Stripe on Sequin: Replicate Stripe to Postgres in real-time
Blog post from Sequin
Sequin has integrated Stripe support, allowing users to replicate their Stripe data in real-time to a Postgres database, enhancing data accessibility and performance. This integration leverages Stripe's API features, such as the /events endpoint, facilitating efficient data syncing with minimal lag compared to Airtable, which poses challenges due to its API limitations and schema variability. Sequin's approach simplifies data handling by enabling SQL queries on Stripe data, bypassing complexities associated with API reads and benefiting from Postgres' robust schema, access controls, and high throughput. The company is focused on reducing the "time to first row" for developers, providing sample queries and diagrams to facilitate understanding of Stripe's data model, and plans to enhance the developer experience with ORM support and an in-browser database explorer.