Striim vs Tungsten Replicator

Striim9.0Visit Tungsten Replicator8.7Visit

Higher score Striim #3 in Database Replication Software 9.0/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Striim

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Tungsten Replicator #5 in Database Replication Software 8.7/10 Pricing on request ✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Continuent

• Striim fits best

  Broad connector coverage with visual pipelines

• Tungsten Replicator fits best

  Complex heterogeneous and active-active topologies

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Side by side

Feature	Striim 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Tungsten Replicator 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.7
Ranking	#3 in Database Replication Software	#5 in Database Replication Software
Best for	Broad connector coverage with visual pipelines	Complex heterogeneous and active-active topologies
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	—	Pricing on request
Free plan	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Linux
Support	Community, Docs	Email, Phone, Tickets, Docs · 24/7
Integrations	100+ integrations	14 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Striim 0/3 · Tungsten Replicator 3/3
Change data capture	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Cross-region replication	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Data transformations	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Replication direction	Not checked yet	Multi-way
Deployment options	Not checked yet	Hybrid
Supported databases	Not checked yet	MySQL, MariaDB, Percona, Amazon Aurora/RDS, Google Cloud SQL, Microsoft Azure, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Amazon Redshift, HPE Vertica, Hadoop, MongoDB, Apache Kafka, Amazon S3
Our review
Pros	100+ connectors across databases, applications, clouds, and messaging systems Continuous replication with streaming SQL transformations and schema handling Cloud, self-managed, API, and monitoring options for varied deployments	Supports heterogeneous targets across databases, NoSQL, messaging, and analytics Offers filtering, transformations, parallel replication, and multi-way topologies Provides REST management APIs with SSL/TLS communication and authentication
Cons	Paid plans require contacting the vendor for pricing Striim Developer is not intended for production or business-critical workloads The breadth of deployment and pipeline features may exceed narrow replication needs	Requires a contact-sales process for product pricing Its broad topology controls may exceed simpler replication needs Deployment is focused on Linux, API, and self-hosted environments
Our verdict	Striim is a real-time data integration and streaming platform for enterprises that need to move data across databases, applications, files, cloud services, and messaging systems. Its core capabilities include change data capture,… Read the review →	Tungsten Replicator is a database replication engine from Continuent Ltd for organizations managing distributed, business-critical database infrastructure. It extracts changes from database binary logs, records replicated transactions in a… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Striim — where it wins

  • 100+ connectors across databases, applications, clouds, and messaging systems
  • Continuous replication with streaming SQL transformations and schema handling
  • Cloud, self-managed, API, and monitoring options for varied deployments

  Where it doesn't

  • Paid plans require contacting the vendor for pricing
  • Striim Developer is not intended for production or business-critical workloads
  • The breadth of deployment and pipeline features may exceed narrow replication needs

• Tungsten Replicator — where it wins

  • Supports heterogeneous targets across databases, NoSQL, messaging, and analytics
  • Offers filtering, transformations, parallel replication, and multi-way topologies
  • Provides REST management APIs with SSL/TLS communication and authentication

  Where it doesn't

  • Requires a contact-sales process for product pricing
  • Its broad topology controls may exceed simpler replication needs
  • Deployment is focused on Linux, API, and self-hosted environments

• Striim9.0/10 · Free plan

  A broad replication platform with visual pipelines, continuous CDC, and a free developer tier.

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• Tungsten Replicator8.7/10 · Pricing on request

  A topology-focused replication engine for complex, multi-system database environments.

  Visit ContinuentFull verdict →