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Google Cloud Dataflow 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
4.7
Google Cloud Dataflow offers significant cost and time savings, proving to be an efficient investment for data architecture.
Sentiment score
7.9
Striim enhances efficiency by reducing data sync time and incidents, saving organizations significant time and operational costs.
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
6.1
Google Cloud Dataflow's support is effective for large issues but experiences mixed feedback on response times and service consistency.
Sentiment score
6.8
Striim's customer service is praised for prompt, expert assistance, particularly in z/OS architecture and DB2 logs troubleshooting.
The fact that no interaction is needed shows their great support since I don't face issues.
Data Engineer at Accenture
Google's support team is good at resolving issues, especially with large data.
Senior Data Engineer at Accruent
Whenever we have issues, we can consult with Google.
Senior Software Engineer at Dun & Bradstreet
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
6.9
Google Cloud Dataflow excels in scalability, resource optimization, and autoscaling, effectively supporting varying data volumes across departments.
Sentiment score
7.8
Striim performs well with moderate data volumes, is adaptable, and recommended for hybrid clouds, but enterprise-level scalability is untested.
Google Cloud Dataflow has auto-scaling capabilities, allowing me to add different machine types based on pace and requirements.
Data Engineer at Accenture
As a team lead, I'm responsible for handling five to six applications, but Google Cloud Dataflow seems to handle our use case effectively.
Senior Software Engineer at Dun & Bradstreet
Google Cloud Dataflow can handle large data processing for real-time streaming workloads as they grow, making it a good fit for our business.
Senior Data Engineer at Accruent
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
I would describe the scalability of Striim as very good, as it adapts well.
Cloud architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Striim can handle the data volumes effectively, but it can struggle a little bit if the data volume is too high.
Technology Specialist Database at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.3
Google Cloud Dataflow is stable and reliable, praised for automatic scaling, despite occasional errors with complex tasks.
Sentiment score
7.9
Users generally find Striim stable with occasional slowdowns and initial synchronization issues, but no major crashes or reliability problems.
I have not encountered any issues with the performance of Dataflow, as it is stable and backed by Google services.
Data Engineer at Accenture
The job we built has not failed once over six to seven months.
Senior Software Engineer at Dun & Bradstreet
The automatic scaling feature helps maintain stability.
Senior Data Engineer at Accruent
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

Improvements in error logging, support, cost, integration, scalability, and automation are needed for Google Cloud Dataflow's efficiency.
Striim needs better performance, especially in batch processing, documentation, user setup, and pricing to satisfy users' needs.
Outside of Google Cloud Platform, it is problematic for others to use it and may require promotion as an actual technology.
Data Engineer at Accenture
I feel there could be something that they can introduce, such as when we have data in the tables, a feature that creates a unique persona of the user automatically, so we do not have to do that manually.
Senior Cdp Specialist at DigitasLBi
Dealing with a huge volume of data causes failure due to array size.
Senior Software Engineer at Dun & Bradstreet
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
I think Striim could be improved with better pricing and enhanced documentation.
Cloud architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

Google Cloud Dataflow is seen as a cost-effective streaming solution, with affordability ratings varying widely among users.
Enterprise users find Striim's pricing based on cores and CPU usage costly, but fair for private cloud setups.
It is part of a package received from Google, and they are not charging us too high.
Senior Software Engineer at Dun & Bradstreet
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

Google Cloud Dataflow offers scalable, cost-effective data processing, integrating seamlessly with Google Cloud, using Apache Beam and various tools.
Striim enhances business analytics with real-time data streaming, ease of use, and efficient synchronization, reducing load and overhead.
It supports multiple programming languages such as Java and Python, enabling flexibility without the need to learn something new.
Data Engineer at Accenture
The integration within Google Cloud Platform is very good.
Senior Software Engineer at Dun & Bradstreet
Google Cloud Dataflow's features for event stream processing allow us to gain various insights like detecting real-time alerts.
Senior Data Engineer at Accruent
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

Google Cloud Dataflow
Ranking in Streaming Analytics
13th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Striim
Ranking in Streaming Analytics
22nd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (46th), Cloud Data Integration (25th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Streaming Analytics category, the mindshare of Google Cloud Dataflow is 3.4%, down from 5.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Striim is 1.7%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Streaming Analytics Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Google Cloud Dataflow3.4%
Striim1.7%
Other94.9%
Streaming Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

Mohammed Aaqibuddin - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Cdp Specialist at DigitasLBi
Unified user personas have improved data workflows and support detailed monitoring and logging
Google Cloud has many streams and products. In Google Cloud, everything is translated in the backend, so we do not have to use services such as Apache Beam. When you want to use Google Cloud Functions, you write the code, and the backend talks to all the libraries or Apache, so we do not need to be concerned about those. We just need to use our functions that translate and have many tools and services readily available. Google Cloud Dataflow has made it very easy for detailed monitoring and logging features for pipeline performance assessment. For example, if I am using Google Cloud Functions, I can easily see what changes I have done and trace it properly. I can see what is happening with this script, how many users are affected, whether the script is working, what is failing, and how we can rectify issues with proper monitoring.
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
Financial Services Firm
19%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Construction Company
6%
Retailer
16%
Construction Company
13%
Healthcare Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise12
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Cloud Dataflow?
Pricing is normal. It is part of a package received from Google, and they are not charging us too high.
What needs improvement with Google Cloud Dataflow?
I feel there could be something that they can introduce, such as when we have data in the tables, a feature that creates a unique persona of the user automatically, so we do not have to do that man...
What is your primary use case for Google Cloud Dataflow?
The primary use case for Google Cloud Dataflow is when a brand has a lot of data and wants to store it in their warehouse. They can use BigQuery to store their data or use big data solutions to sto...
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?
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 c...
What is your primary use case for Striim?
We were using batch data from an Oracle database, which was causing the Oracle database to slow down. We enabled change data capture and used Striim to read data from Oracle databases and ingest in...
 

Also Known As

Google Dataflow
Striim Platform
 

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Sample Customers

Absolutdata, Backflip Studios, Bluecore, Claritics, Crystalloids, Energyworx, GenieConnect, Leanplum, Nomanini, Redbus, Streak, TabTale
Sky, UPS, MACY'S, EMAAR, HSBC
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