# Talend alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 221 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Talend holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/talend/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Fivetran: 56
- Airbyte: 42
- Hevo Data: 24
- Integrate.io: 12
- Skyvia: 11
- Stitch: 8

## ETL and ELT

**Small business**: 81 of 84 answers did not name Talend (Talend is #11 of 11 at 0%).

- Airbyte: first choice in 27 of those 81
- Fivetran: first choice in 16 of those 81
- Hevo Data: first choice in 16 of those 81
- Skyvia: first choice in 10 of those 81
- Stitch: first choice in 6 of those 81
- Coupler.io: first choice in 1 of those 81
- Estuary Flow: first choice in 1 of those 81
- Integrate.io: first choice in 1 of those 81

**Mid-market**: 76 of 84 answers did not name Talend (Talend is #5 of 18 at 4%).

- Fivetran: first choice in 22 of those 76
- Airbyte: first choice in 15 of those 76
- Hevo Data: first choice in 8 of those 76
- Stitch: first choice in 2 of those 76
- dbt: first choice in 2 of those 76
- Integrate.io: first choice in 1 of those 76
- Meltano: first choice in 1 of those 76
- Skyvia: first choice in 1 of those 76

**Enterprise**: 64 of 84 answers did not name Talend (Talend is #6 of 15 at 2%).

- Fivetran: first choice in 18 of those 64
- Integrate.io: first choice in 10 of those 64
- Matillion: first choice in 3 of those 64
- Cleo Integration Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 64
- Coalesce: first choice in 1 of those 64
- IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration: first choice in 1 of those 64
- Informatica Data Integration: first choice in 1 of those 64
- dbt: first choice in 1 of those 64

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