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Aiven Platform 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
6.5
Aiven Platform reduced costs and management efforts, enabling engineers to focus on development over infrastructure, enhancing delivery cycles.
Sentiment score
8.1
Striim boosts ROI by reducing time and costs through real-time data synchronization and efficient, low-maintenance processes.
I see a return on investment with Aiven Platform, as there is money saved compared to other platforms.
Software Engineer
I see it as an investment as it eliminates our need for infrastructure to manage databases or tools.
Full Stack Developer at Sri Krishna Arts and Science
The incidents have disappeared completely since I have been using Striim.
Cloud architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Striim's continuous pipeline safely processes millions of daily transactions without data loss; my organization had millions of transactions every day and even in real-time, so it was quite good.
Mainframe lead at Infosys
Since it is now one to two hours, I would say it has saved employee hours and time.
Data Engineer
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.0
Aiven Platform's customer service excels in technical support, offering prompt resolution and expert guidance, with some communication delays.
Sentiment score
7.4
Striim’s customer service is praised for responsiveness and expertise, particularly aiding quick setup and reducing dependence on support.
If I encounter any issues such as losing data or query problems, support is available.
Digital solutions architect at a educational organization with 51-200 employees
The downtime decreases from seventy to twenty percent, which is noteworthy.
Software Engineer
Customer service usually responds promptly.
CTO and Co-Founder at PeerSpot
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
The customer support has been excellent, and their engineers actually understand z/OS architecture and DB2 logs.
Mainframe lead at Infosys
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.5
Aiven Platform efficiently scales across clouds and regions, ideal for Kafka and Postgres, but faces CPU and support challenges.
Sentiment score
8.0
Striim is efficient and adaptable, managing data in hybrid clouds cost-effectively, but challenges arise with very high volumes.
The scalability of Aiven Platform is great.
Software Engineer
It supports automatic scaling, high availability, and can handle growing workloads without significant infrastructure management.
Full Stack Developer at Sri Krishna Arts and Science
Aiven Platform's governance and security are strong, as it includes a comprehensive suite of compliance standards such as NIST and HIPAA.
Technical Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
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
8.4
Aiven Platform is highly reliable and stable, boasting 99.99% uptime with efficient database management and impressive operational performance.
Sentiment score
8.2
Striim is stable and reliable, with no crashes or downtime, despite occasional slowdowns, and effectively resolves synchronization issues.
Aiven Platform provides 99.99% uptime, which demonstrates strong reliability.
Technical Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
It enables us to manage a database automatically, retrieve data, and store data.
Full Stack Developer at Sri Krishna Arts and Science
Aiven Platform is stable, and I have not experienced any downtime throughout my usage.
Digital solutions architect at a educational organization with 51-200 employees
That problem has been completely resolved with Striim.
Cloud architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Striim was very stable.
Data Engineer
In my experience, Striim is mostly stable.
Mainframe lead at Infosys
 

Room For Improvement

Aiven Platform requires pricing scalability, enterprise integration, AI improvements, better support, enhanced monitoring, and user-friendly interface upgrades.
Striim requires improvements in performance, documentation, pricing, logging, schema mapping, alerts, AI integration, and user experience for better usability.
Regarding Aiven Platform's AI capabilities, I think it could improve by providing more granular role-based access control, enhancing audit logging, clearer compliance reporting, and more centralized policy management for governance and security.
Full Stack Developer at Sri Krishna Arts and Science
I would really like to see Aiven Platform add a user interface for database backups, as this would eliminate the need for a third-party solution.
CTO and Co-Founder at PeerSpot
I would appreciate more documentation of workflows in Aiven Platform, such as details on Cloud jobs and GCP buckets, since having additional resources would be beneficial.
Digital solutions architect at a educational organization with 51-200 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

Enterprise users found Aiven Platform's pricing high but justified by reliability, cost efficiency, and reduced operational efforts.
Enterprise users view Striim's pricing as costly, driven by CPU cores, with mixed licensing experiences and unclear specifics for some.
This reduced costs to 30 rupees compared to 100 rupees previously with other providers, resulting in a 70% cost efficiency.
Digital solutions architect at a educational organization with 51-200 employees
It is competitively priced and cost-effective compared to managing infrastructure ourselves.
Full Stack Developer at Sri Krishna Arts and Science
The cost for hosting with Aiven Platform seems high compared to managing it ourselves.
CTO and Co-Founder at PeerSpot
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 the pricing, implementation cost, and licensing of Striim is that it is somewhat expensive.
Cloud architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
It's very fair.
Data Engineer
 

Valuable Features

Aiven Platform offers secure AI, multi-cloud support, and automated management, enhancing scalability, reliability, and performance with minimal maintenance.
Striim provides efficient real-time data migration, easing configuration, supporting diverse sources, and enhancing cloud workflows with robust features.
Among those features, the one that stands out most is the automatic management and scalability, as it reduces the operational workload, ensures reliability, and allows the team to focus on building applications instead of managing infrastructure.
Full Stack Developer at Sri Krishna Arts and Science
It provides 99.99% uptime.
Technical Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
One of the most valuable features of Aiven Platform is that it handles the upgrades for us seamlessly, saving us time that would be spent on routine upgrades.
CTO and Co-Founder at PeerSpot
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

Aiven Platform
Ranking in Streaming Analytics
15th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Striim
Ranking in Streaming Analytics
20th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (44th), Cloud Data Integration (23rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Streaming Analytics category, the mindshare of Aiven Platform is 2.2%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Striim is 1.8%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Streaming Analytics Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Aiven Platform2.2%
Striim1.8%
Other96.0%
Streaming Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

Abdulmunafz Mct - PeerSpot reviewer
Full Stack Developer at Sri Krishna Arts and Science
Managed cloud databases have reduced operational effort and now support faster feature delivery
Aiven Platform could be improved by offering more detailed monitoring and analytics, additional customization plan options, enhanced cost operation insights, and more comprehensive data for advanced use cases. On a day-to-day basis, I highlight the need for improving dashboard navigation by providing clear cost visibility. There are navigational complexities that exist. If you can provide clear cost visibility, it will help reduce friction and improve the user experience. Regarding Aiven Platform's AI capabilities, I think it could improve by providing more granular role-based access control, enhancing audit logging, clearer compliance reporting, and more centralized policy management for governance and security.
RV
Data Engineer
Real-time data capture has accelerated releases and now improves trust in our data warehouse
The checkpoints would help me to figure out where the problem was if there's any lag, but I had to do a lot of manual work to figure out where the lag is. Striim would not intuitively tell me the culprit table or database behind the lag. I believe that is an improvement Striim could definitely do. Passwords were an issue. Property variables were not supported for passwords, meaning I had to make sure the password is manually populated. I believe if Striim could read from 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. The user experience of triggering alerts if there's any lag which Striim identified, which is outside normal processing time, could intrinsically be done by Striim. I believe that was lacking. I would wait for Striim to tell me, instead of me going and validating whether Striim is lagging behind. If Striim could itself tell me that it's seeing a lot more volume than expected, that would really make me give it a higher number.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
15%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Construction Company
8%
Wholesaler/Distributor
8%
Retailer
16%
Construction Company
12%
Healthcare Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise4
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Aiven for Apache Kafka?
Aiven Platform would be further improved by expanding integration with enterprise applications, improving AI responses, accuracy, context awareness, providing more detailed analytics, and simplifyi...
What is your primary use case for Aiven for Apache Kafka?
My main use case for Aiven Platform is to help the organization adopt AI securely, build AI-powered solutions, retrieve trusted information using RAG, and manage AI governance and compliance. Aiven...
What advice do you have for others considering Aiven for Apache Kafka?
My advice to others looking into using Aiven Platform is to first check the integration documents, assess the risk compliance issues for their requirements, manage pricing, and then make a decision...
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?
I think the initial schema mapping tool in Striim can have a learning curve when dealing with deeply nested mainframe structures or complex copybooks. A more automated, BA-friendly interface for ma...
What is your primary use case for Striim?
Our main use case for Striim is real-time data integration and change data capture, which we used to pull live transaction logs directly from IBM DB2 and stream them seamlessly into our modern clou...
 

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Sample Customers

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Sky, UPS, MACY'S, EMAAR, HSBC
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