ELT & data integration · Qlik

Talend

Enterprise data integration and data quality suite, now sold as Qlik Talend Cloud after Qlik's acquisition of Talend.

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Talend is a long-established enterprise data integration platform covering ETL/ELT, application integration, master data management and data quality/governance, historically available as both an open-source Studio and commercial editions. Following Qlik's 2023 acquisition, it is marketed as Qlik Talend Cloud in four editions that layer on capability: Starter for simple SaaS/database movement, Standard adding change data capture at scale, Premium adding transformation automation across formats, and Enterprise adding full data quality and governance with AI features. Usage is metered on a combination of data volume moved, job executions and execution duration rather than by named price. It targets larger organizations with existing Talend investments or governance requirements beyond what lighter ELT tools provide.

At a glance

Vendor Qlik
Pricing model Quote only
Free tier No
Deployment Cloud, Self-hosted
Open source No
Best for Larger enterprises needing integration bundled with data quality and governance, not just pipeline movement.

Pricing

Capacity-based subscription across four editions (Starter, Standard, Premium, Enterprise), metered by data volume, job executions and duration; no public price list.

Checked on the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026: no prices are published. Expect to be quoted.

Features

  • ETL/ELT pipeline design
  • Change data capture at scale (Standard+)
  • Data quality and profiling tools
  • Master data management
  • Data governance and cataloging (Enterprise)
  • Broad target/format support for transformation
  • AI-assisted data quality features

Integrations

Profile last reviewed September 21, 2026

Head to head

Alternatives

Informatica Enterprise-grade cloud data integration and management suite, priced by consumption of Informatica Processing Units (IPUs). Matillion Cloud-native ELT platform with a low-code visual pipeline designer that pushes transformations down into the target warehouse. Azure Data Factory Microsoft's cloud ETL/ELT and orchestration service for building and scheduling data pipelines across Azure and hybrid sources. Fivetran Managed ELT platform with 700+ prebuilt connectors that automatically syncs source data into a cloud warehouse or lake.

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Terms to know

ETL (extract, transform, load) A data integration pattern that transforms data before loading it, unlike ELT which transforms after loading. ELT (extract, load, transform) A data integration pattern that loads raw data first and transforms it afterward using the warehouse's own compute. Data governance The policies, roles and processes that determine how data is defined, owned, accessed and kept compliant. Data quality The degree to which data is accurate, complete, consistent and fit for the purpose it is being used for. Change data capture (CDC) A technique for detecting and streaming only the rows that changed in a source system, instead of reloading everything. Master data management (MDM) The discipline of maintaining one authoritative, consistent record for core entities like customers or products.

Related guides

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