Stitch Data vs Talend For ETL/ELT in 2025

Stitch Data moves data from over 140 sources to a data warehouse with minimal IT expertise, while Talend combines ETL, quality, and governance in a single solution. In this article, we'll compare Stitch Data and Talend to see which one is the best data integration solution.

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What are Stitch Data and Talend?

Stitch Data

Stitch Data is a cloud-based ETL service that allows users to move data from over 140 sources to a data warehouse with minimal IT expertise.

In 2018, legacy data provider Qlik acquired the company, integrating Stitch Data with Talend.

Talend

Talend is an enterprise-grade platform that merges ETL, quality, and governance into a single solution.

It supports integration across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, ensuring flexibility and scalability.

Feature-by-Feature Breakdown: Alternatives & Competitors

Features

Sync to Warehouse (ETL/ELT)

Sync from warehouse (Reverse ETL)

Sync directly between SaaS Applications

Self-Hosted Option

High-Scale Database CDC

2-way, Read +Write Environment as Terraform

Real-time SOQL Transformations on Salesforce

Workspaces

Entity-level RBAC Permissions

Built for Enterprise Use Cases

Support Chat Reply in Minutes from Actual US-based Engineers

First-class API with Native Clients

White-label API with Auth-handling

Robust Connectors, None in Beta Version

Fast Turnaround Time on New Connectors

Straightforward Pricing (Easy to Understand)

Polytomic

Stitch Data

Talend

Compare Stitch Data and Talend

Stitch Data

Talend

Key Features

Transfer data from sources to warehouses (ETL)
No need for coding
SOC2 certification

Key Features

Sync to Warehouse (ETL/ELT)

Limitations

Bugs and instability when scaling
Slow to adapt to changes in connector APIs
Absence of Reverse ETL functionality
Limited growth in support for new connectors

Limitations

Only supports ETL, lacks reverse ETL capabilities
Not dependable for large-scale operations
Complex GUI and lacks code compatibility
Costly legacy platform

Pricing

Stitch Data provides three primary pricing plans: the Standard Plan, which begins at $100 per month, the Advanced Plan at $1,250 per month billed annually, and the Premium Plan at $2,500 per month billed annually.

Each plan is tailored to meet varying user requirements and data capacities, with features expanding in line with the plan's level.

Pricing

Talend's pricing is customized based on the specific data integration products and services required, with detailed information available upon request.

As part of Qlik, Talend offers various solutions, including Talend Data Fabric and Qlik Replicate, with pricing tailored to deployment scale, data volume, and support needs.

Reviews

Stitch Data has a rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars. Users have reported concerns about the reliability of the product and the quality of customer support. Previous Stitch Data customers cite minimal new work on existing connectors, slow response times to outages, and unwillingness to build new connectors. Check out more of their reviews here.

Retool’s Director of RevOps switched from Stitch Data to Polytomic to consolidate all their bidirectional ETL jobs.

Reviews

Using Talend Data Integration has a rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars. Users have expressed concerns about the Java-based application's performance, particularly its speed and handling of large data volumes.

Some reviews highlight challenges with the interface and the need for better scalability. Check out more of their reviews here.

WHICH ONE SHOULD YOU CHOOSE?

Why customers are switching to Polytomic

Polytomic unifies ETL/ELT, Reverse ETL, and database CDC into a single platform—so your data moves in and out of the data warehouse without relying on multiple vendors.

Built for Data Teams: Consolidate your ETL and Reverse ETL needs with one solution. Polytomic handles high-throughput CDC streaming, full SQL transformations, and support for infrastructure-as-code.
RevOps and Marketing-Friendly: Launch data pipelines to your CRM and ad platforms in minutes with an intuitive UI, plus advanced tools like live SOQL transformations on Salesforce data.
API for AI & Product Teams: Deliver embedded customer integrations via our white-labeled native API. Polytomic supports seamless syncing into customer CRMs and data warehouses with built-in auth and integrations with the whole GTM stack.
Enterprise-Grade: Deploy on-prem or in the cloud, manage complex orgs with multi-tenant workspaces and fine-grained RBAC permissions, and cut costs by 30–50% through platform consolidation. Backed by fast, responsive support from real data engineers.

What is Polytomic?

Polytomic

Polytomic combines high-scale ETL, Reverse ETL, and CDC streaming in a single platform so you can move data to and from your data warehouses, databases, CRMs, finance applications, marketing tools, and APIs, without managing brittle pipelines or multiple vendors.

Data teams appreciate our single ETL platform with unified monitoring to centralize all data movement. We have full SQL support and first-class support for infrastructure-as-code.

RevOps and marketing teams use our no-code UI to quickly and independently set up syncs for product data to their CRM and ad platforms.

Built for enterprise scale, Polytomic can be self-hosted, handles billions of rows reliably, and has multi-tenant workspaces with fine-grained access controls.

Trusted by Data and ops teams

All the features you need, on the platform that does it all

Replace multiple vendors

Reduce costs and simplify workflows

One platform for all syncs

ETL, Reverse ETL, CDC, iPaaS, APIs, and spreadsheets

Sync only what’s changed

Save on API limits and compute costs

Point and click

Select and filter your data without writing code

SQL query support

Powerful transformations when you need them

Pull from any API

No more glue code for custom integrations

Self-hosting available

Turnkey deployment to your private cloud

Enterprise-ready

SOC 2, GDPR, permissions, and audit logs

Move data between all of your favorite tools

Sync any of your proprietary data to and from your databases, data warehouses, spreadsheets, and business systems.

See all integrations

"Polytomic’s customer support has been unbelievably great. The level of consistent, immediate responsiveness has been a huge benefit to us. It’s clear that Polytomic invests in the success of our business in a way that most companies talk about but don’t actually do. More than just support, we feel we have a thought partner."

Jonathan Krangel

Director of Revenue Operations

@Retool

Pricing begins at $500/month

Standard

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Everything in Basic, plus:

Sync to and from databases, warehouses, spreadsheets, apps, and APIs
Multiple sync destinations
Live chat support

Enterprise

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Everything in Standard, plus:

On-prem deployment
Single sign-on (SSO)
Dedicated engineer
Phone support

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between ETL and Reverse ETL?

ETL / ELT move data into a warehouse (ETL transforms first, ELT transforms after load). Reverse ETL sends modeled warehouse data back out to SaaS apps like Salesforce so teams can act on it. Think “data warehouse as a destination” vs. “data warehouse as a source.”

How can Polytomic do both ETL and Reverse ETL when other tools can't?

Polytomic was designed from the start to do both ETL and Reverse ETL. While they are both "moving data", they require different technical architectures. WIth Polytomic, you can replace a multi-vendor stack with a single contract.

How frequent should my data syncs be?

Higher cadence means more API calls, warehouse credits, and compute, so start with the slowest interval that meets your SLA and tighten only where ROI is clear. Polytomic’s continuous mode runs as fast as every 5 minutes; for most revenue-ops or analytics cases, 15-min, 30-min, hourly, or daily schedules are cheaper and plenty fresh. We can help you determine what's best for your needs.

Why does quality of customer support matter?

When every pipeline fuels dashboards, campaigns, and revenue ops, downtime or mis-configured syncs have a direct cost. Polytomic’s proactive, engineer-led support responds in minutes to your message, not hours or days. We cut spend through proactive tuning of sync cadence and warehouse usage. We ship new connectors and features on request, quickly and reliably.

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