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Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics vs. Apache Kafka

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

MetricAmazon Kinesis Data Analytics

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Apache Kafka

by The Apache Software Foundation

Overall rating4.14.5
Review count15132
Ease of use8.68.8
Ease of setup8.08.3
Quality of support8.18.2
Meets requirements8.09.0
NPS42.85714372.440945
Small Business26.7%22.7%
Mid-Market6.7%31.1%
Enterprise66.7%46.2%
Total page views27388
Total LLM citations131,699

Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics

Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics is the easiest way to transform and analyze streaming data in real time with Apache Flink. Kinesis Data Analytics reduces the complexity of building, managing, and integrating Apache Flink applications with other AWS services. Kinesis Data Analytics takes care of everything required to run streaming applications continuously, and scales automatically to match the volume and throughput of your incoming data.

Pros

  • Integrations
  • Analytics
  • Security Protection
  • Cost Saving
  • Easy Integrations
  • Cloud Services

Apache Kafka

Apache Kafka is an open-source distributed event streaming platform developed by the Apache Software Foundation. It is designed to handle real-time data feeds with high throughput and low latency, making it ideal for building data pipelines, streaming analytics, and integrating data across various systems. Kafka enables organizations to publish, store, and process streams of records in a fault-tolerant and scalable manner, supporting mission-critical applications across diverse industries.

Pros

  • Scalability
  • Real-time Data
  • Performance Efficiency
  • Performance
  • Reliability
  • Easy Integrations