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Apache Kafka vs. Red Hat OpenShift Streams for Apache Kafka

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

MetricApache Kafka

by The Apache Software Foundation

Red Hat OpenShift Streams for Apache Kafka

by Red Hat

Overall rating4.54.4
Review count13226
Ease of use8.88.6
Ease of setup8.38.7
Quality of support8.29.1
Meets requirements9.08.8
NPS72.44094553.846154
Small Business22.7%42.3%
Mid-Market31.1%19.2%
Enterprise46.2%38.5%
Total page views38866
Total LLM citations1,699141

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

Red Hat OpenShift Streams for Apache Kafka

Red Hat® OpenShift® Streams for Apache Kafka is a managed cloud service that provides a streamlined developer experience for building, deploying, and scaling new cloud-native applications or modernizing existing systems.

Pros