In contrast, IBM API Connect is perceived as expensive, especially for smaller enterprises, but remains a preferred choice for large-scale operations requiring comprehensive API management. Both demonstrate integration efficiency and time-saving benefits that contribute to their ROI, varying significantly with organizational size and use cases.

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IBM API Connect vs. Qlik Talend Cloud

November 2025

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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:

ROI

Sentiment score

5.9

IBM API Connect saves time and costs, enhances integration, and improves ROI, though microservices' profitability is still unclear.

Sentiment score

6.1

Qlik Talend Cloud users save time, reduce costs, and see quick ROI with improved efficiency and significant ETL process reduction.

Reducing development hours from eighty to four for an API was possible due to reusing existing scripts from DataPower.

KANCHAN CHALASANI

Software Engineer IV at Royal Cyber Inc.

I have seen a return on investment from using IBM API Connect, as we created multiple plans based on customer usage.

Sairathish Murugesan

Works at a outsourcing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

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It has helped us save a lot of time by automating repetitive data processes and reducing manual interventions.

Herivao Jus Winny

IT Consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

We achieved around 20% to 30% time savings in the ETL process, reduced operational errors, and improved pipeline stability.

Henrique Fsantos

Data & Analytics Engineer at PicPay

We actually achieved the first 18 months worth of work in the first six months.

Jason Hale

Enterprise Architect at Waikato Regional Council

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.2

IBM API Connect's support is responsive and knowledgeable but can be slow, lacking documentation with varied customer service experiences.

Sentiment score

7.0

Qlik Talend Cloud's customer service is friendly and responsive, yet improvements in complex cases and communication are needed.

Support is excellent when it comes to APIC.

KANCHAN CHALASANI

Software Engineer IV at Royal Cyber Inc.

Support is extremely good, especially with Sev 1 issues.

KANCHANCHALASANI

Software Engineer IV at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

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The support team is responsive when we raise issues, and they usually provide clear guidance or solutions.

Herivao Jus Winny

IT Consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

I would rate the technical support from Talend Data Quality as an 8 or 9.

Karthik Babu

Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The customer support for Talend Data Integration is very good; whenever I raise a ticket in the customer portal, I immediately receive an email, and follow-up communication is prompt.

Pabin Vaz

Assistant Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.3

IBM API Connect offers scalable API management, supporting large transactions and customizable deployments, making it ideal for enterprises.

Sentiment score

7.0

Qlik Talend Cloud excels in scalability and cloud performance, effectively handling large data volumes with infrastructure and resource support.

With container versions, scaling up or down the gateways deployed into pods is a two to three-minute task for the operations team.

KANCHAN CHALASANI

Software Engineer IV at Royal Cyber Inc.

It is distributed among IBM MQ, IBM Ace, IBM DataPower, and IBM API Connect.

KANCHANCHALASANI

Software Engineer IV at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

IBM API Connect's scalability is good, as you can handle it easily similar to how you manage cloud providers.

Sairathish Murugesan

Works at a outsourcing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

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By using features like job parallelization and modular design, we can expand our data flows without having to rebuild everything.

Herivao Jus Winny

IT Consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The scalability of Talend Data Integration is good; if it weren't scalable, it wouldn't be reliable.

Pabin Vaz

Assistant Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Its scalability is good, as Qlik Talend Cloud can handle large amounts of data and grow as needed, especially in cloud environments.

Henrique Fsantos

Data & Analytics Engineer at PicPay

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.3

IBM API Connect is highly stable and reliable, with minimal issues, especially improved in recent versions, despite initial concerns.

Sentiment score

7.1

Qlik Talend Cloud is stable, highly rated, with minor bugs mainly due to external factors, not inherent flaws.

The runtime engine for the APIC Gateway is still a DataPower component, which has been stable in the industry for about fifteen years.

KANCHAN CHALASANI

Software Engineer IV at Royal Cyber Inc.

If it is functioning well, you won't have a bad experience and your application becomes more reliable.

Sairathish Murugesan

Works at a outsourcing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

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We have not encountered many issues with remote engines, and the interfaces are properly developed.

Selim Seddiki

Consultant en intelligence décisionnelle at VO2 Group

Once the jobs are properly designed and deployed, they run reliably without major issues.

Herivao Jus Winny

IT Consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

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Room For Improvement

IBM API Connect requires improvements in integration, usability, scalability, support, monetization, documentation, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness across environments.

Qlik Talend Cloud needs enhanced stability, integration, support, and usability to overcome technical and performance challenges and improve functionality.

Examples include the lack of connectivity to MQ.

KANCHAN CHALASANI

Software Engineer IV at Royal Cyber Inc.

You need to know when traffic peaks, so use auto-scaling when traffic comes.

Sairathish Murugesan

Works at a outsourcing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Connectivity to MQ is not available in IBM API Connect.

KANCHANCHALASANI

Software Engineer IV at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

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On the flip side, that is one of its amazing strengths, as you are not locked into a very rigid way of doing something.

Jason Hale

Enterprise Architect at Waikato Regional Council

It would be great to have more ready-to-use connectors for modern cloud and SaaS platforms.

Herivao Jus Winny

IT Consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Talend Data Integration can be improved by reducing the license cost, as it is a bit high compared to other tools, which can be a burden for small-scale companies wanting to buy a license.

Pabin Vaz

Assistant Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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Setup Cost

IBM API Connect is pricey, favoring larger enterprises, but negotiating with IBM can reduce costs for smaller businesses.

Qlik Talend Cloud pricing varies, with potential cost-effectiveness, but complex licensing can lead to unexpected higher expenses.

Pricing depends on how many instances run across environments.

KANCHAN CHALASANI

Software Engineer IV at Royal Cyber Inc.

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My experience with Talend Data Integration's pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is a bit higher compared to other tools, making it not very affordable.

Pabin Vaz

Assistant Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The license cost has increased significantly, leading many companies to seek more profitable options in the market.

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ETL developer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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Valuable Features

IBM API Connect provides secure, efficient API management with advanced analytics, multi-cloud support, and intuitive functionality for enterprises.

Qlik Talend Cloud enhances real-time data integration with extensive connectors, advanced tools, and flexible, reusable data pipelines for efficiency.

It offers significant development efficiency, reducing man-hours from eighty to four when creating APIs.

KANCHAN CHALASANI

Software Engineer IV at Royal Cyber Inc.

We can add some policies to provide extra security, protect your backend, validate the consumers, and analyze based on the traffic limit to throw things out.

Sairathish Murugesan

Works at a outsourcing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

IBM API Connect has a designer and CLI features which can be used to completely automate the API.

KANCHANCHALASANI

Software Engineer IV at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

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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.

Herivao Jus Winny

IT Consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

We perform profiling prior to data quality and post-data quality, and based on that, we determine how much it has improved to measure the efficiency of Talend Data Quality cleaning tools.

Karthik Babu

Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The feature that has made the biggest difference for me in Qlik Talend Cloud is the scheduling and automation, which helps me run ETL jobs automatically without manual work.

Henrique Fsantos

Data & Analytics Engineer at PicPay

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Categories and Ranking

IBM API Connect

Ranking in Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

12th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

API Management (9th)

Qlik Talend Cloud

Ranking in Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

9th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (9th), Data Quality (3rd), Data Scrubbing Software (1st), Master Data Management (MDM) Software (3rd), Cloud Data Integration (7th), Data Governance (8th), Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) (4th), Streaming Analytics (9th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) category, the mindshare of IBM API Connect is 2.2%, down from 2.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Qlik Talend Cloud is 4.2%, up from 3.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Qlik Talend Cloud	4.2%
IBM API Connect	2.2%
Other	93.6%

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Featured Reviews

Sairathish Murugesan

Works at a outsourcing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Have addressed performance challenges while benefiting from flexible subscription models and reliable user access

To improve IBM API Connect, based on customer experience, you could work on latency. You can increase scalability and availability. If you're connecting with any other cloud, it connects to the infrastructure which needs to be managed with the customers and cloud providers, so if you have a setup, we can handle it easily. I have faced latency issues on the server, related to our management. If you need to stabilize your server based on peak traffic, you need to configure the scalability model. You need to know when traffic peaks, so use auto-scaling when traffic comes. If the application is not in use, the value should be zero, and it starts from zero. Based on customer experience, the value will increase, and when there is no customer servicing, the peak would be reduced, making the value remain zero. Following this approach, you should be able to optimize costs and satisfy customer experience.

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Herivao Jus Winny

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.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

19%

Insurance Company

12%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	19
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	61

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	20
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	19

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM API Connect?

Publishers can easily identify, create, and publish APIs on the developer portal, defining plans, packages, and potentially billing rules.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM API Connect?

I do not handle the pricing, setup cost, and licensing details.

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What needs improvement with IBM API Connect?

We are relatively new to IBM API Connect, so I do not have significant improvements to suggest at this time.

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What do you like most about Talend Data Quality?

The most valuable feature lies in the capability to assign data quality issues to different stakeholders, facilitating the tracking and resolution of defective work.

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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 ...

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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...

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Talend Data Quality, Talend Data Management Platform, Talend MDM Platform, Talend Data Streams, Talend Data Integration, Talend Data Integrity and Data Governance

Overview

IBM API Connect is an API management tool providing robust security, seamless REST and SOAP conversion, and flexible deployment options for diverse cloud environments. It aids organizations in securing and monetizing their APIs while streamlining the development process.

IBM API Connect offers features like a security gateway, API lifecycle management, and integration with DataPower. Its intuitive interface enhances ease of use, supporting extensive analytics and traffic management. However, there are areas for improvement in automation, system integration, and user configuration. Organizations can deploy API Connect on-premises or in the cloud, delivering secure access control and analytics for banking, financial services, and government sectors. Compliance with standards like PSD2 ensures secure external API exposure and integration with multiple systems.

What are the most important features of IBM API Connect?

Security Gateway: Provides robust protection and data security for APIs.
Seamless Conversion: Facilitates easy conversion between REST and SOAP protocols.
API Management: Supports full API lifecycle management for efficient development.
DataPower Integration: Integrates seamlessly with DataPower for enhanced functionality.
Developer Portal: Offers a user-friendly interface for managing APIs and developers.
Analytics: Delivers powerful insights through comprehensive API analytics.
Flexible Deployment: Supports deployment on different cloud platforms for versatility.

What benefits and ROI can users expect from IBM API Connect?

Traffic Management: Efficiently manages high volumes of API traffic without compromising performance.
Data Protection: Ensures data is protected during API communication.
API Monetization: Facilitates API monetization strategies to drive revenue.
Scalability: Provides scalable solutions to handle growing demands seamlessly.

In specific industries like banking, financial services, and government sectors, IBM API Connect plays a crucial role in API management, orchestration, and regulation tasks. It provides secure access, control, and compliance with industry standards, serving as an essential gateway for data exchange and integration across multiple systems.

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Qlik Talend Cloud provides robust data integration tools tailored for efficient management of large volumes, offering real-time data access, Java integration, and custom code capabilities for developers.

Qlik Talend Cloud is known for its extensive connectivity options, enabling seamless integration across different platforms, such as S3, Redshift, Oracle, and SQL Server. The central repository facilitates consistent metadata access throughout organizations, enhancing collaboration. Despite its strengths in advanced monitoring, automation, and user-friendly drag-and-drop interfaces, users face challenges with installation stability, technical support, documentation inconsistencies, and complexities in learning. Performance concerns also include multitasking limitations and excessive memory usage. The platform's licensing costs can be prohibitive for smaller companies, while demands for improved data governance and intuitive code management continue. Its applications in healthcare data parsing, ETL task automation, and diverse data platform integration demonstrate its utility, although there's a constant demand for better scalability and efficient transformations.

What are the key features?

Seamless Real-Time Data Access: Ensures that users can access the latest information across systems without delays for better decision-making.
Java Integration: Facilitates smooth incorporation of Java components into workflows, broadening development options.
Custom Code Development: Offers flexibility to develop tailored solutions to meet specific integration scenarios.
Vast Connectors: Enhances connectivity between multiple platforms, supporting comprehensive data integration strategies.
Central Repository: Allows for uniform metadata access across departments, promoting cohesive data management practices.
Automation and Monitoring: Streamlines workflows with advanced automation and monitoring, reducing manual intervention and errors.

What benefits and ROI should users evaluate?

Improved Data Quality: Tools for data matching and error handling ensure high-quality, reliable data for analytics and reporting.
Efficient Workflow Streamlining: Drag-and-drop interfaces and automation features simplify complex workflows, enhancing operational efficiency.
Enhanced Business Insights: By integrating diverse data sources, businesses can derive deeper insights and ensure compliance through better data management.
Cost Management: Although some users find licensing expensive, comprehensive feature sets aimed at improving data processes can justify costs.
Community Support: Users benefit from active community forums that provide assistance, although technical support also necessitates enhancements.

In specialized industries like healthcare, users leverage Qlik Talend Cloud for data integration and transformation, aiding in compliance and analytics. Compatibility with cloud and on-premises systems ensures adaptability to complex data tasks, facilitating business application development. Organizations focus on enhanced data ingestion and quality checks for comprehensive solutions.

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Sample Customers

Heineken, Tine, Finologee, Axis Bank

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