Boomi vs. Talend – Overview
About Boomi Data Integration
Boomi Data Integration — formerly Rivery — is the next-generation data platform built for the AI era.
Now part of the Boomi Enterprise Platform, Boomi Data Integration empowers organizations to build automated, end-to-end data pipelines that deliver trusted, governed, and near real-time data to analytics tools, AI models, and intelligent agents — all at scale.
From cloud data lakes to CRM, ERP, and bespoke SaaS applications, Boomi Data Integration gives your teams complete control and visibility over your data — so you can trust your data, move faster, and power your most ambitious AI and analytics initiatives.
About Talend
Talend is a Java code-based data management tool with a workflow user interface. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California. Talend is typically leveraged as an enterprise tool with a suite of data management solutions. Talend charges users per seat, which is a key consideration for growing data teams looking to scale. While Talend offers 1,000+ non-native connectors, their fully-coded, open-source approach comes with a steep learning curve for users who aren’t familiar with their interface. As a legacy data integration tool, Talend includes many different components (many of which from different acquisitions) which complicates further the learning and management process.
Boomi vs. Talend – Features
| ETL / ELT Tool | Boomi | Talend |
| Pricing | Based on executions and data size | $12k/user/year for starter package |
| Cloud native and fully managed | Yes | No |
| Native connectors | 200+ | 1,000+ (non-native) |
| Connect to any API source | Yes | No |
| Built-in workflow orchestration | Yes | Yes |
| Python transformations | Yes | No |
| Reverse ETL | Yes | Yes |
| Data Model templates (kits) | Yes | No |
| Gartner Peer Insights Score | 4.8 / 5.0 | 4.4 / 5.0 |
Product
Boomi
Boomi’s SaaS offering provides several data stack products in a single platform. This includes ELT (data ingestion) with over 200+ fully-managed connectors, advanced workflow orchestration, data operations (full support for the development lifecycle), reverse ETL (data activation), and full Python support.
Talend
Talend’s solutions include everything from data ingestion and data validation to complex data orchestration and testing APIs for data output. You must download and install the Talend application onto your desktop in order to perform most processes.
Talend’s products include:
Talend Cloud Data Integration and Talend Cloud Pipeline (included in Talend Cloud)
Talend Cloud Data Integration and Cloud Pipeline function as part of their web application, which doesn’t require the application server to be self hosted, but it’s mainly considered a workflow orchestration tool. Jobs must still be built on their associated desktop tool and then uploaded to the web application for scheduling.
Talend Data Fabric (includes Talend Cloud Pipeline)
Talend Data Fabric is Talend’s fully-featured solution, where users must host everything from the application server to the desktop software. The solution comes with a host of functions, including certain AI/ML capabilities, data ingestion, and more.
Boomi vs. Talend – Pricing
Boomi
Boomi Data Integration offers both on-demand (pay-as-you-go) pricing and annual contracts. All plans—Base, Professional, Pro Plus, and Enterprise—are available with either model.
Pricing is based on a credit system using Boomi Data Units (BDUs), formerly called RPUs.
Database, file storage, and webhook sources are priced by data volume transferred.
Application/API sources are priced by pipeline execution, with an option to shift to volume-based pricing for high-frequency syncs.
Boomi does not charge based on:
- Number of connectors or integrations
- Number of API executions or database tables
- Row count or sync frequency
All Boomi Data Integration plans include:
- Access to 200+ fully managed connectors
- Reverse ETL
- Change Data Capture (CDC) capabilities
- Support for both standard and high-frequency API replication
- Flexible, consumption-based pricing across all use cases
Learn more about Boomi Data Integration pricing on Boomi’s pricing page or contact sales to explore enterprise agreements.
Talend
Talend Cloud entry level is $12k/user/year or $1170/user/year with unlimited usage. Talend Data Fabric offers custom pricing, which is more expensive than their Talend Cloud offering. These includes many add-ons including for support packages, additional tokens and features.
Boomi vs. Talend – Support
Boomi
Boomi offers 24/7 global support as well as onboarding services and dedicated customer success services, which vary by plan. Support is engineering-led and solutions focused.
Boomi’s Gartner Peer Insights user rating for quality of support is 4.6/5, with an overall score of 4.8/5.
Talend
Talend offers support through their documentation, Talend community, as well as through an online ticketing system.
Talend’s Gartner Peer Insights user rating for quality of support is 4.2/5, with an overall score of 4.4/5.
Boomi vs. Talend – Summary
Talend
Talend is worth considering for large, enterprise teams, supported by seasoned Java developers. The tool offers a suite of data management solutions for different use cases, but long learning curves, mediocre support and pricing remains a key consideration with per seat pricing and infrastructure overhead costs.
Key benefits when evaluating Talend include:
- Robust data orchestration capabilities
- Some AI/ML capabilities, allowing data scientists to execute trained ML models
- Data governance
- Big data streaming
- The ability to treat sources as destinations
Limitations of Talend include:
- Desktop design reliance
- Infrastructure overhead
- Complex configuration and workflow creation
- Non-native connectors
- Long learning curves
Boomi
Boomi is a modern data platform, designed for beginners and experts alike. Non-software experts such as BI or data analysts can easily connect to data sources without coding knowledge. Experts such as data engineers or analytics engineers can create advanced data pipelines and workflows with the power and flexibility of a custom-coded solution via SQL or Python.
Ease of use within Boomi ensures workflows are simple to build and adapt, while Talend workflows have been known to become overly complex and difficult to maintain over time.
Unlike Talend, Boomi is a complete SaaS tool, so you don’t need to worry about maintenance, architecture upgrades, etc. Boomi offers simple data consumption-based pricing with unlimited users on every plan, whereas Talend prices per seat.
Boomi’s modern approach to data management, allow data teams to accelerate and deliver data to business users 7.5X faster, with fewer engineers and at a lower cost.