TIBCO BusinessWorks vs Talend Data Fabric comparison

Qlik and TIBCO are both solutions in the Data Integration category. Qlik is ranked #34 with an average rating of 7.0, while TIBCO is ranked #18 with an average rating of 8.7. Qlik holds a 0.8% mindshare in DI, compared to TIBCO’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 83% of Qlik users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of TIBCO users who would recommend it.

Talend Data Fabric

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TIBCO BusinessWorks

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91% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

TIBCO BusinessWorks and Talend Data Fabric are market leaders in integration and data management solutions. Talend Data Fabric appears to have an upper hand with its comprehensive data integration capabilities and ease of deployment.

Features: TIBCO BusinessWorks offers real-time integration, process automation, and strong application integration, suitable for environments demanding rapid data processing. Talend Data Fabric provides wide-ranging data source support, extensive data governance, and superior transformation capabilities, making it ideal for businesses handling complex data processes.

Room for Improvement: TIBCO BusinessWorks can improve its ease of deployment, simplify user interfaces, and reduce setup complexity for non-technical users. Talend Data Fabric could benefit from enhancing customization options, improving scalability in high-load scenarios, and refining its real-time processing features for better performance.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: TIBCO BusinessWorks has a robust deployment process that may require technical expertise, supported by customer service for guidance. Talend Data Fabric is known for easy and flexible deployment, supported by comprehensive customer assistance, simplifying user onboarding and offering a smooth implementation experience.

Pricing and ROI: TIBCO BusinessWorks typically requires a higher upfront investment, delivering returns through improved operational efficiency, but may be expensive for small businesses. Talend Data Fabric presents a flexible pricing model, appealing to various business sizes, with ROI highlighted by cost-effective data management solutions.

To learn more, read our detailed TIBCO BusinessWorks vs. Talend Data Fabric Report (Updated: December 2025).

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TIBCO BusinessWorks vs. Talend Data Fabric

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Talend Data Fabric

Ranking in Data Integration

34th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

TIBCO BusinessWorks

Ranking in Data Integration

18th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Talend Data Fabric is 0.8%, down from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO BusinessWorks is 0.9%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Integration Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
TIBCO BusinessWorks	0.9%
Talend Data Fabric	0.8%
Other	98.3%

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reviewer2791317

Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Data integration has become highly customizable but pricing and memory tuning still need improvement

From my experience around Business Intelligence for data and analytics for around twenty-something years, I can say that what I appreciate about Talend Data Fabric is that we can connect sources to everything and be able to customize everything. The freedom I have as a developer is what pleases me most regarding Talend Data Fabric, as I always find a way to customize a component to meet my needs. The downside, however, is indeed the pricing, which has been the biggest challenge; since it went to Click, there is no longer a free license version such as Talend Open Studio, so either you pay or you do not have anything.

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ChristopherLebuso

Software Developer at Telkom Mobile

Drag and drop capabilities simplify service development for easy building

It is drag and drop. Drag and drop make it easier to build the service end to end. It is easier to build services with BusinessWorks. When I have an architecture designed to plug in the service itself with BW, it makes things much easier. It is easy to integrate, especially when the architecture is well-designed.

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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

"Everything in Talend Data Fabric is GUI-based, making it very user-friendly and easy to learn quickly."

"From my experience around Business Intelligence for data and analytics for around twenty-something years, I can say that what I appreciate about Talend Data Fabric is that we can connect sources to everything and be able to customize everything."

"Talend can be used for multi-cloud purposes, allowing users to orchestrate data across various cloud platforms without purchasing AWS Glue, Azure Data Factory, or similar cloud-specific tools."

"The Talend data integration has been one of the most valuable features."

"The initial setup is very easy."

"We've had no issues with the stability so far."

"It is a smart tool for us to design data pipelines. It lets us populate our three data lake instances. We like this solution for its connection capabilities, since it is very important to be able to use many different types of software. We tested a lot of SAP sources successfully, including cloud sources with SAP. It is also very easy to anonymize data with TIBCO, as well as populating HDFS files, packet files, and raw files. It is very easy to do that with Talend Data Fabric."

"It is very valuable for my work, helping me communicate with other branches, parse data, and change data formats to respond to the front channels with the correct format."

"One of the most valuable features is that it's a simple development. It takes a short time to get services to work."

"Good performance and reliability."

"The solution is very scalable. It can handle a lot. We have encryption plus integration servers running on that platform currently."

"The most valuable feature is the integration."

"The Business Studio interface based on SCA Standards helps to show the business logic at first look and improve code maintenance."

"The ability to link to different technologies is valuable to us."

"The most valuable features are the stability and the time to market."

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Cons

"I would like to see better integration with other tools."

"We encounter issues getting email notifications. They should provide enough information about the configuration process for email components."

"Talend's architecture is complex to configure, especially due to the various components involved. It requires a more intricate setup."

"The downside, however, is indeed the pricing, which has been the biggest challenge; since it went to Click, there is no longer a free license version such as Talend Open Studio, so either you pay or you do not have anything."

"We are currently using version 7.3.1, but preferred the version before. The problem that we currently have is that Talend are releasing patches for Talend Studio every quarter. Our technical team has to be on top of these patches and constantly ensure everything is updated."

"Deployment can be difficult, but I didn't test the latest version yet. With Talend products, every release brings a lot of new features and functionalities. This is never a small adaptation, because the tool is maturing, but we need to test the latest version and to check its deployment capabilities."

"The support is not very good. The team is not well-trained, and resolving a ticket can require several discussions."

"The solution’s customer support should be improved."

"Cloud fitness is lacking"

"TIBCO BusinessWorks could be improved with cloud support."

"Though it is a stable product, if we have an issue with the product, it gets difficult, and it gets really difficult to explain the issue to the support team. Also, it takes a long time to get resolved."

"Performance and latency could be enhanced. Additionally, having signaling stack support would be beneficial."

"They don't support out of the box - you have to buy adapters or you have to have the technology."

"The Business Studio tool can be improved, which is the tool for designing the processes. Improving the Business Studio tool will make this solution more stable. It has a steep learning curve, and it is pretty tough to learn."

"Its price can be improved. For medium enterprises, it is a very expensive tool. In the market, you won't get many resources for this solution. You won't find many developers in the market very easily. The latest version of TIBCO (6.4 or 6.x) is not very stable. It has got many issues. We have raised this with TIBCO, and they are taking a lot of time to come up with a fix, which is making us move away from this product. Some of the performance-tuning aspects are also missing in version 6. They should provide performance-related fixes, which will be helpful for the customers. If you are migrating from the current version to the container-supported version, it is quite expensive. The product has evolved, but it is very pricey. That's one of the challenges. They have provided all the features that are there in other products, but this is a platform upgrade. The platform has completely been changed from 5.x to 6.x, and we can't use the same environment. We can't run both versions on the same server as VM. The development environment is entirely different. In version 5.x, there was a proprietary designer. Now, it has common plug-ins developed on top of Eclipse."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are multiple subscriptions available with Talend, each with its own scope. Subscriptions depend on the number of users you have and how many remote engines you want to install."

"There are no additional licensing fees when you scale"

"The license is expensive, and I would rate it one out of ten."

"TIBCO BusinessWorks is a very expensive solution."

"I give the cost of the solution a four out of ten."

"The product is not cheap."

"Licensing scheme is too rigid"

"My understanding is that the licensing is very costly."

"TIBCO BusinessWorks is expensive."

"The cost depends on the components required."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

Comms Service Provider

University

Financial Services Firm

18%

Retailer

Manufacturing Company

Hospitality Company

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	3

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	24

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Talend Data Fabric?

Regarding the downsides of Talend Data Fabric, I think they can improve overall pricing. It is a challenging question to answer because, while I see advantages, the disadvantages revolve mostly aro...

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What is your primary use case for Talend Data Fabric?

I am currently phasing out of Talend Data Fabric, as the client where I have worked for many years migrated out of Talend this year into a different tool. I have helped the team to migrate out of T...

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What advice do you have for others considering Talend Data Fabric?

At the moment of phasing out Talend Data Fabric, maintenance from my end is not applicable. A new user would need to monitor the drivers associated with the tools being used closely. For example, i...

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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...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TIBCO BusinessWorks?

The current licensing cost for the product involves our resource sourcing team for negotiations. It depends on the type of licenses being used, whether perpetual or not. Sourcing manages these aspe...

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What needs improvement with TIBCO BusinessWorks?

There could be improvement areas in TIBCO BusinessWorks because every area needs to improve as the industry is demanding and traffic is increasing. Performance and latency could be enhanced. Additi...

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Overview

Talend, a leader in cloud data integration and data integrity, enables companies to transform by delivering trusted data at the speed of business.
Talend Data Fabric offers a single suite of apps that shorten the time to trusted data. Users can collect data across systems; govern it to ensure proper use, transform it into new formats and improve quality, and share it with internal and external stakeholders.

Over 3,000 global enterprise customers have chosen Talend to help them turn all their raw data into trusted data to make business decisions with confidence — including GE, HP Inc., and Domino’s.

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TIBCO BusinessWorks allows to connect applications, whether on-premises or in the cloud, providing proven reliability and scalability, out-of-the-box. With a drag-and-drop graphical development environment, TIBCO BusinessWorks eliminates the pain and cost of point-to-point application integration, connecting and unifying business processes across applications, data sources, and APIs, with access to real-time data across all your platforms.

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