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Matillion Data Productivity Cloud vs Talend Open Studio comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 31, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

Matillion Data Productivity...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Integration (9th)
Talend Open Studio
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (5th)
 

Featured Reviews

Tomáš Hronek - PeerSpot reviewer
Used for wrangling or transforming data from sources like S3 and Databricks
I use Matillion ETL for wrangling or transforming data from sources like S3 and Databricks The most valuable feature of Matillion ETL is the UI experience in which you can drag and drop most of the transformation. Sometimes, we have issues with the solution's stability and need to restart it for…
Jason Hale - PeerSpot reviewer
Intuitive interface and documentation make it simple to build jobs and APIs and logging helps pinpoint and resolve issues quickly
Talend is doing a lot of work at the moment, and it's not there yet, but the whole platform could be managed in a SaaS-type environment. You still need to have the Studio running on a virtual desktop or a PC. They will get to be able to do the whole thing inside your browser, so you don't need to install anything locally. It's down the track, and it's the nirvana that we were looking for in Boomi. But the biggest challenge they have is that the platform is so focused on the Studio for all of its development. They'll probably get there, but they have such a mature Studio client that it's a huge amount of work to get all of that functionality into a browser or SaaS platform. That's pretty much the biggest flaw with the Talend environment—being reliant on the Studio, which needed to be on a local machine. The only other thing is that you have to integrate into an API gateway. We're in Azure, so we use Microsoft Azure Gateway. It doesn't come with its own gateway, which is another sort of big plus side that we saw in Boomi. Talend isn't quite there yet with the API gateway. Other than that, it's bloody hard to find something because it just seems to be all good.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Matillion ETL helps manage data movement, ingestion, and transformation through pipelines."
"It has good integrations with Amazon Redshift and other AWS services."
"The most valuable feature of Matillion ETL is the UI experience in which you can drag and drop most of the transformation."
"It is pretty user-friendly, even for people who aren't super technical."
"The new version with the Productivity Cloud is very simple. It's easy to use, navigate, and understand."
"It can scale to a great extent. It can handle the load that we are putting on it, which is about 5TBs."
"It's been able to do everything we require."
"It has helped us to get onto the cloud quickly."
"The initial setup was quite straightforward. The deployment took between two and three days."
"The best thing I have found with Talend Open Studio is their major support for the lookups."
"The standout feature for me is the user-friendly nature of the components."
"Talend is safe to use because it is very restrictive. It is easy to use when one learns how to manipulate data with SQL."
"It has got so many connectors. It is intuitive and easy to use."
"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 features are definitely data integration, data preparation, and data stewardship."
"The initial setup of the product was very easy."
 

Cons

"The product must enhance its near-real-time data capture feature."
"Going forward, I would like them to add custom jobs, since we still have to run these outside of Matillion."
"The product's scalability needs improvement. Perhaps adding more connectors would be beneficial."
"I found some of the more complex aspects of ETL challenging, but I grasped the concepts fairly quickly."
"There are problems with GCP connectivity. Specifically, connections to BigQuery for extracting information are complex, and the optimization of the extraction process requires improvements."
"The cost of the solution is high and could be reduced."
"Matillion ETL should include more enhanced capabilities for extracting data from the SAP systems."
"Ideally, I would like it to integrate with Secrets Manager as well as the AWS."
"It doesn't have the ability to keep the repository of the source code (visual pipeline). It can be integrated with Git."
"The solution needs more integrations."
"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 profiling perspective needs improvement. Instead of using it in the studio, we are using a different tool which is also provided by Talend. It's redundant."
"It gets the job done but it's a bit slow."
"When faced with a challenge, such as the necessity to link up with an unconventional data source like the legacy Cyprus Vision database that wasn't inherently supported by Talend, I had to resort to writing Python code to establish the connection."
"Talend Open Studio has a lot of capabilities, but there is some restriction. For example, if we want to connect to an SAP system, Open Studio cannot do it. We need to go with an enterprise version. Additionally, the monitoring features could improve."
"We don't get continuous replication of the data."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is very cheap. You're paying $2.50 an hour and if you set your service up, which you can do, you're not getting charged. Currently, our ETL process is just an overnight process that runs for about an hour. I can start and stop my server just for an hour if I want to and spent $2.50 a day for an ETL solution. There are no additional costs."
"I think it is cost conscious. It used to be very cheap and they have more recently bumped up the pricing, so it is competitive now."
"It was very easy to purchase through the AWS Marketplace, but it was also expensive."
"The prices needs to be lower."
"A rough estimation of the cost is around 20,000 dollars a month, however, this is dependent on the machine used and how Matillion ETL is used."
"The product must improve its pricing."
"It is cost-effective. Based on our use case, it's efficient and cheap. It saves a lot of money and our upfront costs are less."
"It was procured through the AWS Marketplace because it keeps things simple. They offer retail-like checkout and bill through your existing Amazon Web Services account."
"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."
"The solution will be more expensive if you have a low data volume and a large number of developers."
"It is an open-source product."
"Talend Open Studio is priced too high."
"We are using the free version of the tool, because the enterprise version is a little expensive."
"I am using the open-source version and it is free."
"I am using the open-source version of the solution, so there are no extra costs for any feature."
"Pricing and licensing are fairly straightforward. It is reasonably priced and managed."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Matillion ETL?
The new version with the Productivity Cloud is very simple. It's easy to use, navigate, and understand.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Matillion ETL?
While pricing can be an issue compared to other solutions, Matillion Data Productivity Cloud offers discounts and special deals, especially when dealing with high-volume clients or fewer existing c...
What needs improvement with Matillion ETL?
There are problems with GCP connectivity. Specifically, connections to BigQuery for extracting information are complex, and the optimization of the extraction process requires improvements. I raise...
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...
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...
 

Also Known As

Matillion ETL for Redshift, Matillion ETL for Snowflake, Matillion ETL for BigQuery
Open Studio
 

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