# CDC Is a Feature Not a Product

DevFeed: [CDC Is a Feature Not a Product](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/cdc-is-a-feature-not-a-product-18806.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.morling.dev/blog/cdc-is-a-feature-not-a-product/>)

Published: 2024-10-18T13:55:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Gunnar Morling](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/gunnar-morling.md>)

Topics: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Kafka](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kafka.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [Microservice](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microservice.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/observability.md>)

Tags: [connectors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/connectors.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [debezium](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debezium.md>), [governance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/governance.md>), [kafka](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kafka.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/observability.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [opinion](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opinion.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-time.md>), [replication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/replication.md>), [schema](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/schema.md>)

## AI overview

The author argues that Change Data Capture, including Debezium, is an enabling feature rather than a standalone product. CDC becomes more valuable as part of a broader data platform with connectors, processing, governance, schema management, observability, and quality management. The article also discusses integrating CDC closely with databases and notes acquisitions of CDC-focused startups by Databricks and ClickHouse.

## Source excerpt

During and after my time as the lead of Debezium, a widely used open-source platform for Change Data Capture (CDC) for a variety of database, I got repeatedly asked whether I'd be interested in creating a company around CDC. VCs, including wellknown household names, did and do reach out to me, pitching this idea.