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SharePlex vs Talend Open Studio [EOL] comparison

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SharePlex
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
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Talend Open Studio [EOL]
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

AA
Sr. Oracle DBA at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Real-time replication means our data is available almost instantaneously if an issue occurs in one of our data centers
I would like the solution to have some kind of machine learning and AI capabilities. Often, if we want to improve the performance of posting, we have to bump up a parameter. That means we need to stop the process, come up with a figure that we want to bump the parameter up to, and then start SharePlex. Machine learning and AI capabilities for these kinds of improvement would tremendously help boost productivity for us. We have discussed this and they have said it is in their future pipeline, but not with a definite date at which we will see this type of feature.
Sushrit Moundekar - PeerSpot reviewer
Program Manager at InfoCepts
Has supported building flexible data pipelines and streamlined ETL orchestration
There should be a dedicated support team for Talend Open Studio. We do have a support team, but at times it is critical for us to fix certain things within one or two hours. Usually, the support team takes some 12 hours, which is the standard edition of support. If we could have round-the-clock support, we would be able to resolve many issues which we encounter during the development part. The initial setup for Talend Open Studio is a little complex. We need to have a dedicated person who has an understanding of Talend Open Studio as a tool. It takes some level of expertise, so it is not an easy process, but once we have a dedicated associate who is knowledgeable in that particular field, it becomes comparatively easier.

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Pros

"It works 100 percent of the time, with little downtime or problems."
"Try it out in your production and you won't be disappointed."
"I like SharePlex's Compare and Repair tool."
"Because of the volume of the transactions, we heavily use a feature that allows SharePlex to replicate thousands of transactions. It's called PEP, Post Enhancement Performance, and that has helped us scale tremendously."
"The core replication and its performance. Performance is crucial, and SharePlex is by far the fastest. The way it handles replication to multiple targets along with basic filtering, as well as from multiple sources to a single target, is very efficient."
"There are some capabilities within SharePlex where you can see how the data is migrating and if it still maintains good data integrity. For example, if there are some tables that get out of sync, there are ways to find them and fix the problem on the spot. Since these are very common issues, we can easily fix these types of problems using utilities, like compare and repair. So, if you find something is out of sync, then you can just repair that table. It basically syncs that table from source to target to see if there are any differences. It will then replicate those differences to the target."
"The synchronization, data backup, and data transfer are all valuable features of the solution."
"SharePlex has been a good fit for us because it was not as expensive compared to GoldenGate, it was stable compared to AWS DMS, and it was a good product for what we were looking for and within our budget too."
"The most valuable feature is being able to create custom ETL jobs, and we're sold on the customization part of it."
"We have contacted their technical support. They are great. They offer very professional help. If I need some technical answer, they are very professional. They are quick, professional, and very accurate."
"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 initial setup was pretty straightforward; I didn't have many problems installing it and it seemed very straightforward to me."
"Talend Studio has the ability to use it to ensure data quality."
"There are many architectures: hybrid, cloud, and on-prem."
"If you are a data integrator or system integrator, your work will be much easier using Talend Open Studio."
"The solution has quite a good range of scalability, and the jobs are quite scalable since we have now integrated them with Docker so we can follow all the principles of microservices."
 

Cons

"I would like the solution to have some kind of machine learning and AI capabilities. Often, if we want to improve the performance of posting, we have to bump up a parameter. That means we need to stop the process, come up with a figure that we want to bump the parameter up to, and then start SharePlex. Machine learning and AI capabilities for these kinds of improvement would tremendously help boost productivity for us."
"I would like the solution to have some kind of machine learning and AI capabilities."
"For its function in relation to replication (i.e. filtering), I'd give it a six or seven out of 10. GoldenGate has much more functionality by comparison."
"I would like more ability to automate installation and configuration in line with some of the DevOps processes that are more mature in the market. That would be a considerable improvement."
"I don't know how easy it would be to change the architecture in an already implemented replication. For example, if we have a certain way of architecting for a particular database migration and want to change that during a period of time, is that an easy or difficult change? There was a need for us to change the architecture in-between the migration, but we didn't do it. We thought, "This is possibly complicated. Let's not change it in the middle because we were approaching our cutover date." That was one thing that we should have checked with support about for training."
"I don't know how easy it would be to change the architecture in an already implemented replication."
"The reporting features need improvement. It would be very good for users to have a clear understanding of the status of replication."
"The reporting features need improvement."
"Open Studio doesn't have features that some of its competitors do like administrative tools."
"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."
"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."
"The solution needs more integrations."
"The open-source version does not include the parallel execution; neither the source code versioning or the project collaboration features."
"Having additional training materials, such as a video tutorial, would be an improvement."
"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."
"I would say that writing to JSON is kind of a pain. It reads from a JSON file pretty well, but writing to a JSON file is not so great because its components are not good."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's really good value for the money. There are some things they could improve on, but in terms of the pricing, features, and support, as a holistic package, we are not thinking of anything else at this point in time."
"It is not as expensive as Oracle GoldenGate and has worked really well within our budgets."
"Pricing and licensing are fairly straightforward. It is reasonably priced and managed."
"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."
"I am using the open-source version and it is free."
"There are many versions available and one is open-sourced which is free."
"Talend Open Studio costs about 11,000 a year."
"Price could be lower. It is getting too expensive when compared to some other solutions, which is actually a little bit concerning."
"I am using the open-source version of the solution, so there are no extra costs for any feature."
"Open Studio has a basic license and additional costs for services, including customer support and technical assistance."
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Construction Company
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Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
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Healthcare Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

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