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AWS Database Migration Service vs Striim comparison

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
4.6
Users saved 40%-60% with AWS Database Migration Service, achieving better ROI over legacy tools but limited time savings.
Sentiment score
7.2
Striim offers efficient database migration, saving time, reducing costs, and minimizing incidents with near real-time data replication.
I can specify savings of around 40 to 60%.
Delivery Head Data Engineering at BAGIC
The incidents have disappeared completely since I have been using Striim.
Cloud architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Since it is now one to two hours, I would say it has saved employee hours and time.
Data Engineer
Time savings are crucial since it saves considerable time, which positively impacts the return on investment.
SQL Server Senior DBA at a media company with 11-50 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.3
AWS Database Migration Service support varies in effectiveness, with mixed feedback on response times and expertise, suggesting improvement opportunities.
Sentiment score
7.2
Striim's responsive, expert support is praised, though some desire a customer portal; its user-friendly design minimizes external reliance.
When working with AWS GovCloud, we often did not get an answer in time because AWS seemed more focused on the commercial side.
Owner at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I am happy with the technical support from AWS.
Delivery Head Data Engineering at BAGIC
Since it originated from Oracle GoldenGate, the customer service, support, or whatever help is required is the best.
Assistant Manager Presales at Euler Research
They are all knowledgeable about what they do.
Data Engineer
When you contact them, they give you a response straight away and help you identify the issue and fix it.
Technology Specialist Database at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.8
AWS Database Migration Service is scalable, but large datasets may cause performance lag, requiring manual adjustments for complex tasks.
Sentiment score
6.4
Striim is scalable and cost-effective for moderate data, excelling in hybrid clouds, though challenging with very high volumes.
Even if there was a failure, we could catch it and rerun it.
Software architect at Cognizant
AWS's scalable nature involves a human approach, meaning it is not auto-scalable.
Lead Architect at Fracral
While scalability is good, latency exists due to our business nature.
Delivery Head Data Engineering at BAGIC
Our licensing was based on the number of cores, so even if we have a high number of events on any given day, our license cost would not go high.
Data Engineer
When it comes to scaling with Striim as workloads increase, it has been quite helpful and could adapt easily, saving considerable time in delegation and follow-up because I only need to roll back scripts to ensure that nothing goes wrong.
SQL Server Senior DBA at a media company with 11-50 employees
I would describe the scalability of Striim as very good, as it adapts well.
Cloud architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
AWS Database Migration Service is generally stable, but users have mixed experiences with large data volumes and ongoing migrations.
Sentiment score
7.8
Striim is generally stable, with minor issues during CDC, resolved synchronization problems, and rare instances of slowdowns.
For DMS version upgrades, we schedule downtime during business hours so that midnight workloads are not interrupted and morning business can run smoothly.
Delivery Head Data Engineering at BAGIC
That problem has been completely resolved with Striim.
Cloud architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Striim was very stable.
Data Engineer
Striim has proven stable in my experience, as I have not encountered any downtime or disruptions.
SQL Server Senior DBA at a media company with 11-50 employees
 

Room For Improvement

AWS Database Migration Service needs enhancements in compatibility, performance, support, user interface, flexibility, scalability, and documentation.
Striim needs to improve CDC handling, documentation, pricing, user-friendliness, and enhance features like schema mapping and AI integration.
DMS works within AWS ecosystem, but they also have to look for third party solutions. Now Snowflake is a bigger player, or Databricks.
Delivery Head Data Engineering at BAGIC
Sometimes, those who implement the service face problems and resolve it, but I may not even know what problems they faced.
Owner at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I believe if Striim could use some part of AWS secrets or its own secret mechanism to store the password, that would really save a lot of time so that I don't have to keep updating the password whenever there is any change.
Data Engineer
They could improve the documentation by showing how to configure with different platforms.
Technology Specialist Database at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Striim can be improved by providing tools such as short videos or step-by-step manuals to clearly demonstrate its capabilities and help users learn quickly.
SQL Server Senior DBA at a media company with 11-50 employees
 

Setup Cost

AWS Database Migration Service is affordable, but licensing and regional differences affect costs, offering good value overall.
Striim's pricing can be high due to variable integration costs, but success often justifies expenses despite some challenges.
Licensing was a bit more expensive because Striim has to read from Oracle GoldenGate trail files and also integrate them.
Technology Specialist Database at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is costly.
Senior Analyst at a comms service provider with 5,001-10,000 employees
My experience with the pricing, implementation cost, and licensing of Striim is that it is somewhat expensive.
Cloud architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

AWS Database Migration Service is cost-effective, scalable, offers live replication, real-time sync, and integrates well, minimizing administrative tasks.
Striim offers real-time data streaming, smooth replication, and supports multiple sources, enhancing data migration with no downtime.
AWS offers a way to build jobs that are scalable, expandable for new and current tables, and can be deployed quickly.
Lead Architect at Fracral
You can copy the database at first without impacting your current database, and then use CDC to copy incremental changes.
Owner at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The scalability option is another valuable feature because AWS provides its own compute behind it, so I can scale up and scale down at any given point.
Delivery Head Data Engineering at BAGIC
Striim is capable of absorbing a large number of transactions, and the difference between the two databases is always less than a second, which demonstrates efficiency.
Cloud architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
There were significant improvements because once we enabled change data capture, the database was not going down at all.
Data Engineer
It reduces manual intervention because it automatically syncs the data from the warehouse.
Technology Specialist Database at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS Database Migration Service
Ranking in Cloud Data Integration
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Striim
Ranking in Cloud Data Integration
17th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (27th), Streaming Analytics (18th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Cloud Data Integration category, the mindshare of AWS Database Migration Service is 7.2%, down from 9.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Striim is 1.2%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Data Integration Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
AWS Database Migration Service7.2%
Striim1.2%
Other91.6%
Cloud Data Integration
 

Featured Reviews

AG
Delivery Head Data Engineering at BAGIC
Streamlines data migration across platforms with cost-effective and scalable solutions
We have the continuous data integration feature, but it does not work very well in our given ecosystem because we have huge data volume, and it reads from archive log rather than the redo sequence. That is where it lacks, so we are not able to do continuous streaming data injection. The ability to handle heterogeneous migrations for our organization is adequate. I do not see a major value add, or see it as a marquee feature. It is a good tool, but we do not have that sort of uses requirement. In my 10 plus years of experience, I do not see that kind of requirement where I have to replicate it in real time. I leverage AWS CloudWatch for addressing migration issues. The major challenges come across CDC. We have created latency filter and everything, but there is no way to control it. Due to the nature of our business, the transactions increase during month end and year end. My transactions are supposed to increase, my workloads on my core system increases, but my DMS is not able to keep up with them, even if I increase it to a higher side. Improvements could be made in AWS Database Migration Service. Because of that, I am moving out of DMS now to a STRIIM solution. DMS works within AWS ecosystem, but they also have to look for third party solutions. Now Snowflake is a bigger player, or Databricks. Something that could be possible as a connector, whether paid or free, but giving as a connector to that ecosystem as well.
Neelam Joshi - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Analyst at a comms service provider with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real-time replication has transformed data loads but needs clearer logs and better documentation
Striim offers strong capabilities for real-time database replication. Its core strength is low latency, log-based change data capture, which continuously moves the data without putting heavy load on the source systems. It works especially well in Oracle environments and supports more than 150 sources and targets, including Snowflake, Databricks, and Microsoft Fabric, which is hot in the market right now. It handles the initial load and the ongoing CDC in one platform so we do not have to stitch together Kafka or similar processes ourselves. It offers high availability clustering with failovers and can run self-hosted or fully managed on cloud services. The user interface is pretty good and self-explanatory, so there is no issue if a user lands in the application; they do not have to think more. It is self-explanatory, with all the navigation panes clear. However, the only thing is the searchability; if a user has to search which table belongs to which CDC application connection set up on Striim, it is quite extensive and not fruitful from a user interface point of view. Performance-wise, it is quite good; the queues are long, but as I mentioned earlier, the logs are not that self-explanatory that one can understand what exactly is going on behind the scenes.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Retailer
18%
Construction Company
12%
Healthcare Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise17
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

What resources can you use to learn how to utilize AWS Database Migration Service?
As with all AWS products, you are given very useful documentation with AWS Database Migration Service. Before we started using this product, we went over it and we were able to learn the basics an...
Would you recommend AWS Database Migration Service as a cloud data integration tool?
My current company started using AWS Database Migration Service upon my recommendation, and I continue telling people how good of a product it is. However, users should keep in mind a few things. ...
Is AWS Database Migration Service an affordable solution?
Compared to similar solutions, AWS Database Migration Service falls somewhere in the middle price-wise, at least from my experience. This being said, it is not a very affordable solution, especial...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Striim?
It's very fair. We had a private cloud, and it's not based on the number of events. It was based on the number of cores and CPU cores.
What needs improvement with Striim?
Striim can be improved by providing tools such as short videos or step-by-step manuals to clearly demonstrate its capabilities and help users learn quickly. Regarding needed improvements, it is imp...
What is your primary use case for Striim?
My main use cases for Striim day-to-day include maintenance, database performance, ensuring data integrity, managing transactional log overload, and simplifying data replication. Zero-downtime clou...
 

Also Known As

AWS Data Migration Service
Striim Platform
 

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Sample Customers

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