Qlik Talend Cloud vs Spring Cloud Data Flow comparison

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Qlik and Broadcom are both solutions in the Data Integration category. Qlik is ranked #8 with an average rating of 7.8, while Broadcom is ranked #32 with an average rating of 8.0. Qlik holds a 2.5% mindshare in DI, compared to Broadcom’s 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 89% of Qlik users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 22, 2026

Qlik Talend Cloud and Spring Cloud Data Flow are critical players in the data integration domain. Qlik Talend Cloud stands out with its extensive connectors and automation capabilities, while Spring Cloud Data Flow shines in microservices orchestration and ease of deployment on Kubernetes.

Features: Qlik Talend Cloud offers extensive connectors, automation capabilities for real-time data processes, and flexibility in adding custom code. Spring Cloud Data Flow provides efficient orchestration of microservices, a simple programming model for custom data pipelines, and seamless integration with other platforms.

Room for Improvement: Qlik Talend Cloud needs to address system stability issues, high memory consumption, and improve support and error handling. Spring Cloud Data Flow requires better documentation, especially in configuration examples, more community support, and easier integration with Kubernetes.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Qlik Talend Cloud provides flexibility across deployment models, though users find setup challenging due to complex architectures. Spring Cloud Data Flow excels in deploying microservices but demands more developer intervention. Qlik Talend Cloud's customer service is generally responsive but inconsistent. Spring Cloud Data Flow’s limited community support means users must often self-research for solutions.

Pricing and ROI: Qlik Talend Cloud's subscription model offers significant ROI in time and error reduction but may be costly for some users. Spring Cloud Data Flow’s open-source nature allows for cost-effective entry, though paid support might be necessary for complex integrations.

To learn more, read our detailed Qlik Talend Cloud vs. Spring Cloud Data Flow Report (Updated: October 2026).

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Categories and Ranking

Qlik Talend Cloud

Ranking in Data Integration

8th

Ranking in Streaming Analytics

6th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Quality (2nd), Data Scrubbing Software (1st), Master Data Management (MDM) Software (2nd), Cloud Data Integration (7th), Data Governance (9th), Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) (3rd), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (7th)

Spring Cloud Data Flow

Ranking in Data Integration

32nd

Ranking in Streaming Analytics

18th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Qlik Talend Cloud is 2.5%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Spring Cloud Data Flow is 1.0%, down from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Integration Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Qlik Talend Cloud	2.5%
Spring Cloud Data Flow	1.0%
Other	96.5%

Data Integration

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Henrique Fsantos

Data & Analytics Engineer at PicPay

Automated data pipelines have improved analytics workflows and provide trusted reporting data

The best features of Qlik Talend Cloud are its connectors to many systems, databases, APIs, and files, including both SQL and NoSQL databases. The scheduling feature allows me to run jobs automatically in the cloud, and the built-in data quality tools help clean and check data. The reusable components enable me to reuse jobs and parts, which saves time, making it easy to build good data pipelines. The feature that has made the biggest difference for me in Qlik Talend Cloud is the scheduling and automation, which helps me run ETL jobs automatically without manual work. This saves time, reduces errors, and makes the pipelines more stable. In my daily work, I can trust that the data is updated on time and ready for reports and analytics. Qlik Talend Cloud has had a positive impact on my organization by automating data integration processes, reducing manual errors, and ensuring reliable and up-to-date data for reports and business decisions. This has improved operational stability, productivity, and trust in the data. Since using Qlik Talend Cloud, we have reduced manual work, resulting in approximately 20% to 30% time savings in data load processes. We have also seen a reduction in operational errors, mainly due to automation and the data quality checks, and a clear improvement in data reliability since the pipelines became more standardized and monitored.

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NitinGoyal

Engineering Lead at Naukri.com

Has a plug-and-play model and provides good robustness and scalability

The solution's community support could be improved. I don't know why the Spring Cloud Data Flow community is not very strong. Community support is very limited whenever you face any problem or are stuck somewhere. I'm not sure whether it has improved in the last six months because this pipeline was set up almost two years ago. I struggled with that a lot. For example, there was limited support whenever I got an exception and sought help from Stack Overflow or different forums. Interacting with Kubernetes needs a few certificates. You need to define all the certificates within your application. With the help of those certificates, your Java application or Spring Cloud Data Flow can interact with Kubernetes. I faced a lot of hurdles while placing those certificates. Despite following the official documentation to define all the replicas, readiness, and liveliness probes within the Spring Cloud Data Flow application, it was not working. So, I had to troubleshoot while digging in and debugging the internals of Spring Cloud Data Flow at that time. It was just a configuration mismatch, and I was doing nothing weird. There was a small spelling difference between how Spring Cloud Data Flow was expecting it and how I passed it. I was just following the official documentation.

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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

"You move data from one source to another without problem and apply some business rules in data."

"We are still in the process of evaluating them, but I love the way things look in Talend, and I'm all for Talend."

"We are able to get emails from URLs very easily using this function when others fail."

"The product's integration with PostgreSQL and Jira has been helpful for us. Its performance is good. However, we do not use it for large data sets."

"The jobs are visual and this has improved collaboration between colleagues. It’s much easier to understand a visual job than a piece of Java code."

"They're very competitive in terms of performance, which is a good selling point. It has very rich features. It provides a very rich feature set in the application."

"The tool was mainly used for ETL processes to apply governance rules on data."

"The solution can run on any machine and that is a big advantage."

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"Overall, Spring Cloud Data Flow is a really good solution and a lot cheaper than a lot of infrastructure provided by big companies like Google or Amazon."

"The most valuable feature is real-time streaming."

"The most valuable features of Spring Cloud Data Flow are the simple programming model, integration, dependency Injection, and ability to do any injection. Additionally, auto-configuration is another important feature because we don't have to configure the database and or set up the boilerplate in the database in every project. The composability is good, we can create small workloads and compose them in any way we like."

"The ease of deployment on Kubernetes, the seamless integration for orchestration of various pipelines, and the visual dashboard that simplifies operations even for non-specialists such as quality analysts."

"The dashboards in Spring Cloud Dataflow are quite valuable."

"This product will assist us in saving costs in many ways: No longer need to continue paying high fees for proprietary software, reduce the number of software engineers needed to support the product, and achieve faster time to market by using this product for our middleware."

"The best thing I like about Spring Cloud Data Flow is its plug-and-play model."

"There are a lot of options in Spring Cloud. It's flexible in terms of how we can use it. It's a full infrastructure."

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Cons

"Qlik Talend Cloud has impacted my organization by increasing the license cost, leading many companies to decide to decommission Talend, as they find the cost too high."

"What's missing in the Talend MDM Platform is that it's not maintaining technology references. For example, my company needs a reference case if the platform has been implemented for a configuration that's similar to the client's required configuration. Currently, the client is still reluctant to roll out the Talend MDM Platform at a wider level because there's still no reference received from the Talend team."

"You can't join more than two tables for analysis."

"Not enough material is available for beginners."

"In the Philippines, there's only a handful of Talend support. The support is very helpful, but it's very limited."

"There are no concurrent licenses, they only have seat licenses on cloud. That's the whole challenge. For example, if in any project your headcount increases or decreases, you do not have that concurrence and you have a seat license, you run into challenges because you have to procure a few more licenses for getting the job done."

"If I am designing something in Talend Data Integration, I cannot backtrack in the flow. For example, if I read data from a source and transform it before applying complex aggregation in the third step, I cannot join this data with the second step."

"The ability to change the code when debugging the JavaScript could be improved."

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"The solution's community support could be improved."

"There were instances of deployment pipelines getting stuck, and the dashboard not always accurately showing the application status, requiring manual intervention such as rerunning applications or refreshing the dashboard."

"Some of the features, like the monitoring tools, are not very mature and are still evolving."

"The documentation on offer is not that good."

"On the tool's online discussion forums, you may get stuck with an issue, making it an area where improvements are required."

"Spring Cloud Data Flow could improve the user interface. We can drag and drop in the application for the configuration and settings, and deploy it right from the UI, without having to run a CI/CD pipeline. However, that does not work with Kubernetes, it only works when we are working with jars as the Spring Cloud Data Flow applications."

"The visual user interface could use some help; it needs improvement."

"Spring Cloud Data Flow is not an easy-to-use tool, so improvements are required."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool is cheap."

"We did not purchase a separate license for DQ. It is part of our data platform suite, and I believe it is well-priced."

"It is cheaper than Informatica. Talend Data Quality costs somewhere between $10,000 to $12,000 per year for a seat license. It would cost around $20,000 per year for a concurrent license. It is the same for the whole big data solution, which comes with Talend DI, Talend DQ, and TDM."

"Moreover, the pricing structure stands out as highly competitive compared to other offerings in the market, making it a cost-effective choice for users."

"I have been using the open-source version."

"The product pricing is considered very good, especially compared to other data integration tools in the market."

"The pricing is a little higher than what I had expected, but it's comparable with I-PASS competitors."

"The licensing cost is about 40,000 Euros a year."

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"The solution provides value for money, and we are currently using its community edition."

"If you want support from Spring Cloud Data Flow there is a fee. The Spring Framework is open-source and this is a free solution."

"This is an open-source product that can be used free of charge."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Outsourcing Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Construction Company

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

Outsourcing Company

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	21
Midsize Enterprise	12
Large Enterprise	20

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	5

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Talend Data Quality?

I don't use the automated rule management feature in Talend Data Quality that much, so I cannot provide much feedback. I may not know what Talend Data Quality can improve for data quality. I'm not ...

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What is your primary use case for Talend Data Quality?

It is for consistency, mainly; data consistency and data quality are our main use cases for the product. Data consistency is the primary purpose we use it for, as we have written rules in Talend Da...

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

Currently, I'm working with batch jobs and don't perform real-time data quality monitoring because of the large data volume. For real-time, we use a different product. I cannot provide details abou...

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What needs improvement with Spring Cloud Data Flow?

There were instances of deployment pipelines getting stuck, and the dashboard not always accurately showing the application status, requiring manual intervention such as rerunning applications or r...

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What is your primary use case for Spring Cloud Data Flow?

We had a project for content management, which involved multiple applications each handling content ingestion, transformation, enrichment, and storage for different customers independently. We want...

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What advice do you have for others considering Spring Cloud Data Flow?

I would definitely recommend Spring Cloud Data Flow. It requires minimal additional effort or time to understand how it works, and even non-specialists can use it effectively with its friendly docu...

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Also Known As

Talend Data Quality, Talend Data Management Platform, Talend MDM Platform, Talend Data Streams, Talend Data Integration, Talend Data Integrity and Data Governance

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Overview

Qlik Talend Cloud provides robust data integration tools tailored for efficient management of large volumes, offering real-time data access, Java integration, and custom code capabilities for developers.

Qlik Talend Cloud is known for its extensive connectivity options, enabling seamless integration across different platforms, such as S3, Redshift, Oracle, and SQL Server. The central repository facilitates consistent metadata access throughout organizations, enhancing collaboration. Despite its strengths in advanced monitoring, automation, and user-friendly drag-and-drop interfaces, users face challenges with installation stability, technical support, documentation inconsistencies, and complexities in learning. Performance concerns also include multitasking limitations and excessive memory usage. The platform's licensing costs can be prohibitive for smaller companies, while demands for improved data governance and intuitive code management continue. Its applications in healthcare data parsing, ETL task automation, and diverse data platform integration demonstrate its utility, although there's a constant demand for better scalability and efficient transformations.

What are the key features?

Seamless Real-Time Data Access: Ensures that users can access the latest information across systems without delays for better decision-making.
Java Integration: Facilitates smooth incorporation of Java components into workflows, broadening development options.
Custom Code Development: Offers flexibility to develop tailored solutions to meet specific integration scenarios.
Vast Connectors: Enhances connectivity between multiple platforms, supporting comprehensive data integration strategies.
Central Repository: Allows for uniform metadata access across departments, promoting cohesive data management practices.
Automation and Monitoring: Streamlines workflows with advanced automation and monitoring, reducing manual intervention and errors.

What benefits and ROI should users evaluate?

Improved Data Quality: Tools for data matching and error handling ensure high-quality, reliable data for analytics and reporting.
Efficient Workflow Streamlining: Drag-and-drop interfaces and automation features simplify complex workflows, enhancing operational efficiency.
Enhanced Business Insights: By integrating diverse data sources, businesses can derive deeper insights and ensure compliance through better data management.
Cost Management: Although some users find licensing expensive, comprehensive feature sets aimed at improving data processes can justify costs.
Community Support: Users benefit from active community forums that provide assistance, although technical support also necessitates enhancements.

In specialized industries like healthcare, users leverage Qlik Talend Cloud for data integration and transformation, aiding in compliance and analytics. Compatibility with cloud and on-premises systems ensures adaptability to complex data tasks, facilitating business application development. Organizations focus on enhanced data ingestion and quality checks for comprehensive solutions.

Qlik

Spring Cloud Data Flow is a toolkit for building data integration and real-time data processing pipelines.
Pipelines consist of Spring Boot apps, built using the Spring Cloud Stream or Spring Cloud Task microservice frameworks. This makes Spring Cloud Data Flow suitable for a range of data processing use cases, from import/export to event streaming and predictive analytics. Use Spring Cloud Data Flow to connect your Enterprise to the Internet of Anything—mobile devices, sensors, wearables, automobiles, and more.

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Sample Customers

Aliaxis, Electrocomponents, M¾NCHENER VEREIN, The Sunset Group

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