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IBM App Connect vs Talend Data Integration comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 12, 2025

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
7.2
IBM App Connect enhances efficiency and ROI with centralized integrations, requiring expertise for long-term success across various sectors.
Sentiment score
5.9
Talend Data integration streamlines processing, boosts efficiency, saves time, is scalable, user-friendly, improves accuracy, and adds business value.
It has helped us save a lot of time by automating repetitive data processes and reducing manual interventions.
They didn't want to use separate ETL tools for MDM or for TMC and data preparation, which is all included in one package.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.6
IBM App Connect support is responsive and competent, but inconsistencies and delays exist, especially in non-urgent and local support.
Sentiment score
7.2
Talend Data Integration's customer service is quick, supportive, and enhanced by partnerships, though complex issues may take more time.
When opening a ticket with the global team, problems are resolved promptly and effectively.
The technical support from IBM is good.
The support team is responsive when we raise issues, and they usually provide clear guidance or solutions.
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.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
IBM App Connect is praised for scalability in cloud and container environments, with suggestions for improved administration features.
Sentiment score
6.9
Talend Data Integration excels in scalability, handling large data volumes and complex tasks with modular design and parallelization features.
IBM App Connect demonstrates good scalability.
I would rate the scalability of IBM App Connect as nine out of ten.
By using features like job parallelization and modular design, we can expand our data flows without having to rebuild everything.
The scalability of Talend Data Integration is good; if it weren't scalable, it wouldn't be reliable.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
IBM App Connect is stable, with high reliability, though occasional issues arise from environment, configuration, or resource management.
Sentiment score
7.2
Talend Data Integration is highly stable and reliable, performing consistently across projects regardless of data volume or infrastructure.
Some companies require multiple configurations, including ODBC connections, JDBC connections, different BI databases, main databases, and replication servers.
Once the jobs are properly designed and deployed, they run reliably without major issues.
 

Room For Improvement

IBM App Connect users seek improved logging, interface enhancements, better community support, and simpler, more cost-effective version transitions.
Talend Data Integration struggles with real-time processing, high costs, complex interface, and lacks features like versioning and cloud connectors.
Version 13 includes around 200 features with cloud platform compatibility.
I find it particularly good for on-premises and now cloud use.
It would be great to have more ready-to-use connectors for modern cloud and SaaS platforms.
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.
Regarding ETL, Talend Data Integration is great, but concerning real-time data processing, people are not really sure about Talend Data Integration or might not know how it provides such types of flexibilities.
 

Setup Cost

IBM App Connect's annual pricing varies by transactions and partnership, with complexities and flexibility in setup and licensing.
Talend Data Integration uses token-based pricing, affecting costs, and opinions vary on its affordability compared to other tools.
For insurance companies with simple JDBC connections, the process is straightforward.
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.
 

Valuable Features

IBM App Connect excels with robust integration, user-friendly design, scalability, and flexibility for seamless, secure, and complex integrations.
Talend Data Integration offers versatile data handling, automation, and seamless platform integration, enhancing efficiency, accuracy, and collaborative decision-making.
The transformation capabilities in IBM App Connect are particularly beneficial.
The features I find most valuable are message routing, message transformation, and protocol translation.
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.
Flexibility is a key feature I appreciate about Talend Data Integration, especially the integration of Java within it and the ease of integrating with multiple source repositories such as GitHub and Bitbucket.
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.
 

Categories and Ranking

IBM App Connect
Ranking in Cloud Data Integration
13th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Talend Data Integration
Ranking in Cloud Data Integration
19th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (14th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Cloud Data Integration category, the mindshare of IBM App Connect is 4.6%, up from 3.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Talend Data Integration is 1.5%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Data Integration Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
IBM App Connect4.6%
Talend Data Integration1.5%
Other93.9%
Cloud Data Integration
 

Featured Reviews

Emirhan Guven - PeerSpot reviewer
Transforms data efficiently and navigates licensing challenges with ease
The transition between version 12 and version 13 presents some challenges. While version 12 had approximately 10 features, version 13 includes around 200 features with cloud platform compatibility. The learning curve for developers moving from version 12 to 13 could be smoother. When using new components, better context explanations would be beneficial. In version 13, accessing new features requires connecting through a web browser, which can be challenging to understand. The explanation of new features could be more user-friendly.
Mubahir Rashid - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers flexibility and ease of integration while needing improvements in data flow management
I haven't worked with Talend Data Integration on real-time data processing; I have only seen the streaming component, and I think it can accommodate limited streaming, not at the level of larger big data platforms. Regarding ETL, Talend Data Integration is great, but concerning real-time data processing, people are not really sure about Talend Data Integration or might not know how it provides such types of flexibilities. I haven't worked on this aspect in Talend Data Integration, so this is definitely an area where it lacks. To elaborate on one drawback, if I am designing something in Talend Data Integration, I cannot backtrack in the flow. For example, if I read data from a source and transform it before applying complex aggregation in the third step, I cannot join this data with the second step. If I need to go back, I will have to use a memory component, or if I need to avoid memory consumption, I will have to read the data from step one again to join it with the third step.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise19
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM App Connect?
I like the adapters. The adapters help us achieve scalability. If you want to connect to SAP, there's an adapter. Salesforce? There's an adapter. You want to connect to another system? There's like...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM App Connect?
Configuration time varies by implementation. For insurance companies with simple JDBC connections, the process is straightforward. However, companies requiring multiple configurations for ODBC, JDB...
What is your primary use case for IBM App Connect?
I am a developer specializing in IBM App Connect. We have a customer interested in comparing ESB tools, such as webMethods, which was previously owned by Software AG company before IBM acquired the...
What do you like most about Talend Data integration?
The product's integration with PostgreSQL and Jira has been helpful for us. Its performance is good. However, we do not use it for large data sets.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Talend Data integration?
The product pricing is considered very good, especially compared to other data integration tools in the market.
What needs improvement with Talend Data integration?
I haven't worked with Talend Data Integration on real-time data processing; I have only seen the streaming component, and I think it can accommodate limited streaming, not at the level of larger bi...
 

Also Known As

IBM Cast Iron
Talend Cloud Integration, Talend Integration Cloud, Talend Cloud Remote Engine for AWS
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

United Way of Allegheny County, Saint-Gobain CPS, Ricoh, SunTrust Banks Inc.
ACCOR, ADR, L'OREAL, AstraZeneca
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