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Aiven for Apache Kafka

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We performed a comparison between Aiven for Apache Kafka and Apache Pulsar based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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The solution can mimic other APIs without changing a line of code
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What do you like most about Apache Pulsar?
Top Answer:The solution operates as a classic message broker but also as a streaming platform.
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Top Answer:The solution is open-source freeware.
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Top Answer:Documentation is poor because much of it is in Chinese with no English translation.
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18th
out of 38 in Streaming Analytics
Views
1,820
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996
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0
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12th
out of 38 in Streaming Analytics
Views
1,593
Comparisons
1,089
Reviews
1
Average Words per Review
470
Rating
8.0
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Aiven provides managed open source data technologies on all major clouds.

Through Aiven, developers can do what they do best: create applications. Meanwhile, we do what we do best; manage cloud data infrastructure. We enable customers to drive business results from open source that trigger true transformations far beyond their own backyard.

Currently, we offer Apache Kafka, Apache Cassandra, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Redis, InfluxDB, Grafana, and M3 in more than 80 regions around the world on AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, DigitalOcean, and UpCloud cloud platforms.

Apache Pulsar is a cloud-native, distributed messaging and streaming platform originally created at Yahoo! and now a top-level Apache Software Foundation project

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Aiven for Apache Kafka is ranked 18th in Streaming Analytics while Apache Pulsar is ranked 12th in Streaming Analytics with 1 review. Aiven for Apache Kafka is rated 0.0, while Apache Pulsar is rated 8.0. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Apache Pulsar writes "The solution can mimic other APIs without changing a line of code". Aiven for Apache Kafka is most compared with Confluent, Amazon MSK, Instaclustr Managed Apache Kafka, Spring Cloud Data Flow and Google Cloud Dataflow, whereas Apache Pulsar is most compared with Apache Flink, Apache Spark Streaming, Amazon Kinesis and Amazon MSK.

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