No. 5 of 20 ·Change Data Capture Software

Sequin

Web · Linux · Self-hosted · API

Freedom report

Two barsScore 6.5

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely2 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Sequin is ranked #5 of 20 in change data capture software on Freedom251. It runs on API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan.

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Self-hosted Sequin Free Open-source under MIT license · runs on your own infrastructure sequinstream.com · 9 Oct 2026

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Deployment model: self-hosted
Capture method: log-based
Initial snapshot: Yes

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The record

Product: Sequin streams Postgres changes in real time to destinations such as Kafka, Redis, queues, search indexes, and webhooks.
Deployment: Sequin runs as a Docker image alongside Postgres and can be started with Docker Compose.
Delivery: The maker says Sequin provides 100% delivery with automatic retries and exponential backoff, strict ordering, and exactly-once processing.
Backfills: Sequin can backfill sinks from the beginning of a table or a specified point, including partial replays of selected rows.
Processing: Users can enrich changes with Postgres data, filter changes, transform messages, and route them to destinations.
Destinations: The listed destinations include Kafka, AWS SQS, GCP Pub/Sub, Redis Streams and Strings, NATS, Elasticsearch, Typesense, Meilisearch, and webhooks.
Database support: The database reference says PostgreSQL 14 or higher is supported and versions 12 and 13 are soft-supported with limitations.
Observability: Sequin exposes a Prometheus metrics endpoint and provides a Grafana dashboard.
Management: The console, CLI, YAML configuration, and API can be used to manage sinks.
Security setup: The maker's database connection guide recommends a dedicated production user with connect, select, and replication permissions.
Cloud availability: Sequin Cloud shut down on October 23, 2025, and the maker directs users to migrate to self-hosting.
License: The maker says Sequin is open source under the MIT license.
Support: The documentation points users to Discord, Slack, GitHub issues, and scheduling a call for help.
Pricing: The opened maker pages provide no current plan prices; the Cloud shutdown page says all Cloud subscriptions were canceled.
Price from: Free

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Best Change Data Capture Software in 2026#5 of 20

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Sources

sequinstream.com· checked 4 Oct 2026
sequinstream.com/docs/running-sequin· checked 4 Oct 2026
sequinstream.com/docs/reference/databases· checked 4 Oct 2026
sequinstream.com/docs/connect-postgres· checked 4 Oct 2026
sequinstream.com/docs/cloud-shutdown· checked 4 Oct 2026
sequinstream.com/docs/introduction· checked 4 Oct 2026
powerful-trust-414200.framer.app/legal/security· checked 9 Oct 2026