AWS Schema Conversion Tool vs Striim

AWS Schema Conversion Tool (AWS SCT) converts database schemas between engines, including relational OLTP, data warehouse, and NoSQL schemas. If it cannot automate a conversion, it gives guidance for creating an equivalent schema in the target database. A project wizard estimates migration complexity for supported destinations and generates a report for comparing target options. For warehouse migrations to Amazon Redshift, it can manage data extraction agents; it can also create, run, and monitor AWS DMS endpoints and tasks. AWS SCT converts SQL embedded in C++, C#, Java, and other application code for users to review, edit, and save. Supported workload conversions include SSIS packages, Teradata workloads, and Apache Oozie workflows to specified AWS services. It is both a standalone, project-based application and a command-line tool. Planned converted schemas stay local until applied to the target. AWS SCT is free and supports 64-bit Microsoft Windows, Fedora Linux, and Ubuntu Linux. It also supports FIPS standards for connections to Amazon S3 or another AWS resource and is compliant with FedRAMP.

Striim is a change data capture and streaming platform for integrating data across databases, applications, and clouds in real time. Its distributed streaming SQL supports continuous queries and joins with historical caches, with processing described at a scale of up to billions of events per minute. Striim can capture schema changes and lets users choose how consumers propagate them, or halt and alert for manual resolution. Monitoring covers pipeline health, end-to-end latency, and table-level metrics, and REST APIs support integration. Striim says it connects hundreds of enterprise sources and targets, including Oracle, Kafka, Salesforce, Snowflake, and Google BigQuery. Striim Cloud is managed and available on AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure; Striim Platform can run on-premise or in a self-managed cloud. The free Developer plan is capped at 25 million events per month and includes trial access to premium, standard, and more than 200 preview application connectors. Cloud and Platform pricing requires contacting Striim.