Google Cloud Datastream vs TiCDC

Google Cloud Datastream plans

• Datastream Free TierFree
• Datastream backfill$0.40 a month
• Datastream CDC$2 a month

TiCDC plans

• TiCDC (open-source)Free

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.

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.