SAS Access vs Talend Data Management Platform comparison

SAS and Talend are both solutions in the Data Integration category. SAS is ranked #55, while Talend is ranked #21 with an average rating of 7.8. SAS holds a 0.4% mindshare in DI, compared to Talend’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of SAS users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of Talend users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

SAS Access and Talend Data Management Platform compete in the data management space. Talend seems to have an advantage due to its flexibility and feature set, making it ideal for comprehensive data processing needs.

Features: SAS Access connects to various data sources and offers analytics for statistical reporting, ease of use, and strong analytics capabilities. Talend provides expansive integration, data quality tools, and governance and transformation support for big data environments.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Talend offers modular deployment options that integrate easily into existing IT ecosystems with responsive customer support. SAS Access is easy for SAS ecosystem users but may require more setup for diverse systems, with customer service aiding in these complexities.

Pricing and ROI: SAS Access has higher upfront licensing costs with ROI benefits for analytics-focused features. Talend offers competitive pricing favorable for broad integration needs, potentially delivering faster and higher ROI via optimized data workflows.

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Categories and Ranking

SAS Access

Ranking in Data Integration

55th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Talend Data Management Plat...

Ranking in Data Integration

21st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of SAS Access is 0.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Talend Data Management Platform is 1.2%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Robert Heck

Co Owner at Hecht und Heck GmbH

The solution is stable, scalable, and flexible

I rate the solution eight out of ten. The number of people required to maintain the solution is dependent on the other applications running. The solution in itself does not require a lot of maintenance. The solution is flexible and I recommend it when you have more complex applications with special requirements.

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Jason Hale

Enterprise Architect at Waikato Regional Council

Comprehensive documentation and smooth collaboration have transformed our development process

There are always areas for improvement. They have actually in the last 12 months done a lot of work on the UI. If you had contacted me at Christmas last year, the UI was really dated. Now, they have not finished cleaning it up or bringing it into a new flash version. But because it has such a simple design, it is actually so easy to use. They have taken a lot of the complexity out of it, so you just click on a button and it does it all for you. I think one weakness, which I might have worked around today, is spatial data. But that might change by Monday. That is again because there is so much functionality, actually the real weakness is they have got too much functionality, if that is a weakness. Because there are 10 ways to do everything, and each way has its own pros and cons, and you really have to make your decision about which way to implement it. When you have five developers or three developers doing something, it is very easy for three people to do the same thing three different ways. On the flip side, that is one of its amazing strengths, as you are not locked into a very rigid way of doing something. It means that a lot of our custom environments are fantastic because we can just plug it in a slightly different way. But because it does so much, it is a lot to get your head around the whole thing. We tend to focus on the small stuff that we are adding value to right now.

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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 aspect of the solution is the ease of access to the data in those databases."

"The most valuable part of SAS/ACCESS is what it is made for: connecting to remote systems that are not part of your physical SAS environment."

"The most valuable feature is you have native access to the external databases."

"The solution is very user-friendly and easy to understand."

"The availability of connectors is great."

"The most valuable feature is integration."

"The solution is connected to various phones. It retrieves the configuration from the system."

"I think Talend is one of the easiest tools for faster implementation compared to other tools."

"The tool was mainly used for ETL processes to apply governance rules on data."

"I like the way that you can use the context variables, and how you can work those context variables to give you values and settings for every development environment, such as PROD, TEST, and DEV."

"They're very competitive in terms of performance, which is a good selling point. It has very rich features. It provides a very rich feature set in the application."

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Cons

"I can't really recall any missing feature or general improvement that is needed. We don't really add too many new kinds of databases and therefore our needs are already met."

"The pricing model needs to be reconsidered and adjusted."

"The solution can provide access to the newer databases that come out sooner."

"They lack in memory capacity."

"I'd be interested in seeing the running of Python programs and transformations from within the studio itself."

"Including either XML or JSON in the next release would definitely be a good transformation. I'm not sure if Talend has that feature, but it's one of those requirements that we are working around and have to do some parsing of XML so this could make it easier."

"I think they should drive toward AI and machine learning. They could include a machine-learning algorithm for the deduplication."

"The solution's memory sometimes bottlenecks and that can be challenging."

"Once you get past the basic tools, it gets pretty complicated."

"The biggest challenge with Talend was its performance."

"We'd like to see more connectors it the future."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's pricing and licensing are expensive."

"The pricing model is complex and is based on modular packages as well as the size of the applicable environment."

"The licensing cost is about 40,000 Euros a year."

"The price of the Talend Data Management Platform is reasonable. The other competing solutions are priced high. Gartner Magic Quadrant identified other solutions, such as Informatica, that are far more expensive."

"The price is on a per-user basis. It's a little more expensive than other tools. There aren't any additional costs beyond the standard licensing fee."

"The solution's pricing is very reasonable and half the cost of Informatica."

"The pricing is a little higher than what I had expected, but it's comparable with I-PASS competitors."

"The tool is cheap."

"License renewal is on a yearly basis."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

24%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Insurance Company

10%

Government

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

14%

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What do you like most about Talend Data Management Platform?

We can develop our own code if we do not see the functionality we need.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Talend Data Management Platform?

Talend was an open-source tool, so there were no fees associated with it.

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What needs improvement with Talend Data Management Platform?

I understand this might relate more to another platform, like the cloud API cloud platform. Nevertheless, data management could also encompass APIs and real-time streaming data integration. I wonde...

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Also Known As

SAS/Access

Talend Integration Suite

Overview

SAS/ACCESS is an out-of-the-box solution for integrating SAS and third-party databases. You can read, write and update data regardless of the database or platform. Because the data appears native to SAS, there is no need to learn Structured Query Language (SQL) or any other database-specific query languages.

SAS

Talend offers robust data integration in an open and scalable architecture to maximize its value to your business. Simple, graphical tools and wizards get you up and running quickly with native code generation that streamlines development.

Talend

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