Fivetran vs Qlik Talend Cloud
ETL & data extraction head-to-head for ERP teams: evidenced capabilities, published pricing, and which ERPs each actually integrates with.
| Starting price | Consumption (Monthly Active Rows), not per user | Quote-based |
| Deployment | Cloud, Hybrid | Cloud |
| Company size | SMB, Mid-market, Enterprise | Mid-market, Enterprise |
| Stated ERP integrations | SAP, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle Fusion Cloud, Workday | SAP, NetSuite, Oracle Fusion Cloud, Microsoft Dynamics 365 |
| Vendor | Fivetran, Inc. | Qlik |
Our take
Where Fivetran leads
- Stronger evidenced coverage on 11 of the 21 capabilities where they differ (led by schema drift detection & propagation and managed dbt integration).
- Stated Workday integration the alternative doesn't list.
Where Qlik Talend Cloud leads
- Stronger evidenced coverage on 10 of the 21 capabilities where they differ (led by visual, no-code transformation builder and data profiling & cleansing).
Where they differ
The 21 capabilities (of 52 in the ETL & data extraction taxonomy) where the evidence separates them, biggest gaps first. “Not evidenced” means our research found no public documentation of this capability — the vendor may still offer it. Confirm on a demo.
| Capability | ||
|---|---|---|
| Schema drift detection & propagationExtraction & Replication | Core strength Automatic schema detection plus a dedicated schema change review workflow | Not evidenced |
| Visual, no-code transformation builderTransformation & Modeling | Not evidenced | Core strength Visual, low-code pipeline and job designer (Talend Studio / cloud pipeline designer) |
| Managed dbt integrationTransformation & Modeling | Core strength Managed orchestration of dbt Core and dbt Cloud, including a prebuilt SAP dbt data model | Not evidenced |
| Data profiling & cleansingTransformation & Modeling | Not evidenced | Core strength Data quality profiling and cleansing, inherited from Talend Data Fabric |
| Visual pipeline/workflow builderOrchestration & Scheduling | Not evidenced | Core strength Talend Studio / cloud pipeline designer |
| Third-party compliance certificationsGovernance, Security & Compliance | Core strength SOC 1 and SOC 2 reports, ISO 27001, PCI DSS Level 1, HITRUST and HIPAA BAA | Not evidenced |
| Data lineage trackingGovernance, Security & Compliance | Not evidenced | Core strength Data lineage tracking, inherited from Talend Data Fabric |
| Generic database & API accessConnector Catalog & Source Coverage | Not evidenced | Supported REST/SOAP API connectivity |
| Incremental syncExtraction & Replication | Supported | Not evidenced |
| Table & column-level sync controlExtraction & Replication | Supported Table- and column-level sync control (include/exclude, sync mode) | Not evidenced |
| Code-based transforms (SQL/Python scripting)Transformation & Modeling | Supported Managed dbt Core / dbt Cloud project orchestration | Not evidenced |
| Reverse ETL / operational activationDestinations & Activation | Core strength Activations: 200+ supported destination applications for pushing warehouse data back into CRM/marketing/support tools | Partial Data product creation and publishing described; not framed as reverse-ETL into operational apps |
| PII masking / column-level blockingGovernance, Security & Compliance | Supported Column blocking and column hashing for sensitive fields | Not evidenced |
| Data cataloging / metadata managementGovernance, Security & Compliance | Partial Entity-relationship diagram (ERD) view per connection, not a full data catalog | Core strength Talend Data Catalog |
| Schema-change notificationsMonitoring & Operations | Supported Schema change review workflow with a dedicated Schema tab | Not evidenced |
| AI-assisted pipeline/connector buildingEnterprise ERP Depth & AI Automation | Partial AI Connector Agent (beta), scoped to generating custom connectors | Core strength AI-assisted / agentic data engineering with automated pipeline suggestions and an agentic AI assistant layer |
| Log-based Change Data CaptureExtraction & Replication | Core strength SAP ECC on Oracle/SQL Server replicated via HVR log-based CDC; log-based sync mode across supported connectors | Supported Change data capture (CDC) replication |
| SQL / ELT pushdown transformsTransformation & Modeling | Partial Transformations run via managed dbt inside the destination warehouse, not a dedicated SQL-pushdown engine | Supported Both ETL and ELT transformation job modes are explicitly supported |
| Data lake / lakehouse destinationsDestinations & Activation | Core strength Managed Data Lake Service writes into Amazon S3, Azure Data Lake Storage and Google Cloud Storage | Supported Open Lakehouse / data lakehouse support |
| Write-back through the ERP's own application layerEnterprise ERP Depth & AI Automation | Not evidenced | Partial SAP, NetSuite and Dynamics 365 connectors documented read/write; application-layer write mechanism not detailed |
| Real-time, synchronous request-reply integrationEnterprise ERP Depth & AI Automation | Not evidenced | Partial Real-time ingestion mode named generically; not detailed as synchronous request-reply |
Both grade identically on the other 31 capabilities — see each product's full profile: Fivetran, Qlik Talend Cloud.
Fivetran vs Qlik Talend Cloud — FAQs
Is Fivetran or Qlik Talend Cloud better for ERP integration?
Both state integrations with SAP, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle Fusion Cloud. Fivetran additionally lists Workday. Always verify the connector against your ERP version with a reference customer.
Which is cheaper, Fivetran or Qlik Talend Cloud?
Neither publishes a list price — both quote. Ask each for the all-in first-year cost at your seat count, as one number, and compare those.
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