# MaxScale Routers

- [MaxScale Binlogrouter](https://mariadb.com/docs/maxscale/reference/maxscale-routers/maxscale-binlogrouter.md): Replicate binary logs from a primary server to local storage. This router serves as an intermediate replication master reducing load on the primary database in large clusters.
- [MaxScale Cat](https://mariadb.com/docs/maxscale/reference/maxscale-routers/maxscale-cat.md): Concatenate result sets from multiple backend servers into a single response. This router is useful for querying partitioned data or aggregating results from distributed nodes.
- [MaxScale Diff](https://mariadb.com/docs/maxscale/reference/maxscale-routers/maxscale-diff.md): Compare the behavior of two MariaDB server versions. The Diff router executes queries against a main and a test server to detect discrepancies in results or performance.
- [MaxScale Exasolrouter](https://mariadb.com/docs/maxscale/reference/maxscale-routers/maxscale-exasolrouter.md): Route analytical queries to an Exasol cluster. This router integrates Exasol with MaxScale often used alongside SmartRouter for hybrid transactional/analytical workloads.
- [MaxScale KafkaCDC](https://mariadb.com/docs/maxscale/reference/maxscale-routers/maxscale-kafkacdc.md): Stream replication events from MariaDB to Apache Kafka. This router captures data changes (CDC) and publishes them as JSON objects to Kafka topics for downstream processing.
- [MaxScale KafkaImporter](https://mariadb.com/docs/maxscale/reference/maxscale-routers/maxscale-kafkaimporter.md): Import data from Apache Kafka into MariaDB. This router consumes messages from Kafka topics and applies them as transactions to your database tables.
- [MaxScale Mirror](https://mariadb.com/docs/maxscale/reference/maxscale-routers/maxscale-mirror.md): Duplicate client queries to multiple targets. The Mirror router sends traffic to a primary server while asynchronously forwarding the same queries to a secondary server for testing.
- [MaxScale Readconnroute](https://mariadb.com/docs/maxscale/reference/maxscale-routers/maxscale-readconnroute.md): Balance connections across backend servers. This lightweight router distributes new client connections to available nodes without inspecting individual SQL statements.
- [MaxScale Readwritesplit](https://mariadb.com/docs/maxscale/reference/maxscale-routers/maxscale-readwritesplit.md): Optimize query performance with read-write splitting. This router directs write queries to the primary server and load balances read queries across available replica nodes.
- [MaxScale SchemaRouter](https://mariadb.com/docs/maxscale/reference/maxscale-routers/maxscale-schemarouter.md): Implement database sharding with a single logical entry point. The SchemaRouter routes queries to specific backend servers based on the database or table being accessed.
- [MaxScale SmartRouter](https://mariadb.com/docs/maxscale/reference/maxscale-routers/maxscale-smartrouter.md): Intelligently route queries based on workload type. SmartRouter directs transactional queries to MariaDB and analytical queries to column-store engines for hybrid processing.


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