Lenses vs. Ably Realtime

Lenses is the Developer Experience for enterprises to work with every Apache Kafka-based technology, in one place. Trusted by Europcar, Adidas, Daimler and Kandji, Lenses simplifies data streaming across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, giving engineers the autonomy to explore, integrate, and govern data -- and modernize their applications with ease: - Efficiently find, explore, process, integrate and govern streams with a data catalog, SQL studio and SQL stream processors - Confidently share, migrate and back up data streams across any cloud or environment with the Kafka to Kafka

Ably helps teams deliver resilient AI UX and high-performance live experiences that stay fast and in sync worldwide. We provide the global realtime layer for AI agents, chat, notifications, live dashboards, and collaboration - engineered to handle peak demand without self-managed infrastructure. Teams like HubSpot and Intercom use Ably to avoid the cost and complexity of building and operating realtime systems, while still getting predictable performance at serious scale, handling 2T+ API operations per month.