G2 Vendor Directory

Confluent

by IBM

117

Reviews

4.4

Star rating

#4

Rank in Event Stream Processing

Pros and cons

Pros

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

Cons

  • Steep Learning Curve
  • Initial Difficulties
  • Lack of Features
  • Resource Intensive Learning
  • Cost Estimation
  • Limited Features

Traffic & LLM citations

Monthly G2.com page views and citations by AI answer engines for Confluent.

Page views and citations · Confluent

Source: G2 review data

Winning from

Based on reviewers who said they switched from another product.

1

Apache Kafka

5 switched
2

Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)

2 switched
3

RabbitMQ

1 switched
4

Cloudera

1 switched
5

Snowflake

1 switched

Losing to

Based on reviewers of other products who said they switched from Confluent.

1

Redpanda Data Platform

10 switched
2

Aiven for Apache Kafka

8 switched
3

Axual

1 switched

Key stats

-100.0%

59

Enterprise

4

Adoption by company size

SegmentShare of reviews
Small Business34.2%
Mid-Market29.9%
Enterprise35.9%

Quarterly history

QuarterReviewsStar rating
2025 Q424.8
2026 Q214.5

Satisfaction ratings

Ease of Use8.6
Ease of Setup8.3
Quality of Support8.5
Meets Requirements8.9

What reviewers say

Confluent: Best-in-Class Streaming Platform with a Great Interface

5.0

“Confluent is actually the best platform in streaming, so the interface, the resources”

Administrator

Powerful IBM Integration Portfolio Product

4.0

“Very powerful product part of the integration portfolio of IBM”

Owner

Fantastic Suite of Tools for Apache Kafka Engineers

5.0

“Fantastic suite of products for Apache Kafka engineers, with lots of features for ML engineering”

User