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ETL / ELT Software · Rank #6 of 10

Talend review and pricing

Legacy enterprise data integration platform now under Qlik and Thoma Bravo control.

By Talend / Qlik · Founded 2005 · Redwood City, CA · pe backed

Talend is the legacy enterprise data integration platform, founded 2005 in France, that helped pioneer the open-source ETL category. The company was taken private by Thoma Bravo in 2021 for $2.4B, then folded into Qlik in March 2023 (Qlik itself Thoma Bravo controlled, the deal valued the combined entity at $2.4B all-cash). Strengths: deep data quality and governance capabilities (Talend Data Fabric, Talend Data Catalog), strong EMEA enterprise presence, and integration with Qlik Sense and Qlik Cloud for the broader analytics motion. Trade-offs: post-acquisition customer-support neglect has been a consistent theme across 2024 and 2025, the on-prem Talend Studio (Open Studio) was end-of-lifed in 2024 forcing migrations, and roadmap commitments since the Qlik combination have been read as cloud-only with on-prem footprint deprioritized.

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Best for

Existing Talend enterprise customers (1,000+ employees) renewing or migrating to Talend Cloud, especially those who value the Data Fabric governance stack and are already on Qlik analytics.

Worst for

Net-new buyers (Fivetran, Airbyte, Informatica IICS, or Matillion all better choices), buyers needing strong on-prem commitment, or organizations sensitive to post-PE customer-service risk.

Vendor Trust Score

Is Talend a trustworthy vendor?

5.2/10
Caution
Pricing transparency
Published rates; no hidden fees
4.5
Contract fairness
Reasonable terms; no auto-renew traps
6.0
Incident response
How they handle outages and breaches
5.5
Post-acquisition behavior
Customer treatment after M&A or PE
4.0
Executive stability
Leadership churn over 24 months
5.5
Roadmap honesty
Public commitments held
5.5
Trust signal log
  • 2018-11-13
    Talend acquired Stitch for $60M
  • 2021-03-10
    Talend taken private by Thoma Bravo for $2.4B
  • 2023-03-29
    Qlik acquired Talend; Thoma Bravo led $2.4B all-cash deal
    Both Stitch and Talend now under one PE-backed parent; customer-service degradation flagged across forums in months after.
  • 2024-07-15
    Talend Open Studio end-of-life forced migrations
    Long-time open-source community customers were forced onto Talend Cloud or off the platform.
  • 2025-09-30
    Post-acquisition customer-support degradation flagged repeatedly across G2 and Reddit
Vendor Trust is scored independently of product quality. A great product from an unfair vendor still earns a low trust score.
Review Intelligence

What 470 reviews actually say

Synthesized from G2, Capterra, Reddit, Trustpilot. Patterns >15% prevalence shown.

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2026-04-29

Praise patterns

  • Data Fabric governance depth still differentiates
    64% →
  • Strong EMEA enterprise reference base
    51% →
  • MDM and Data Catalog mature relative to peers
    41% ↓

Complaint patterns

  • Post-acquisition customer-support neglect
    78% ↑
  • Open Studio EOL forced unplanned migrations
    64% ↓
  • Roadmap perceived as on-prem deprioritized
    51% →
  • Implementation services cost exceeds license cost
    47% →
Sentiment trend (6 months)
62/100 -2 pts
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Representative voices

  • “Talend Data Fabric is still the best governance story I know of. The post-Qlik experience is what is pushing us to evaluate Informatica IICS for the renewal.”

    Enterprise Data Architect, financial services· G2 · 2026-03-04

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1,000-5,000 employees $240,000
5,000+ employees $840,000
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Editorial: Strengths

  • Deep data quality and governance (Data Fabric, Data Catalog)
  • Strong EMEA enterprise installed base and references
  • Integration with Qlik Sense and Qlik Cloud for analytics motion
  • Mature MDM, profiling, and lineage features
  • Cloud, hybrid, and on-prem deployment options (though on-prem deprioritized)

Editorial: Weaknesses

  • Post-Qlik / Thoma Bravo customer-support neglect consistently flagged
  • Open Studio end-of-life in 2024 forced unplanned migrations
  • Roadmap perceived as cloud-only with on-prem deprioritized
  • Implementation services cost often exceeds license cost
  • Net-new buyer momentum minimal, mostly renewals and migrations

Key features & integrations

  • +Talend Data Fabric (integration + quality + governance)
  • +Talend Data Catalog
  • +Talend MDM
  • +Talend Pipeline Designer (cloud-native)
  • +Open Studio (community, EOL 2024)
  • +Stitch integration (same parent)
  • +Qlik Sense and Qlik Cloud integration
  • +Big Data and Hadoop legacy connectors
900+ integrations
SnowflakeDatabricksRedshiftBigQuerySalesforceSAPOracleNetSuiteWorkdayQlik SenseQlik Cloud
Geography supported
Global; strongest in EMEA, US
Best fit
1,000-100,000+ employees · Mid-enterprise through global enterprise, strongest EMEA
Editorial deep-dive

Read our full ranking of ETL / ELT Software

Talend ranks #6 in our editorial review of 10 etl / elt software platforms. The deep-dive covers methodology, comparison tables, decision matrix, migration scoring, and FAQs.

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