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ETL software comparison

Talend vs. Informatica vs. Improvado

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Comparison

Improvado

Improvado automates the annoying parts of data management. With Improvado, marketers are no longer at the mercy of non-scalable manual processes. Costly and valuable developer time is now freed up, no longer from having to create interfaces, host and maintain databases, normalize data, and visualize reports.

Talend

Talend is a cloud data integration platform that allows businesses to integrate all their cloud and on-premises data in one platform, like a cloud data warehouse. It features powerful graphical tools, prebuilt integration templates, and a rich library of components that businesses can use to ease the process.
Businesses are able to scale their data projects with machine learning to meet the modern analytics needs of the market today, and they’re able to easily implement API's and data-as-a-service as part of their event driven architecture.

Informatica

Informatica encompasses a range of software products with an emphasis on enterprise cloud management and data integration. Its data integration solution leverages two popular architectures: Extract, Transform & Load (ETL), and Extract, Load & Transform (ELT).
Informatica’s portfolio also includes tools for cloud API management, cloud data governance and cataloging, and cloud master data management.

Features comparison

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Approach
Marketing sources
Builds New APIs for Customers on Request
Create custom metrics and reports you need for existing connectors
Change configurations after the first setup
Ability to integrate Business Data
How often data sync
Connects to data warehouses? Data lakes?
Data normalization framework
Doesn't require tech resources from your side to maintain the database
Predictable pricing that scales
Professional Services Available for What You Don’t Have In House
Support SLA
Improvado
Enterprise-wide data platform
300+ data sources
Yes
Create custom metrics and reports you need for existing connectors
Yes
Yes
How often data sync
Yes / Yes
Data normalization framework
Doesn't require tech resources from your side to maintain the database
Yes
Yes
Yes | Enterprise SLA
Talend
Over 1000 connectors
No
No
Yes
Yes / Yes
No
No
No
Informatica
Data integration
More than 80
Yes
No
Yes
Yes / Yes
No
No
Available

Connectors: Data sources and destinations

Improvado

Improvado streamlines data from 300+ marketing data sources. Such a range of data sources allows for in-depth cross-channel marketing analytics. With data from different channels on a single dashboard, you can build detailed marketing reports and track metrics like ROAS, CPL, CPA, ROMI, ROI, and many other custom indicators. Users get a single source of truth for all their marketing channels, along with a holistic view of their prospects’ devices, age, gender, preferred channels, and more.

Talend

Talend claims to provide over 1000 connectors for virtually any data source in the cloud or locally. The platform partners with leading data warehouses, cloud service providers, and analytics platforms, including Microsoft Azure, Snowflake, Amazon Web Services, and Databricks.

Informatica

Informatica allows its users to connect to data warehouses, enterprise applications, messaging systems, etc., both in the cloud and on-premises, through over 100 native Informatica cloud and PowerExchange connectors. The platform also allows developers to build custom connectors using the Informatica Connector Toolkit.

Transformations

Talend

Informatica

Support, documentation, and training

Improvado

Improvado’s data dictionary provides a complete overview of all marketing reports across different providers. The dictionary describes metrics, properties, dimensions, and more. Besides, Improvado provides an extensive library of dashboards and explains how to adjust them for your exact use case. If users can’t find the required information in Improvado’s documentation, they always have a dedicated support manager who will answer all their questions. Finally, companies that don’t have enough resources for adjusting dashboards and dealing with data operations can use Improvados’ Professional Services package to augment their in-house team with experienced offsite marketing experts.

Talend

Talend provides support via its in-product chat interface and community forum. It also provides a comprehensive knowledge base and blog. Additionally, Talend provides training services through the Talend Academy.

Informatica

Informatica offers three tiers of support. But for all customers, support is accessible via ticket, email, telephone, and the Informatica Network. Informatica’s Basic Success customers can only get support during business hours. Premium Success customers can get access to 24/7 support for priority 1 cases only. Signature Success customers benefit from 24/7 support for all cases. Informatica also has a comprehensive knowledge base and community forum. Furthermore, the platform offers training to its users via its Informatica University.

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