Looking for a supported alternative for production use?
As we predicted in our blog 2025 Data Trends to Watch, open-source data integration has already become a hot topic for businesses relying on the open-source versions of Talend’s Open Studio and Pentaho’s Community Edition. Changes to these platforms have left many users wondering how easy it would be to migrate to something else — and what that something else could be.
The good news is that of course there are great options whether the business needs to
- identify another open-source solution,
- move to a licensed version of their current tool, or
- find another licensed option.
Open-Source Alternatives
As one of Pentaho’s earliest global partners, we’ve stayed true to our open-source roots — our core value of ‘openness’ means that we consider and incorporate open-source tools, solutions and standards as a fundamental part of our approach.
For those wanting to stay open-source, we recommend Apache Hop as a modern ETL and orchestration platform. Built from Pentaho’s open-source code, Hop offers similar functionality and a user-friendly interface — making it a straightforward migration path for Pentaho users, and an open-source option for all ETL tools.
For businesses currently using Talend’s open-source edition, Hop provides a flexible ETL alternative that supports similar workflows, offers extensive plugin capabilities, and can be tailored to fit existing data pipelines.
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Licensed Options
With nearly 20 years as a Pentaho / HitachiVantara Partner, BizCubed has extensive experience implementing, supporting, upgrading and migrating to the Pentaho platform.
Read our blog about why you might consider Pentaho EE 10.2.
Migration of Choice
When deciding whether to invest in a licensed version of a current tool or migrate elsewhere, the challenge isn’t just picking a replacement — it’s also about ensuring continuity and efficiency in data operations.
With nearly two decades of experience in ETL and data integration — including deep knowledge of Pentaho — BizCubed has seen firsthand how shifts in the open-source and data tool landscape impact business decisions, and their follow-on impacts on operations and the data ecosystem.
The right choice for your organisation depends on a broad range of factors, such as timing, budget, prioritisation of the related workflows, scalability, interoperability, data strategy and business values.
We can help you navigate these changes, support you to understand the impact to your current environment and what your options are, and assist you through whichever transition path you choose.
