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MuleSoft Anypoint Platform vs Talend Open Studio comparison

 

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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

MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
58
Ranking in other categories
Message Queue (MQ) Software (4th), Business-to-Business Middleware (1st), Workload Automation (4th), Cloud Data Integration (4th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (2nd)
Talend Open Studio
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (5th)
 

Featured Reviews

Vijay Subramanyam - PeerSpot reviewer
Robust, reliable, and stable, ensuring high availability for critical integrations
I would rate the scalability an eight out of ten; it is a highly scalable solution. We have around 200 end users using this solution in our company. We use it to its maximum capacity. However, it's not for P1 applications, but definitely for severity two cases (P2 level). It integrates critical applications, but it's not a platform that, if it stops, the entire system would come down. So, it's more like a severity two level. However, it has the potential to eventually become a P1 platform. Not exactly P1 applications, but a P1 platform. Because now we are still in the transition to migrate everything, all the integrations to Mule Anypoint Platform. But once it's done, then this platform becomes critical. Because even now, we have point-to-point connections.
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

"The solution's market place for different kinds of integration platforms is the most valuable feature."
"The ability to define multi-tiered APIs and reuse them is a fantastic platform feature."
"It reduces manual loads in maintaining servers as it comes with the Cloud Hub feature."
"The most valuable feature is the variety of characters Anypoint Platform has. It is very scalable and customizable."
"The tool's visual features are attractive."
"Mule Anypoint Platform is our preferred platform for integration."
"When we talk about the APIs, there are multiple policies one can apply on APIs, like rate limiting policies, OWASP policies, and OWASP security policies, that can be easily configured in Mule Anypoint Platform."
"The integration potential is excellent."
"Talend is significantly easier to use."
"The best thing I have found with Talend Open Studio is their major support for the lookups."
"This product is very easy to use."
"Open Studio's best features are that it's user-friendly, even for beginners, and very easy to implement."
"I didn't have many problems installing it. It seemed very straightforward to me."
"The data integration aspect of the solution is excellent."
"A helpful feature for us is the integration with NoSQL databases."
"The most valuable features are the ETL tools."
 

Cons

"Anypoint MQ could improve the user interface."
"It doesn't work well when you try using it for the processing layer."
"Although the solution's proxy design and process are good, it faces connecting issues because it lacks data integration."
"The high price of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Technical support needs to be improved, especially when you need help with more technical aspects of the solution."
"The solution's pricing model is very strange, and it will be really expensive if you use APIs a lot."
"It should give better control over account management."
"From a monitoring point of view, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform can improve on tracking transactions."
"It is complicated to understand the configuration process for email components."
"There is a need for mastery in some areas."
"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."
"Talend Open Studio is in Java language, and right now, you can only use the debug functionality in Java. I see that people who know programming languages other than Java currently face difficulties."
"Technical support and customer service need to be improved."
"As for improvement or additional features, I would like to know how to use Java in Talend and also how to use Talend in the cloud or in big data. I would prefer to have storage directly on Talend."
"In version 6.2 we did encounter issues with the job servers and specifically with ESB. Version 6.3 is better but large jobs can cause the MDM server to fall over, requiring a reboot."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's pricing, as per the old approach, is expensive."
"The product comes complete at one set price including support."
"The solution is the priciest in the market which is an issue for some clients."
"Regarding pricing, I believe there could be room for improvement to align with user expectations."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing as four or five out of ten."
"Mule Anypoint Platform pricing is slightly higher compared to Dell Boomi."
"The product's price seems to be competent in comparison to other products in the market."
"Price-wise, it is a good product since it is reasonably priced."
"Price could be lower. It is getting too expensive when compared to some other solutions, which is actually a little bit concerning."
"The paid version of this solution has a very high price, but even with the limitations, the Community version works fine."
"We are using the free version of the tool, because the enterprise version is a little expensive."
"There are many versions available and one is open-sourced which is free."
"Talend is free and you can download it."
"I am using the open-source version and it is free."
"Talend Open Studio costs about 11,000 a year."
"Right now, because we're using the open-source version, there's no cost."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
19%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What advice do you have for others considering Mule Anypoint Platform?
I architected solutions using Oracle SOA/OSB, Spring Boot, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform on cloud / on-premises and hybrid modes; What I see is though if you are an enterprise and have enough money th...
How does TIBCO BusinessWorks compare with Mule Anypoint Platform?
Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether TIBCO BusinessWorks or Mule Anypoint platform integration and connectivity software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Mule...
What can Mule Anypoint Platform be used for and what do you use it for most often?
This is a very flexible solution that comes with multiple uses. My organization mostly uses Mule Anypoint Platform for API management, as it lets us build new APIs easily and design new interfaces...
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

Data Integrator, Anypoint MQ
Open Studio
 

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Sample Customers

VMware, Gucci, MasterCard, Target, Time Inc, Hershey's, Tesla, Spotify, Office Depot, Intuit, CBS, Amtrak, Salesforce, Gap, Ralph Lauren
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