Data Junction vs TextPipe - data conversions, data transformations, software

DataJunction and TextPipe Comparison

TextPipe™ Pro provides an enormous array of data cleansing and movement tools that compare VERY favorably to overpriced tools like DataJunction.

• DataJunction is written in Visual Basic (so it's sloooow!). TextPipe is written in compiled Borland Delphi 5, the most sophisticated optimized language on the market.
• DataJunction struggles with more than 1GB of data - in fact, the only case study at their site offers a business scenario where 1GB is the maximum amount of data it can handle in one night! TextPipe has NO limit on the size of data it can handle.
• DataJunction starts at USD 2,000, and is unusable. TextPipe Pro is USD 299.
• DataJunction can't handle OLE DB database connections. OLE DB is the newest standard from Microsoft for data store connectivity. TextPipe talks ODBC and OLE DB.
• TextPipe also can generate XML from any database, with DTDs generated on the fly. You can BUY an extra bit for DataJunction to do this (but why would you?).