LicenseGuard: Cost‑Aware CDC and Query Offload Gateway
9/10
Demand Score
Impending license true‑ups and growing BI/ETL demand threaten budget overruns and integration slowdowns.
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$3k-25k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
12 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
LicenseGuard reduces ERP database licensing and integration costs by offloading reads and ETL to a license‑neutral replica. It captures changes from Oracle/SQL Server/DB2/HANA via log‑based CDC, maint
Competitor Landscape
- Qlik Replicate (Attunity)
- Oracle GoldenGate
- HVR (Fivetran)
- Informatica
- Debezium
- Matillion
- Hevo
Must-Have Features for MVP
Log‑based CDC for major ERPs’ databases
Consistent snapshot and backfill with schema drift handling
Cost policy engine and query proxy for BI/ETL tools
Materialized views and columnar acceleration on replicas
Data masking/anonymization and role‑based access
Audit and savings reports with what‑if simulations
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Complex vendor license terms and audits
- Ensuring transactional consistency snapshots
- Network throughput and CDC lag
- Change freezes around financial close
Risk Level: Moderate
🎯 Keys to Success
- >60% of BI traffic offloaded in 60 days
- Measured reduction in license exposure or true‑ups
- <5 min data latency for priority tables
- No user changes required in BI tools (transparent proxy)
- Positive audit outcomes with complete lineage and access logs
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