SymmetricDS

Spec sheet

What it does

SymmetricDS replicates, streams, moves, integrates, and transforms data across more than 80 source and target types.Read 15 Oct 2026 · symmetricds.org

Purpose

SymmetricDS replicates, moves, integrates, and transforms data across 80+ sources and targets.Read 29 Sep 2026 · symmetricds.org

Intended users

The Community edition is described as suited to developers and projects needing reliable trigger-based replication.Read 29 Sep 2026 · symmetricds.org

Deployment

Deployments can run on premises, cloud virtual machines, containers, Docker, Kubernetes, or mobile devices.Read 15 Oct 2026 · symmetricds.org

Trial

The site offers a 30-day SymmetricDS Pro trial with full access to all features.Read 29 Sep 2026 · symmetricds.org

Integrations

Connectors include databases and services such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kafka, Amazon S3, BigQuery, Snowflake, REST, and file systems.Read 29 Sep 2026 · symmetricds.org

Security

Pro security features include encrypted resources, role-based access control, ACL, two-factor authentication, single sign-on, and event logging.Read 29 Sep 2026 · symmetricds.org

Support

Community help includes forums, chat, Stack Overflow, and issue tracking; commercial support includes SLA-backed assistance, priority patches, consulting, connector development, and training.Read 15 Oct 2026 · symmetricds.org

License

The Community edition is free software under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0, and a commercial license is available with Pro for distribution with commercial software.Read 29 Sep 2026 · symmetricds.org

Founded

2008Read 23 Sep 2026 · symmetricds.org

Maker

The site says SymmetricDS is developed by Jumpmind.Read 29 Sep 2026 · symmetricds.org

API and SDKs

Published extension and embedding APIs support custom runtime behavior and application embedding; Pro adds REST remote management, while JMX and command-line management are available.Read 15 Oct 2026 · symmetricds.org

Change capture

Community uses database triggers for change capture, while Pro adds log mining, change tracking, and logical streaming methods.Read 15 Oct 2026 · symmetricds.org

Cloud targets

FAQ documentation names Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO, Kafka, AWS SQS, and RabbitMQ as supported integration targets.Read 15 Oct 2026 · symmetricds.org

Company facts

LinkedIn lists Jumpmind as founded in 2008, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, with 51–200 employees.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Company legal name

LinkedIn identifies the maker as Jumpmind, a privately held software-development company.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Conflict handling

Multi-primary deployments can detect conflicts and resolve them automatically, by configured winner rules, or manually.Read 15 Oct 2026 · symmetricds.org

Connectors

Listed connectors include Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, DB2, SQLite, Snowflake, BigQuery, MongoDB, Cassandra, and Kafka.Read 15 Oct 2026 · symmetricds.org

Data handling

Pipelines can filter, subset, enrich, and map data during extraction or loading.Read 29 Sep 2026 · symmetricds.org

Documentation depth

Documentation provides quick starts, user guides, configuration references, how-to articles, FAQs, API/developer material, and versioned changelogs.Read 15 Oct 2026 · symmetricds.org

Independent developer description

Reddit’s developer AMA describes SymmetricDS as Java-based, multi-platform, transaction-aware, extensible through Spring, embeddable on Android, and supporting PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, SQL Server, BigQuery, Snowflake, and SQLite.Read 15 Oct 2026 · reddit.com

Initial loads

The platform supports full or partial initial data loads and bulk loaders for large migrations.Read 15 Oct 2026 · symmetricds.org

Licence

The Community product is licensed under GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0; Pro uses a commercial Jumpmind licence.Read 15 Oct 2026 · symmetricds.org

Limit: documentation and scale complaints

A SourceForge reviewer described the web product as buggy at high batch volume and criticized incomplete documentation and difficult setup.Read 15 Oct 2026 · 178.160.211.19.sslip.io

Limit: installation difficulty

A Capterra reviewer said production installation was difficult.Read 15 Oct 2026 · capterra.com

Limit: trigger overhead

A Software Advice reviewer raised concern that trigger-based capture creates additional synchronization tables and triggers in application databases.Read 15 Oct 2026 · softwareadvice.com

Mobile embedding

Embedding libraries are documented for Java, Android, iOS, and native C in Pro scenarios.Read 15 Oct 2026 · symmetricds.org

Notable news: 3.15 release

Jumpmind announced SymmetricDS 3.15 on December 12, 2023, reporting deployments across 70,000 databases and 15,000 locations and throughput of up to 20 million changes per hour.Read 15 Oct 2026 · jumpmind.com

Notable news: 3.16.5 release

The 3.16.5 release announcement lists eight Community improvements, five Community bug fixes, and Pro enhancements for SSL certificate setup, monitoring, PostgreSQL WAL backlogs, and DDL-trigger cleanup.Read 15 Oct 2026 · symmetricds.org

Praise: bidirectional replication

A Capterra reviewer identified two-way replication as the product’s most impactful capability after synchronizing 17 SQL Server databases.Read 15 Oct 2026 · capterra.com

Praise: database coverage

A Software Advice reviewer praised replication and synchronization across heterogeneous databases and nodes, including relational and some NoSQL systems.Read 15 Oct 2026 · softwareadvice.com

Praise: low cost

The Software Advice review described the free Community edition and broad database support as strong value points.Read 15 Oct 2026 · softwareadvice.com

Pro features

SymmetricDS Pro adds a web console, clustering, bulk loaders, data comparison and repair, monitoring, and additional connectors.Read 29 Sep 2026 · symmetricds.org

Rating on Capterra

4.0 out of 5 from 2 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · capterra.com

Rating on GetApp

4.0 out of 5 from 2 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · getapp.com

Rating on Software Advice

4.0 out of 5 from 2 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · softwareadvice.com

Rating on SourceForge

4.7 out of 5 from 27 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · 178.160.211.19.sslip.io

Recovery

Changes are queued and retried automatically through network outages until records reach their destinations.Read 29 Sep 2026 · symmetricds.org

Reliability

Changes are batched and retained until destinations acknowledge receipt; interrupted connections pause delivery and retry later.Read 15 Oct 2026 · symmetricds.org

Replication

It supports asynchronous scheduled or near real-time replication, including multi-primary and filtered synchronization.Read 29 Sep 2026 · symmetricds.org

Replication modes

It supports one-way and bidirectional multi-primary replication, including operation through low-bandwidth or intermittently disconnected networks.Read 15 Oct 2026 · symmetricds.org

Routing

Rows can be routed by node, filtered, subsetted, broadcast, or sent in different directions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · symmetricds.org

Security controls

HTTPS/TLS, password authentication, encrypted resources, RBAC, ACLs, two-factor authentication, SSO, and event logging are described across the documentation and Pro feature pages.Read 15 Oct 2026 · symmetricds.org

Self-hosting

The downloadable Community edition includes command-line tools, documentation, and example configuration files for local operation.Read 15 Oct 2026 · symmetricds.org

System requirement

The current site says Java 21 or newer is required; Windows, Linux, Unix, Android, and iOS are listed as supported operating systems.Read 15 Oct 2026 · symmetricds.org

Transformation

Built-in transformers, column mappings, SQL lookups, table merges, and BeanShell scripts can reshape data during extraction or loading.Read 15 Oct 2026 · symmetricds.org

Plans and prices

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