G2 Vendor Directory

Amazon EMR vs. Confluent

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAmazon EMR

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Confluent

by IBM

Overall rating4.24.4
Review count70117
Ease of use8.58.6
Ease of setup8.88.3
Quality of support8.58.5
Meets requirements8.98.9
NPS40.32258159.292035
Small Business21.4%34.2%
Mid-Market20.0%29.9%
Enterprise58.6%35.9%
Total page views162757
Total LLM citations1827,445

Amazon EMR

Amazon EMR is a web-based service that simplifies big data processing, providing a managed Hadoop framework that makes it easy, fast, and cost-effective to distribute and process vast amounts of data across dynamically scalable Amazon EC2 instances.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Large Datasets
  • Data Integration

Confluent

Today’s customers expect every digital experience to be immediate, connected, and personalized. That takes more than data at rest - it takes trusted data in motion. Confluent is the complete Data Streaming Platform for keeping data in motion from the moment business change occurs through processing, governance, and serving. Built by the original creators of Apache Kafka®, Confluent connects applications, services, and systems; processes streams in real time with Apache Flink®; and serves trusted, always-current data wherever it is needed across cloud, hybrid, and self-managed environments.

Pros

  • Streaming
  • Scaling
  • Data Integration
  • Easy Integrations
  • Features
  • User Interface