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SAP Data Services vs Talend Data Integration comparison

 

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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
6.7
SAP Data Services delivers 300% ROI, cuts costs and time, enhances data quality, and offers rapid deployment with advanced technology.
Sentiment score
5.9
Talend Data integration streamlines processing, boosts efficiency, saves time, is scalable, user-friendly, improves accuracy, and adds business value.
SAP is indeed good at all this now, with so many components such as SAP Signavio, SAP EINS, SAP Work Zone, SAP ALM, Cloud ALM, SAP public cloud, SAP private cloud, and BTP, all of which are essential to meet the latest cutting-edge technologies.
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
6.7
SAP Data Services customer support is praised for technical expertise but criticized for response delays and limited language options.
Sentiment score
7.2
Talend users find the customer service responsive and helpful, though complex issues may require Java routines and take longer.
If you keep a high priority issue, such as a production impact, they certainly come and address it in no time.
The level three support is better because they know what they are doing.
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
SAP Data Services is highly scalable, effectively supporting varied enterprise sizes with excellent workload management and expansion ratings.
Sentiment score
6.9
Talend Data Integration is scalable, effectively managing large data volumes with job parallelization and modular design, rated eight out of ten.
If I were to rate it from one to 10, I would say it has a nine to 10 for scalability.
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
7.6
SAP Data Services is stable and reliable, with occasional crashes but generally user-friendly across various sectors, including telecom.
Sentiment score
7.2
Talend Data Integration is reliable, stable, and dependable for large data volumes with well-designed deployments and adequate infrastructure.
Once the jobs are properly designed and deployed, they run reliably without major issues.
 

Room For Improvement

SAP Data Services faces integration, performance, customization, and cost challenges, needing interface improvements and better multilingual and technical support.
Talend Data Integration requires better debugging tools, technical support, interface user-friendliness, and enhanced cloud connectivity and processing capabilities.
Now, they are coming up with many pricing options, which is tricky; they offer one thing for free, but charge for nine others.
The documentation is not up to the mark.
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

SAP Data Services pricing is high, appealing to enterprises, with costs influenced by licensing, maintenance, and usage-based models.
<p>Talend Data Integration offers scalable annual pricing, praised for cost-effectiveness but advanced features may increase costs, with strong support.</p>
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

SAP Data Services offers robust ETL, integration, data quality features, user-friendly interface, SQL support, and scalable connectivity.
Talend Data Integration offers extensive connectivity, Java integration, automation, and centralized management, enhancing efficiency and stability in data processes.
SAP is indeed good at all this now, with so many components such as SAP Signavio, SAP EINS, SAP Work Zone, SAP ALM, Cloud ALM, SAP public cloud, SAP private cloud, and BTP, all of which are essential to meet the latest cutting-edge technologies.
SAP Data Services is mainly used for extraction of data, and it works with all databases.
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

SAP Data Services
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (10th), Data Quality (2nd)
Talend Data Integration
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Integration (19th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (14th)
 

Featured Reviews

Ramesh Pampana - PeerSpot reviewer
Has consistently provided impressive data handling capabilities and robust security features
Some of the most valuable features of SAP Data Services include data extraction where SAP is the best in that perspective, but when it comes to analytics or the reporting tool, I prefer to connect with Microsoft Power BI, which is a fantastic tool. Typically, from an end-user perspective, SAP has a huge amount of data, in terms of terabytes of data, but when you analyze that, the best form of visualization is always through Microsoft Power BI. SAP Data Services provides a best-in-class return on investment, as SAP's vision and forecast are absolutely amazing. They are ahead of technology, building an ecosystem that meets the standards of the fast-changing digital economy. SAP is indeed good at all this now, with so many components such as SAP Signavio, SAP EINS, SAP Work Zone, SAP ALM, Cloud ALM, SAP public cloud, SAP private cloud, and BTP, all of which are essential to meet the latest cutting-edge technologies.
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
Manufacturing Company
14%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
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 Business12
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise36
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

How do you evaluate the ratio of price to quality for SAP Data Services?
I believe the license for the product is fair, even though some competitors offer similar services at lower prices. The difference between the Edge edition and the next one up is significant in pr...
Would you recommend SAP Data Services to complete beginners?
I think after some preparation, a beginner will be able to use SAP Data Services, however, if you are completely unprepared, you may have some issues. I think that in particular you will need a mo...
How has SAP Data Services helped your organization?
SAP Data Services has helped our whole staff understand the data across various sources and systems within the company. Not everyone who works at my organization is an IT expert - most just have av...
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

SAP BusinessObjects Data Services, SAP BusinessObjects Data Integrator, BusinessObjects Data Integrator
Talend Cloud Integration, Talend Integration Cloud, Talend Cloud Remote Engine for AWS
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

EMC Corporation, LivePerson, Eldorado, Mozzart, The VELUX Group, AOK Bundesverband, Hilti Group, Nissha Printing Company Ltd., Asian Paints, Aareal Bank Group, Migros Group
ACCOR, ADR, L'OREAL, AstraZeneca
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