G2 Vendor Directory

Amazon Kinesis Data Streams

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

90

Reviews

4.3

Star rating

#5

Rank in Event Stream Processing

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Real-Time Processing
  • Streaming
  • Real-time Data
  • Real-time Streaming
  • Real-time Processing
  • Time Management

Cons

  • Resource Intensive Learning
  • Expensive
  • Difficult Setup
  • Limited Resources
  • Learning Curve
  • Integration Issues

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Key stats

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49

Mid-Market

2

Adoption by company size

SegmentShare of reviews
Small Business26.7%
Mid-Market36.7%
Enterprise36.7%

Quarterly history

QuarterReviewsStar rating
2025 Q415.0
2026 Q114.0
2026 Q214.5

Satisfaction ratings

Ease of Use8.6
Ease of Setup8.8
Quality of Support8.8
Meets Requirements9.2

What reviewers say

Amazon Kinesis Data Streams: Reliable Tool for Real-Time Data Streaming

4.0

“What I like most about Amazon Kinesis Data Streams is its real-time data processing capability. It can handle large volumes of streaming data without much lag and works well with other AWS services. The service is quite stable once configured properly. It is useful for use cases ”

Operations Associate

Amazon kinesis is a great service provided by AWS for stream processing and real time processing

3.5

“Kinesis is a managed service by AWS and if the entire stack of the ogranisation is in AWS, it is easily integratable and makes the solutions and data movement very quickly, compared to moving the data out of AWS. Thus it is more secure, due to data proximity. Kinesis has all the ”

Software Engineer

Real-time, scalable data streaming in the AWS cloud.

5.0

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Founder