Estuary
8.0#1 in change data capture software$0.50 usage-basedFree planWebAPILinuxmacOS
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Google Cloud Datastream
6.8#4 in database replication softwareFrom $0.40 a monthFree planWebAPI
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| Fact | Estuary | Google Cloud Datastream |
|---|---|---|
| Encryption | Estuary states that data is encrypted in transit and at rest, with mutual TLS between internal services and encrypted connector credentials. | Buffered data is encrypted at rest, and replicated data is encrypted by default using destination security controls. |
| Integrations | Estuary advertises more than 200 prebuilt connectors across databases, warehouses, SaaS apps, and cloud platforms, including Snowflake, BigQuery, Kafka, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. | Datastream integrates with Dataflow templates to load data from Cloud Storage into destinations including BigQuery, Cloud SQL, and Spanner. |
Estuary plans
- Pay-as-you-go$100 a month
- AnnualPriced on request
- DeveloperFree
- FreeFree
- Cloud PAYG$0.50 a month
- Cloud$0.50 a month
Google Cloud Datastream plans
- Datastream Free TierFree
- Datastream backfill$0.40 a month
- Datastream CDC$2 a month
Pick Estuary if…
Estuary suits enterprises that need to manage data cost, latency, and deployment choices across integration workflows. It may also suit teams that want to transform data in motion or configure its storage duration.
Pick Google Cloud Datastream if…
Datastream suits teams that need cloud-based one-way change capture, replication, migration, or synchronization across its supported sources and destinations. It can also serve analytics and event-driven use cases.