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Streamkap vs Oracle GoldenGate

Modern cloud-native CDC vs legacy enterprise replication

GoldenGate is Oracle's enterprise replication tool. Streamkap is a cloud-native CDC platform that works with any database, not just Oracle, and delivers data to modern destinations in real-time.

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Latency

Real-time CDC to any destination

10x
Faster Setup

Minutes vs weeks of configuration

50+
Destinations

vs limited target support

Feature Comparison

Feature
Streamkap
Oracle GoldenGate
CDC method
Log-based (Debezium)
Log-based (proprietary)
Source databases
PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, more
Primarily Oracle, limited others
Destinations
50+ (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, etc.)
Oracle DB, limited cloud targets
Deployment
Fully managed cloud
On-premise or OCI
Setup time
Minutes
Weeks
Stream processing
Apache Flink built-in
None
Kafka integration
Native - read/write
Kafka Connect adapter
Schema evolution
Automatic propagation
Manual DDL handling
Licensing
Simple per-GB pricing
Per-core Oracle licensing
Expertise required
None
Specialized GoldenGate DBA
Multi-tenant CDC
100K+ tables
Complex configuration
Monitoring
Built-in dashboards
Oracle Enterprise Manager

Why Teams Switch from GoldenGate

Oracle Lock-In

GoldenGate is deeply tied to the Oracle ecosystem. Streamkap works with any source database and any modern destination.

Licensing Costs

Oracle per-core licensing can cost $17,500+ per core. Streamkap uses simple per-GB pricing with no hidden fees.

Operational Complexity

GoldenGate requires specialized DBAs and weeks of setup. Streamkap is fully managed and deploys in minutes.

Modern Destinations

GoldenGate was built for database-to-database replication. Streamkap delivers to Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, and 50+ modern targets.

Choose Streamkap if you need:

  • Multi-database CDC (not just Oracle)
  • Modern cloud data warehouses and lakes
  • Simple per-GB pricing
  • Zero-ops fully managed platform
  • Fast time-to-value (minutes, not weeks)
  • Built-in stream processing with Flink
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Consider Oracle GoldenGate if you need:

  • Oracle-to-Oracle replication
  • Existing Oracle Enterprise investment
  • On-premise only environments
  • Bi-directional Oracle replication
  • Oracle RAC environments

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