Estuary

Estuary is a real-time data integration platform for change data capture (CDC), ETL and streaming pipelines. It lets you build and automate data pipelines fast, with a focus on reliability and low latency.

Estuary is designed to let you capture, transform and materialize data in real-time. Some of the key features include:

• Capture: Use 100+ no-code connectors for streaming CDC, real-time or batch data from a wide variety of sources.
• Stream-store-replay: Capture data and store it in custom storage for replay at any time.
• Materialize: Load data at different rates into different destinations for analytics, operations and AI use cases.

Estuary has sub-100ms end-to-end latency for fast data ingestion. It offers flexible materializations and automated pipelines with schema evolution, which makes it well-suited for agile DataOps. You can create end-to-end pipelines with an intuitive interface and no-code connectors, making it easy to get started and involve a broad range of stakeholders.

Estuary pricing is based on the amount of change data ingested per month and the number of active connectors. A free tier supports up to 10GB of data transfer and two connectors, while the Cloud Plan starts at $201/month, with custom pricing for the Enterprise tier. Compared to other services, Estuary is positioned as a more economical option, with a pricing model that can be scaled up as needed.

Real-world examples show how Estuary can help customers lower latency and increase productivity. For example, Connect&GO saw a 180x reduction in MySQL to Snowflake latency, True Platform cut its data pipeline spend by more than 2x, and Soli & Company likes Estuary's "affordable pricing and fast setup for change data capture solutions."

By automating and streamlining data integration, Estuary lets teams innovate faster and be more productive without big new expenses. With scalable pipelines and flexible materializations, Estuary can be used for a broad range of use cases, from analytics and operations to AI and data products.

Published on June 9, 2024