Why developers like Data Diff

What is Data Diff?

It is an open-source command-line tool and Python library to efficiently diff rows across two different databases. It splits the table into smaller segments, then checksums each segment in both databases. When the checksums for a segment aren't equal, it will further divide that segment into yet smaller segments, checksumming those until it gets to the differing row(s).

Data Diff is a tool in the Database Tools category of a tech stack.

Data Diff is an open source tool with 2.8K GitHub stars and 206 GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Data Diff's open source repository on GitHub

Data Diff Integrations

MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Google BigQuery, and Amazon Redshift are some of the popular tools that integrate with Data Diff. Here's a list of all 7 tools that integrate with Data Diff.

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Oracle

Google BigQuery

Amazon Redshift

Snowflake

Presto

Data Diff's Features

Verifies across many different databases (e.g. PostgreSQL -> Snowflake)
Outputs diff of rows in detail
Simple CLI/API to create monitoring and alerts

Data Diff Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Data Diff?

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