StreamNative
StreamNative: A flexible managed choice for teams moving between Pulsar and Kafka workloads. Ranked #10 of 27 in Event Streaming Platforms by our editors (8.3/10); pricing: Paid; best for teams wanting managed Pulsar with Kafka access.
At a glance
- Editor score8.3 / 10
- PricingPaid
- Best forTeams wanting managed Pulsar with Kafka access
- Free planNo
- Paid from$73/mo
- Deployment modelCloud
- Founded2019
- Facts checked20 Sep 2026
Where it wins
- Supports both Apache Pulsar and Kafka protocols and clients
- Offers serverless, dedicated, and BYOC deployment models
- Includes processing, schemas, connectors, and geo-replication
Where it doesn't
- No free plan is available
- Entry pricing uses shared infrastructure
- Some support or infrastructure costs are excluded from listed prices
Our verdict on StreamNative
StreamNative is a managed event-streaming platform for platform, infrastructure, data, analytics, and application teams. It supports Apache Pulsar messaging alongside Kafka-compatible protocols and clients, making it suitable for organizations that need access to both ecosystems. The platform is available through web, API, and self-hosted interfaces, with support for C#, C++, Go, Java, Node.js, Python, and Rust clients. Its feature set covers stream processing with Pulsar Functions, schema registries, connectors, geo-replication, tiered storage, autoscaling, and Kafka transactions with exactly-once semantics.
Deployment choice is a central part of the product. Serverless starts at $73 per month and provides shared infrastructure, autoscaling, multi-tenancy, Pulsar and Kafka-compatible protocols, and geo-replication. Dedicated costs $505 per month and adds dedicated resources, hosting on AWS, GCP, or Azure, plus single-AZ and multi-AZ deployment. BYOC starts at $365 per month, runs in the customer's cloud account, and includes a dedicated VPC, Private Link, supported AWS, GCP, or Azure regions, elastic autoscaling, and usage-based billing. These options give teams a path from shared infrastructure to more controlled cloud deployment.
StreamNative also fits environments that need data movement beyond the streaming cluster. Connector Hub supports systems including Amazon S3, AWS EventBridge, AWS Lambda, Azure Blob Storage, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Google BigQuery, Google Cloud Storage, Google Pub/Sub, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, and others. Pulsar and Kafka schema registries help manage message formats across supported workloads. Teams seeking managed Pulsar with Kafka access and multiple deployment models should consider StreamNative. Teams needing a free plan or a simpler, narrower event-streaming service may prefer a different category option.
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StreamNative pricing
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StreamNative fact sheet
| Free plan | No |
|---|---|
| Paid from | $73/mo |
| Deployment model | Cloud |
| Maximum retention | Not verified |
| Stream processing | Yes |
| Schema registry | Yes |
| Delivery guarantee | Both |
| Connectors listed | Not verified |
| Supported client languages | C#, C++, Go, Java, Node.js, Python, Rust |
| Deployment | Cloud, Self-hosted |
| Platforms | Web |
| Support | Docs · 24/7 |
| Built for | Mid-market, Enterprise (editorial estimate) |
| Integrations | 15 integrations: ActiveMQ, Amazon S3, AWS EventBridge, AWS Lambda, Azure Blob Storage, Cassandra … See all → |
| Pricing | Paid (source) |
| Website | streamnative.io |
| Facts checked | 20 Sep 2026 |
StreamNative integrations
StreamNative lists 15 integrations on its own site.
- ActiveMQ
- Amazon S3
- AWS EventBridge
- AWS Lambda
- Azure Blob Storage
- Cassandra
- Elasticsearch
- Google BigQuery
- Google Cloud Storage
- Google Pub/Sub
- HBase
- InfluxDB
- MariaDB
- PostgreSQL
- Snowflake
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Alternatives to StreamNative
- Apache KafkaA deep, self-hosted Kafka foundation for teams prepared to own operations.9.4
- Confluent CloudA broad managed Kafka platform with strong governance, but a high paid entry price.9.2
- Aiven for Apache KafkaManaged Kafka with a free plan, schema tools, connectors, replication, and hybrid deployment.9.0
See all StreamNative alternatives →
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