We performed a comparison between IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Talend Open Studio based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The integration with different technologies is the most valuable feature."
"IBM InfoSphere Information Server is stable."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"This solution is extremely flexible and scalable."
"The most valuable feature of Talend Open Studio is the tMap component. There is a lot of functionality in one component."
"This product is very easy to use."
"You can use Talend as a stand-alone application without customization to collect data and generate reports over dashboards. It's got great functionality."
"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."
"I didn't have many problems installing it. It seemed very straightforward to me."
"The data integration aspect of the solution is excellent."
"The most valuable features are the ETL tools."
"This solution would benefit from the engine being made more lightweight."
"IBM InfoSphere Information Server should be more scalable. It should have the option to change the configuration to run on a single, non-multiple node, or multi-threading processing."
"Their technical support needs improvement."
"There are certain shortcomings in the cloud side of the solution, where improvements are required."
"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."
"I rate Talend Open Studio's stability an eight out of ten. Talend has some problems sometimes."
"The solution needs more integrations."
"The documentation is lacking within the product. They need to get better at all aspects of describing how it works and how to use it."
"The stability of the solution could improve when running jobs. There can be errors when running projects but in the end, it works well and the errors do not impact the result."
"The server-side should be completely revamped."
"There used to be many Youtube channels that offered Talend training, but now there don't seem to be any. The solution should offer more online training resources."
"I think my biggest problem with the tool is that the errors are very hard to debug."
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IBM InfoSphere Information Server is ranked 36th in Data Integration with 7 reviews while Talend Open Studio is ranked 5th in Data Integration with 47 reviews. IBM InfoSphere Information Server is rated 8.4, while Talend Open Studio is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM InfoSphere Information Server writes "Prompt support, reliable, but lacking scalability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Talend Open Studio writes "An open-source ETL tool, when deployed on-premises, requiring an easy installation phase". IBM InfoSphere Information Server is most compared with IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Qlik Replicate, IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog, IBM Cloud Pak for Data and Oracle GoldenGate, whereas Talend Open Studio is most compared with SSIS, IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Talend Data Fabric, AWS Glue and Talend Data Management Platform. See our IBM InfoSphere Information Server vs. Talend Open Studio report.
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