SAP Data Services vs Talend Data Quality comparison

SAP and Talend are both solutions in the Data Quality category. SAP is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.2, while Talend is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.0. SAP holds a 6.2% mindshare in DQ, compared to Talend’s 4.6% mindshare. Additionally, 86% of SAP users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Talend users who would recommend it.

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90% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 6, 2025

SAP Data Services and Talend Data Quality are direct competitors in the data management and quality space. Talend Data Quality holds a competitive edge due to its open-source flexibility and feature richness, whereas SAP Data Services is preferred for its strong support and integration capability.

Features: SAP Data Services offers comprehensive data integration and cleansing tools, enabling seamless data migration with strong metadata management and data transformation capabilities. Talend Data Quality delivers robust profiling, monitoring, and data cleansing functionalities with a customizable open-source platform, allowing extensive flexibility and innovation. Talend's advanced data validation and transparency features reinforce its capability in data quality control.

Room for Improvement:SAP Data Services can enhance its user interface for improved ease of use and expand integration with non-SAP systems. A reduction in complexity and faster deployment times could benefit its offerings. Talend Data Quality could improve its customer support structure outside of community collaboration and enhance its documentation. Simplifying the initial setup process and refining real-time processing efficiency are other potential areas for improvement.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SAP Data Services is known for straightforward deployment within SAP environments, supported by a strong and responsive service infrastructure. Talend's adaptability across various environments can result in a steeper learning curve. Its community-driven support model fosters collaboration but may lack the immediacy of SAP's structured service approach.

Pricing and ROI: SAP Data Services reflects its enterprise-ready features through higher initial costs balanced by significant ROI potential via improved operational efficiency. Talend Data Quality, cost-effective due to its open-source model, offers an attractive ROI prospect with lower setup costs, especially for businesses focusing on data transparency and validation.

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Categories and Ranking

SAP Data Services

Ranking in Data Quality

2nd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (10th)

Talend Data Quality

Ranking in Data Quality

5th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Scrubbing Software (4th)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2025, in the Data Quality category, the mindshare of SAP Data Services is 6.2%, down from 14.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Talend Data Quality is 4.6%, down from 5.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Quality Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SAP Data Services	6.2%
Talend Data Quality	4.6%
Other	89.2%

Data Quality

Featured Reviews

Ramesh Pampana

Manager, SAP Practice at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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.

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Karthik Babu

Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Have consistently ensured data accuracy and validation with built-in algorithms

I don't use the automated rule management feature in Talend Data Quality that much, so I cannot provide much feedback. I may not know what Talend Data Quality can improve for data quality. I'm not well-versed with the latest technology, so I cannot suggest additional functions that could make the product better or simplify my work with it. Generally, whatever jobs we have written in Talend Data Quality are working fine, so I am satisfied with that.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable features of SAP Data Services lie in its ability to effectively observe and interpret the information within data related to people or facts, stands out."

"The solution's most valuable feature is the scheduling part."

"It's easy to understand and deploy. It's easy to create new applications, and depending on the complexity of the application, it is easy to deploy the new requirements."

"The logic is also simple. It makes it easy to build your extraction."

"Data Services' table comparison mechanism is very powerful. It's pretty hard to find a similar feature in other solutions."

"The maintenance of data services is the solution's most valuable feature."

"The product's most valuable features are data validation and rules."

"The most valuable feature of SAP Data Services is the integration with data sources."

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"With its frequency function, we were able to pick a line of business to be addressed first in one of our conversion projects."

"It offers advanced features that allow you to create custom patterns and use regular expressions to identify data issues."

"This product speeds up the unit testing and QA for specific test scenarios. As a result, the development output quality can be evaluated and adjusted."

"It is saving a lot of time. Today, we can mask around a hundred million records in 10 minutes. Masking is one of the key pieces that is used heavily by the business and IT folks. Normally in the software development life cycle, before you project anything into the production environment, you have to test it in the test environment to make sure that when the data goes into production, it works, but these are all production files. For example, we acquired a new company or a new state for which we're going to do the entire back office, which is related to claims processing, payments, and member enrollment every year. If you get the production data and process it again, it becomes a compliance issue. Therefore, for any migrations that are happening, we have developed a new capability called pattern masking. This feature looks at those files, masks that information, and processes it through the system. With this, there is no PHI and PII element, and there is data integrity across different systems. It has seamless integration with different databases. It has components using which you can easily integrate with different databases on the cloud or on-premise. It is a drag and drop kind of tool. Instead of writing a lot of Java code or SQL queries, you can just drag and drop things. It is all very pictorial. It easily tells you where the job is failing. So, you can just go quickly and figure out why it is happening and then fix it."

"I like idea of storing the results of Data Quality jobs in a DB and having the ability to run reports in the DB to show a dashboard of quality metrics."

"We are able to get emails from URLs very easily using this function when others fail."

"It reduces the QA effort immensely by handling most of the test scenarios in a reusable way."

"The solution is customizable."

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Cons

"The interface is not quite user-friendly and is in need of improvement."

"I want some more business intelligence applications. People need to know more and more about data, including the transformation rules, etc. Informatica is a better product for data cataloging. SAP should update the data catalog."

"The initial setup is complex."

"The migration of the solution between different environments is quite complex."

"SAP Data Services should be made a web-based solution."

"The solution could improve the overall features. There is a lot that can be done in the solution, therefor there are areas where it can improve. Additionally, there is a need to make it easier for one to create connections to other non-SAP systems. The flexibility to connect to other non-SAP systems is needed."

"The execution engines and processing engines have shortcomings and need improvements."

"It will work fine only in an SAP environment. It could be said that the integration with other vendors could be better."

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"Heap space issues plague us consistently. We maxed it out and it runs fine, then it doesn’t, then it does."

"If the SQL input controls could dynamically determine the schema-based on the SQL alone, it would simplify the steps of having to use a manually created and saved schema for use in the TMap for the Postgres and Redshift components. This would make things even easier."

"You can't join more than two tables for analysis."

"They don't have any AI capabilities. Talend DQ is specifically for data quality, which only has data profiling. With Talend DQ, I cannot generate any reports today, so I need an ETL tool. It provides general Excel files, or I have to create some views. If instead of buying a new tool, Talend provides a reporting capability or solution, it would be great. It will reduce the development effort for creating these kinds of reports. We also manage the infrastructure for Talend. From the licensing perspective, for cloud, they only have seat licenses where one person is tied to one license, but for on-premise, they have concurrent licenses. It would be really awesome if they can provide concurrent licenses for the cloud so that if one person is not there, somebody else can use that license. Currently, it is not possible unless a person deactivates his or her license and moves the same seat license to someone else. We are one of the biggest customers in the central zone of the US for Talend, and this is the feedback that we have provided them again and again, but they come back and say that they aren't able to provide concurrent licenses on the cloud. In version 7.3, there is a feature for tokenization and de-tokenization of data. This is the feature that we are looking for. It is useful if somebody wants to see what we have masked and how do we demask it. This feature is not there in version 7.1. There are also a few other capabilities on the cloud, but we don't yet have a big footprint in the cloud."

"Finding assistance with issues can be spotty. With Python, there are literally millions of open source answers which are recent and apply to the version that we are using."

"NullPointerExceptions are going to be the death of me and are a big reason for our transition away from Talend. One day, it is fine with a 1000 blank rows, then the next day, it will find one blank cell and it breaks down."

"If we encounter issues, it’s most likely when using the Talend Open Studio. The studio can be slow, get stuck, or crash. But again, it can be caused by the resources of your machine or your connection with the repository. If we encounter issues with the Studio we restart the Studio. In emergencies, we create and use a new workspace."

"The performance is one area that Talend Data Quality could improve in because large volumes take a lot of time."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is good, there is no problem."

"The price of SAP Data Services is a little high when compared to other solutions. Due to the pricing and capabilities, many clients are switching to other solutions."

"There is a one time purchase fee plus annual maintenance."

"The license price is expensive but medium to large-scale companies, should be able to afford it. Other solutions, such as Talend are easier to afford for smaller companies. Depending on the sources of the data where you are receiving your data you could be paying for more than one license."

"It's relatively expensive compared to other vendors, but it is competitive."

"The price is very reasonable."

"Its pricing is as per the enterprise agreement and not a concern for us."

"Speaking about prices, Oracle and SAP are market leaders. So, the prices are more."

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"We did not purchase a separate license for DQ. It is part of our data platform suite, and I believe it is well-priced."

"I would advise to first take a look and at the Open Studio edition. Figure out what you need and purchase the appropriate license."

"It's a subscription-based platform, we renew it every year."

"It is cheaper than Informatica. Talend Data Quality costs somewhere between $10,000 to $12,000 per year for a seat license. It would cost around $20,000 per year for a concurrent license. It is the same for the whole big data solution, which comes with Talend DI, Talend DQ, and TDM."

"Moreover, the pricing structure stands out as highly competitive compared to other offerings in the market, making it a cost-effective choice for users."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

15%

Computer Software Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	36

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	4

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...

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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...

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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...

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What do you like most about Talend Data Quality?

The most valuable feature lies in the capability to assign data quality issues to different stakeholders, facilitating the tracking and resolution of defective work.

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What needs improvement with Talend Data Quality?

Talend suite might have a missing product, particularly in the commercial master aspect. This would contribute to completing the overall picture, though the focus isn't necessarily on economic cons...

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What is your primary use case for Talend Data Quality?

We recently deployed it for one of our clients, who use it to enhance the quality of their government-related customer data. The primary focus is on ensuring compliance with government policies, an...

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Also Known As

SAP BusinessObjects Data Services, SAP BusinessObjects Data Integrator, BusinessObjects Data Integrator

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Overview

SAP Data Services is a top-ranking data integration and data quality tool. This is a product that aims to provide its users with effective access to their data in order to transform it and connect it to various business processes. SAP Data Services offers companies detailed data insights which improve decision-making and make company operations more effective.

Organizations can increase the value of their structured and unstructured data with the functionalities of this product regarding data integration, quality, and cleansing. Through various components such as:

Simplified maintenance
On-premises deployment
Data quality and integration
Intuitive user interfaces

the product transforms data into a ready-to-use resource for business insights.

Some of the key components of SAP Data Services include:

Universal data access
Native-text data processing
Intuitive user interfaces
Data quality dashboards
Simplified data governance
Scalability and high performance

Through these components, the product allows its clients to access and integrate data sources and targets with native connectors. Users can derive meaning from unstructured text data, match data to reduce duplicates, and see the impact of data quality issues. The tool also offers the option to enable parallel processing, bulk data loading, and grid computing for high-volume data loads.

SAP Data Services Features

The solution has different features for data integration, data quality, data profiling, and processing of text data. Using these features, clients can manage their company's data easily and achieve excellent results by optimizing it. Some of the product’s features include:

Data integration capabilities: The features regarding data integration provide a wide variety of opportunities. The product is available in 31 languages and connects to many data sources, providing its clients with access to their data anywhere at any time. It is also integrated with the SAP Business Suite applications, allowing users the full experience that the company has to offer. The tool is interconnected with SAP Data Hub, orchestrating data flows through the SAP Data Intelligence solution. Additionally, it supports a large number of third-party data sources, it is optimized for SAP HANA, and provides fine-tuned data replication and transformation through unique mechanisms.
Data quality capabilities: Clients can use a single interface to access designing, testing, debugging, editing, running, maintaining, and monitoring of data integration and data quality. It allows for the delivery of ready-to-use transformations and exposes hidden problems in users' data. With this feature, clients can build a single version of their data that is most efficient for them.
Data profiling capabilities: Companies that work with high-volume data can employ parallel processing, bulk data loading, and grid computing to be able to operate with the data more efficiently. This feature enables unlimited scalability and high availability by various automations. It also provides excellent security for the treated data through encryption and other services.
Processing of text data capabilities: This feature allows users to extract data from unstructured texts and understand it better. It works with 220 different file and text formats and 31 languages.

SAP Data Services Benefits

This solution offers various benefits to its clients regarding the efficient operation of their data. The key benefits of SAP Data Services include:

Broad access to data which can build a better perspective for companies of their information.
Improved decision-making and information management due to efficient data operations.
Ability to utilize various tools to help unify data on premises, in the cloud, or within big data.
The software provides efficient insight for reporting and data analytics.
The tool allows for easy integration with a large number of different databases.
The product provides the opportunity to seamlessly connect with other SAP solutions.
The solution simplifies extract, transform, and load (ETL) construction processes through intuitive graphic software.

Reviews from Real Users

According to Michael Lutz, senior data warehouse developer at Fox Chase Cancer Center, SAP Data Services is a powerful tool that does a lot.

An associate consultant at a consultancy says the tool is easy to use, simple to implement, and offers very good mapping capabilities.

SAP

The data quality tools in Talend Open Studio for Data Quality enable you to quickly take the first big step towards better data quality for your organization: getting a clear picture of your current data quality. Without having to write any code, you can perform data quality analysis tasks ranging from simple statistical profiling, to analysis of text fields and numeric fields, to validation against standard patterns (email address syntax, credit card number formats) or custom patterns of your own creation.

Talend

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

Aliaxis, Electrocomponents, M¾NCHENER VEREIN, The Sunset Group

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