About the Services
Talend
Talend is a cloud-based platform that offers cloud and on-premise integration solutions. The service provides open-source tools for free usage and a fully-featured tool suit, Talend Data Fabric. The Talend Data Fabric includes the Talend Studio, Stitch, Talend Big Data, Management Console, API Services, Data Inventory, Pipeline Designer, Data Preparation and Data Stewardship. The company was founded in 2005 and provides its services for thousands of customers.
Talend offers pre-built integration templates and wide variety of components to ease data-related processes. Additionally, Talend provides a collaborative environment that allows teams to work together on data integration and management projects. the pricing for Talend's platform can vary depending on the specific needs and requirements. It offers several pricing plans, including a free open-source version of their platform as well as paid subscriptions for their enterprise and cloud editions.
Integrate.io
Integrate.io is a data integration platform that runs on the cloud. It launched in 2021. As a company, it started in 2012. And the tool merged with other data platforms. These platforms are FlyData, DreamFactory, Xplenty, and Intermix.io. It claims hundreds of customers from various sectors.
The platform enables low-code or no-code data pipelines. It covers ETL, ELT, reverse ETL, and API management scenarios. It connects hundreds of data sources and destinations with ready-made connectors. And it also provides a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface.
The way Integrate.io deals with customer data is secure and dependable. It generates self-hosted, secure REST APIs for data products. Custom automated alerts and data observability also guarantees data quality. It helps customers to unify their data for a single source of reporting insights.
Skyvia
Skyvia is a no-code cloud data integration platform which supports a big variety of data integration scenarios including ETL, ELT, Reverse ETL, data migration, one way and bi-directional data sync, workflows automation, etc. It was created by Devart in 2014 to boost data-related performance: cloud data integration, backup and management.
Skyvia offers more than 160 ready-made data connectors for dozens of thousands of free users, including 2000+ paid customers. It's easy to use, offers drag-and-drop interface and suits both IT professionals and business users.
Skyvia has flexible pricing plans for each product, making it applicable for businesses of all sizes, from a small startup to an enterprise company. Also, Skyvia's freemium model allows users to start using it with a completely free plan and then decide if further upgrade is needed.
It is hosted in a Microsoft Azure cloud which provides the best data security and complies with a wide set of security standards including SOC 2, ISO 27001, and many others.
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| Focus | Data integration and management platform. | ETL, ELT, and Reverse ETL. | Data ingestion, ELT, ETL, reverse ETL, data sync, workflow automation. |
| Skill level | Low-code environment. | Low-code, no-code solutions. | No-code and easy to use wizard. |
| Sources | 1,000 connectors and components. | 150+ | 160+ |
| Destinations | All major data warehouses, data lakes and databases. | Supported data sources. | Supported data sources, including databases, data warehouses, cloud apps and flat files. |
| Database replication | Incremental replication with Talend Change Data Capture. | Full and incremental loading using CDC. CDC is a separate pricing to ETL. | Full table and incremental via change data capture. |
| Ability for customers to add new data sources | Yes, by Talend Component Kit. | Yes, by request. | Yes, by request or using REST API connector. |
| G2 customer satisfaction | 4.0 out of 5 62 reviews | 4.3 out of 5 180 reviews | 4.8 out of 5 157 Reviews |
| Peer Insights satisfaction | 4.1 98 Ratings | 4.5 6 Ratings | 4.8 85 Ratings |
| Developer tools | Talend Cloud API Designer. | API programmatic accessibility for Enterprise plan only. | REST connector for data sources that have REST API. |
| Advanced ETL capabilities | Talend Cloud Pipeline Designer provides a graphical web-based user interface. | Advanced database API features for Enterprise plans. | Visual ETL data pipeline designer with data orchestration capabilities |
| Compliance and security certifications | GDPR, HIPPA, SOC 2, CSA STAR. | ISO 27001, Sarbanes-Oxley, PCI Level 1, SOC 1 / 2, SSAE 16/ISAE 3402, GDPR, HIPAA Advanced security available for Professional and Enterprise plans only. | HIPAA, GDPR, PCI DSS. ISO 27001 and SOC 2 (by Azure). |
| Purchase process | Sales only. | Avail of free trial and talk to sales. | Self-service or sales. |
| Vendor lock-in | Monthly or annual contracts. | Annual contracts. | Monthly or annual contracts. |
| Pricing | Subscription-based pricing. | ETL/Reverse ETL: Starts at $15,000/year. ELT/CDC: Starts at $199/month. 14-day free trial. | Volume-based and feature-based pricing. Freemium model allows to start with a free plan. |
Connectors
Talend
Talend has many capabilities, serving as an ETL, ESB, iPaaS, and API gateway tool. Talend Cloud Pipeline Designer comes with 1000+ of out-of-the-box connectors and processors that can be extended by creating custom connectors and processors. With the help of Talend Cloud API Designer users can design an API in a graphical user interface, without having to learn OAS/Swagger or RAML syntax.
Integrate.io
Integrate.io is a no-code data pipeline platform. It offers 150+ data connectors to unify your data from various sources. This includes databases, cloud services, analytics, advertising, and more. Some of the popular ones are Snowflake, Salesforce, and Netsuite.
With its API generation feature, you can create REST APIs for your data sources. Customers can do this in minutes, without writing any code. So, they can power their data products and applications in a secure and scalable platform.
For a non-existent data connector, you can request it to Integrate.io so they can make one for you.
Note that you can only have 2 connectors whatever ETL pricing plan you have. And pay extra if you need more. But for Professional plan, you can also use an unspecified number of on-premise connectors. And you can have unlimited REST API connections in the Enterprise plan.
But for ELT, you can use unlimited connectors.
Skyvia
Skyvia offers more than 160 connectors and the number is rapidly growing. Among these connectors there are CRM, accounting, email marketing, e-commerce, human resources, marketing automation, payment processing, product management, all major databases and DWH, flat files, etc. Customers can also leave request for creating a new data connector and Skyvia will prioritize building it without additional payment.
Transformation
Talend
Talend provides a comprehensive set of tools and features for data transformation, allowing users to transform their data from one format to another, and to perform a wide range of data manipulation tasks. Users can perform their own transformations using the low-code environment of the Talend Pipeline Designer, or invite data engineers to perform complex transformations and operationalize the self-service findings in Talend Studio. Talend provides a comprehensive set of tools and features for data transformation, allowing users to transform their data from one format to another, and to perform a wide range of data manipulation tasks. Users can perform their own transformations using the low-code environment of the Talend Pipeline Designer, or invite data engineers to perform complex transformations and operationalize the self-service findings in Talend Studio.
Integrate.io
Integrate.io is a platform that handles data transformations in various ways. It depends on the needs and preferences of the customers. And these transformations are available whether it’s ETL, ELT, or reverse ETL. It also lets you preview data transformations in real time. So, you can see the impact of your changes and check the results.
Integrate.io makes it easy to transform your data. It offers a no-code drag-and-drop interface. It also provides over 220 data transformations, covering different scenarios and use cases. Additionally, you can track and receive alerts on data quality. This ensures you have reliable and accurate data.
Skyvia
Skyvia is a full-featured ETL service that allows building data integrations with powerful transformations between multiple data sources. It is a no code solution with support for data splitting, complex expressions and formulas, lookups, and many more operations.
Skyvia's Data Flow and Control Flow components can be used for building more advanced ETL data pipelines with support for multiple connectors and additional features like modifying the data, flowing through them, splitting flows of records into multiple outputs, or modifying data flow variables.
Support
Talend
Talend offers free access to its documentation and community support in the help center. Talend provides its service description guide in 4 languages (English, French, Japanese, and Spanish). Talend also offers support through an online ticketing system; its customers can also upgrade to a higher level of customer support. Besides from the Talend Academy courses, there's also an Udemy course for Talend Open Studio.
Integrate.io
You can reach Integrate.io through email, chat, phone, and Zoom support. They also offer product documentation, webinars, whitepapers, and blogs for free. And they offer a tailored approach to supporting customers.
Integrate.io has different levels of support. The Starter plan includes 24/7 support using email, chat, Zoom, and phone support. You can also have a dedicated Solutions Engineer. Then, the professional plan includes Starter features plus a 99.5% uptime SLA. And finally, the enterprise plan offers premium support. This includes priority response and a dedicated Slack channel.
Customers who want to avail of premium support can upgrade to the enterprise plan. Or, contact Integrate.io for a custom quote.
And note that you can have 30 days of tailored onboarding in the Starter plan. And the number of days increases as you upgrade to higher plans.
Skyvia
Skyvia offers free email, chat (on website or in app), and forum support for all customers. It also provides extensive documentation with lots of tutorials and user guides.
For paid customers there's also a phone support option, and additional support options for Enterprise customers.
Pricing
Talend
Talend offers free trial and a free version called Talend Open Studio that is a desktop version and should be downloaded. It also comes with limited data integration features and lacks customer support.
Overall, the service provides the subscription-based pricing, depending on functionality. However, user reviews often mention the unpredictable pricing within data volume scaling and license renewals, which is a key consideration for growing data teams.
Integrate.io
Integrate.io offers three pricing plans For ETL and Reverse ETL. These are Starter, Professional, and Enterprise.
The Starter plan costs $15,000 per year. This plan includes 2 connectors, daily scheduling, and 24/7 support among others. The 2 connectors mean that in your data pipeline, you have 1 data source and 1 target at the most.
The Professional plan costs $25,000 per year. Everything in the Starter plan is here. Plus an hourly scheduling, on-premise connectors, and 99.5% SLA among others.
Customers can add more connectors for $2,000 per year per connector. This applies to both Start and Professional.
The Enterprise plan is a custom plan. It includes everything in the Professional plan. Plus 5-minute scheduling, unlimited REST API, and custom SLA among others. Customers can contact Integrate.io for a custom quote for this plan.
For ELT, the price starts at $199/month for 5 million rows and unlimited connectors.
They also offer a 14-day free trial to try out the product. No freemium plans for Integrate.io.
Skyvia
Skyvia Data Integration is a freemium tool with an option to request a 14-day trial. Paid plans start from $19 per month. Pricing tiers (from Basic to Enterprise) vary by the number of successfully loaded records, frequency of scheduling and the inclusion of the advanced ETL features. There are no purchase commitments and customers are able to upgrade or downgrade at any time depending on their needs. A detailed comparison can be found here.