We performed a comparison between Confluent and Oracle GoldenGate based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Streaming Analytics solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Implementing Confluent's schema registry has significantly enhanced our organization's data quality assurance."
"The documentation process is fast with the tool."
"Confluence's greatest asset is its user-friendly interface, coupled with its remarkable ability to seamlessly integrate with a vast range of other solutions."
"I would rate the scalability of the solution at eight out of ten. We have 20 people who use Confluent in our organization now, and we hope to increase usage in the future."
"Kafka Connect framework is valuable for connecting to the various source systems where code doesn't need to be written."
"I find Confluent's Kafka Connectors and Kafka Streams invaluable for my use cases because they simplify real-time data processing and ETL tasks by providing reliable, pre-packaged connectors and tools."
"One of the best features of Confluent is that it's very easy to search and have a live status with Jira."
"It is also good for knowledge base management."
"GoldenGate can connect and collect data from multiple sources, such as SQL Server."
"You can put data together from a few databases into one database or the other way, from one database into several. It transforms data in real-time."
"When we are replicating data between similar databases then it is straightforward."
"What I like most about Oracle GoldenGate is that it supports cross-platform migrations. For example, Oracle GoldenGate could pump data from one type of system to another such as the data from Oracle DB to SQL Db2."
"This solution has a well-known procedure for troubleshooting and tuning the performance, providing for smooth operation."
"With Oracle GoldenGate, you can easily sync the tables and put them into the ODS database."
"What I have found the most valuable about GoldenGate is that it does real-time and no-downtime migrations. Its migrations are fast. There are not many tools like it on the marketplace."
"This is a powerful solution provided by one of the most respected companies in the computer industry."
"There is a limitation when it comes to seamlessly importing Microsoft documents into Confluent pages, which can be inconvenient for users who frequently work with Microsoft Office tools and need to transition their content to Confluent."
"Confluent has a good monitoring tool, but it's not customizable."
"It could be more user-friendly and centralized. A way to reduce redundancy would be helpful."
"It could have more integration with different platforms."
"In Confluent, there could be a few more VPN options."
"Confluence could improve the server version of the solution. However, most companies are going to the cloud."
"The pricing model should include the ability to pick features and be charged for them only."
"The product should integrate tools for incorporating diagrams like Lucidchart. It also needs to improve its formatting features. We also faced issues while granting permissions."
"Oracle GoldenGate can enhance its functionality by enabling the merging of multiple migrations into one."
"The solution costs a lot."
"In some cases, expectations were not met, especially when specific tables were expected to be disabled, and changes were anticipated in the target environment. We had to take backups from the source and refresh the address to address this."
"IBM CDC has one central control while Oracle GoldenGate has two controls. In IBM CDC we can do all things in frontend. The solution needs to incorporate a feature where we can connect it to a standby database."
"I would like to see the interface more graphical and easier to use."
"Lacks the ability to become a full-scale ETL tool."
"The solution needs to improve its latency, monitoring and support."
"In the future, I would appreciate a more user-friendly monitoring interface for easier management and troubleshooting."
Confluent is ranked 4th in Streaming Analytics with 20 reviews while Oracle GoldenGate is ranked 6th in Data Integration with 47 reviews. Confluent is rated 8.4, while Oracle GoldenGate is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Confluent writes "Has good technical support services and a valuable feature for real-time data streaming ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle GoldenGate writes "Performs real-time replication without data loss, but we cannot do much automation". Confluent is most compared with Amazon MSK, Amazon Kinesis, Databricks, AWS Glue and Fivetran, whereas Oracle GoldenGate is most compared with AWS Database Migration Service, Qlik Replicate, Quest SharePlex, Azure Data Factory and SSIS. See our Confluent vs. Oracle GoldenGate report.
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