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Google Datastream Reviews & Product Details

Google Datastream is a serverless change data capture (CDC) and replication service designed to synchronize data across diverse databases, storage systems, and applications with minimal latency and downtime. By enabling real-time data replication, Datastream facilitates seamless integration of operational data into analytics platforms, empowering organizations to derive timely insights and support event-driven architectures. Key Features and Functionality: - Broad Source Support: Datastream supports streaming data from various relational databases, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, AlloyDB, SQL Server, and Oracle, allowing for versatile data integration. - Real-Time Analytics Integration: It enables near real-time analytics by replicating data into BigQuery, enhancing decision-making processes with up-to-date information. - Serverless Architecture: As a fully managed service, Datastream automatically scales to accommodate varying data volumes without the need for infrastructure provisioning or management. - Secure Connectivity: The service offers built-in secure connectivity options, ensuring data is encrypted both in transit and at rest, thereby maintaining data integrity and security. - Schema Drift Management: Datastream efficiently handles changes in source schemas by creating new files in the destination bucket upon each schema change, maintaining data consistency. Primary Value and Problem Solved: Datastream addresses the challenge of integrating and synchronizing data across heterogeneous environments by providing a reliable, low-latency solution that minimizes the impact on source systems. Its serverless nature eliminates the operational overhead associated with infrastructure management, allowing organizations to focus on deriving insights from their data. By facilitating real-time data replication, Datastream empowers businesses to make informed decisions, enhance operational efficiency, and support dynamic, event-driven applications.

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Google Datastream Reviews (13)

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Nikhil N.

Software Developer 2

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/17/2024

"Google cloud datastream :- A power full solution for real time data replication and integration"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Google Datastream?

I love it's real time data replication which allows for continuous, real time replication of data from various sources to destination and ensure that data is up-to-date. It also supports multiple data sources and destinations. In my case, it helps to connect oracle as source and cloud storage as destination. Also like it's user friendly UI which hepls easy monitoring and management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Datastream?

Althoug, i love this tool but for large scale data or high complex data migration is difficult and requires much expertise. Configuring and managing real time replication setup can become challenging for large scale data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Datastream solving and how is that benefiting you?

Google datastream addresses severely key challenges in morden data management, particularly when there is need to move data across different environments in real time. Below are some features which help me in my project :-

1. Complex and time consuming data migration is Easy:- it helps me to seamless and real time data migration with minimal downtime by continuously replicating data from source system to google cloud.

2. Real time data consistency across environments :- I was always ensure that data will be up-to-date with google datastream by real time reporting, analytics and decision making.

3. It can integrate data from multiple sources which helps me to fetch data from different sources.

4. Minimum latency in data syncing for Analytics :- It helps me to achieve real time analytics and insights so I was able to make decisions on the most current data.

5. It is faster and simpler data migration with minimal downtime. It also had simplified data integration pipelines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

srikanth c.

Data Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/8/2024

"Best data Transfer tool"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Google Datastream?

Seemless integration across data bases can be doe conviniently. Data format changes can be automatically handled without much intervention. Being a google serviece it is highly reliable and recommended. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Datastream?

Being a service located inside google cloud environment, Its inconvinient for clients already in azure or aws environments to take in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shashank S.

Data Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/11/2025

"Datastream : Powerful but latency prone data replication tool"

4/5

What do you like best about Google Datastream?

Seamless integration across multiple data sources Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Datastream?

Complex data migrations may require significant experties Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Datastream solving and how is that benefiting you?

Google Datastream helps me keep data in sync across multiple databases in real time without manually managing complex pipelines. It makes data replication easy, especially for analytics and reporting, so I always have up-to-date insights. The serverless setup saves time and effort, letting me focus on using the data rather than moving it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Paras R.

Q&A

Information Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/11/2024

"Google DataStream - keeping our data in sync"

5/5

What do you like best about Google Datastream?

The integration and user friendlyness of Google Datastream are especially compelling. Beacuse serverless architecture takes care of server management.

The testing process is further streamlined by creating unique workflows to process or transform replicated data through integration with datafows templates.Although Datastream's usages frequency vary based on unique testing requirement, as I use it daily, it's user friendly interface . pre-built connectors and easy implementation with current work flow make it most appealing.

In addition to this, Google cloud platform customer support is easily accessible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Datastream?

Only certain sources and destination are supported by Google Datastream and further knowledge is needed to process advance data with Dataflow, strict limitations on the data changes that can be customized couple impede intricate testing scanarios. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Google Datastream solving and how is that benefiting you?

Datastream guarantees that all connected systems have the most recent information by continously replicating data chnages, this reduces the possibility of errors and inconsistencies resulting from using old data in various places.

The process of integration data from mulitple sources into a central data warehouse or cloud storage or migrating data from legacy systems, is made easier by datastream. This lessens the complexity and manual labor involved in using traditional data migration technique Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kartik B.

MTS-1 (Full-Stack Developer)

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/29/2024

"My a to z review about google datastream"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Google Datastream?

Data is treasured securely, also like it because if supporta database like MYSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, ALLOI DB. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Datastream?

Limited latency is the issue here. Pricing model is little complex. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shivam S.

Frontend Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/28/2024

"My experience with Google datastream"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Google Datastream?

I like about the real time data replication thing with low latency on data. It's also serverless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Datastream?

It has limited support for no-sql database and I have concern about cost it will generated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

parth p.

Senior Cloud Engineer

Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/17/2024

"Best change data capture service"

4/5

What do you like best about Google Datastream?

The service is very quick with generating event stream from my sql database. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Datastream?

No sql databases are not supported, so I had to use other services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Priyanka s.

Digital Marketing Executive

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/11/2024

"Google datastream is great for Data Transfer."

5/5

What do you like best about Google Datastream?

It is highly reliable and very much recommended. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Datastream?

It is inconvenient for clients already in Azure or AWS environments to take in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/30/2024

"Google datastream review"

4/5

What do you like best about Google Datastream?

Highly recommended for researchers, developers, and analysts looking for centralized and reliable dataset repository Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Datastream?

Lacks advanced customisation. And performance on larger datasets is not upto mark Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Prashant S.

Consultant Manager

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/14/2024

"Google Datastream is very helpful."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Google Datastream?

Google Datastream allow me to steam event data from their websites directly into BigQuery without any delay. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Datastream?

Managing a data streaming pipeline is little complex Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.