Estuary
7.9#1 in change data capture software$0.50 usage-basedFree planWebAPILinuxmacOS
VisitEstuary vs TiCDC
What both publish
| Fact | Estuary | TiCDC |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Deployment choices include shared public infrastructure, dedicated private data planes and bring-your-own-cloud environments. | TiCDC can be deployed with a new TiDB cluster or added to an existing cluster using TiUP. |
| Founded | 2019 | 2015 |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York, United States | Sunnyvale, California, USA |
| Licence | The Estuary Flow runtime uses Business Source License 1.1, forbids operating a third-party data-processing service, and is scheduled to change to Apache 2.0 on 2029-11-20; the connector repository is dual MIT/Apache 2.0. | The public TiCDC repository is licensed under Apache-2.0. |
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
TiCDC plans
- TiCDC (open-source)Free
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 TiCDC if…
TiCDC suits teams operating TiDB that need change-data feeds, cluster replication, or downstream data for monitoring, caching, indexing, and analysis. It is self-hosted and supports API and Linux environments.