Amazon Kinesis Data Streams comparisons
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams is compared head-to-head with Apache Kafka, Confluent Cloud and Aiven for Apache Kafka and more: 7 head-to-heads in Event Streaming Platforms, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams head-to-head
- Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Apache Kafka
- Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Confluent Cloud
- Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Aiven for Apache Kafka
- Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Redpanda
- Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka
- Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Apache Pulsar
- Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs IBM Event Streams
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Deployment model | Stream processing | Schema registry | Delivery guarantee | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Amazon Kinesis Data Streams | No | $0.01/unit usage-based | Cloud | Yes | Yes | At-least-once | 8.6 |
| 1 | Apache Kafka | Free | Self-hosted | Yes | Both | 9.4 | ||
| 2 | Confluent Cloud | Yes | $385/mo | Cloud | Yes | Yes | Both | 9.2 |
| 3 | Aiven for Apache Kafka | Yes | $35/mo | Hybrid | Yes | Yes | Both | 9.0 |
| 4 | Redpanda | No | Hybrid | Yes | Yes | Both | 8.9 | |
| 5 | Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka | Cloud | Yes | Yes | Both | 8.8 | ||
| 6 | Apache Pulsar | Yes | Free | Self-hosted | Yes | Yes | Both | 8.7 |
| 8 | IBM Event Streams | Yes | Hybrid | Yes | No | Both | 8.5 |
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