Amazon MSK vs Dell Streaming Data Platform comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Dell Technologies are both solutions in the Streaming Analytics category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #6 with an average rating of 7.4, while Dell Technologies is ranked #22 with an average rating of 8.0. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 6.8% mindshare in SA, compared to Dell Technologies’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Dell Technologies users who would recommend it.

Amazon MSK

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91% willing to recommend

Dell Streaming Data Platform

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100% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between Amazon MSK and Dell Streaming Data Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon MSK

Ranking in Streaming Analytics

6th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Dell Streaming Data Platform

Ranking in Streaming Analytics

22nd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Streaming Analytics category, the mindshare of Amazon MSK is 6.8%, down from 9.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dell Streaming Data Platform is 0.2%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

FNU AKSHANSH

Senior Data Engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

Streamlines our processes, and we don't need to configure any VPCs; it's automatic

We don't have many use cases involving ingesting large amounts of data and scaling up and down. We have a clear understanding of our data volume, which remains relatively constant throughout the week. While we're aware of other features Amazon MSK offers, we feel confident in our current setup. If our requirements change significantly in the future, we'll reassess our needs and consider adopting Amazon MSK.

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Marc Gaethofs

ICT manager at Thys Bouwprojecten

The solution’s clear-cut pricing makes scalability a cinch

We have one customer working with the solution in the event market—a video streaming company. They organize annual events and create movies from the data they gather. Having data available promptly and cost-effectively in the required location is crucial for them The performance and price is…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It is a stable product."

"MSK has a private network that's an out-of-box feature."

"The scalability and usability are quite remarkable."

"Amazon MSK's separation of concerns and ease of creating and deploying new features are highly valuable. It just requires to assign them to the topic, and then anyone who needs to consume these messages can do so directly from Amazon MSK. This separation of concerns makes it very convenient, especially for new feature development, as developers can easily access the messages they need without having to deal with complex server communications or protocol setups."

"It offers good stability."

"Overall, it is very cost-effective based on the workflow."

"The most valuable feature of Amazon MSK is the integration."

"Amazon MSK's scalability is very good."

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"The performance and price is good."

Cons

"The cost of using Amazon MSK is high, which is a significant disadvantage, as the increase in cloud costs by 50% to 60% does not justify the savings."

"In my opinion, there are areas in Amazon MSK that could be improved, particularly in terms of configuration. Initially setting it up and getting it connected was quite challenging. The naming conventions for policies were updated by AWS, and some were undocumented, leading to confusion with outdated materials. It took us weeks of trial and error before discovering new methods through hidden tutorials and official documentation."

"The configuration seems a little complex and the documentation on the product is not available."

"It would be really helpful if Amazon MSK could provide a single installation that covers all the servers."

"The product's schema support needs enhancement. It will help enhance integration with many kinds of languages of programming languages, especially for environments using languages like .NET."

"It should be more flexible, integration-wise."

"We need to create connectors in Amazon MSK, but there are no default connectors in AWS for that purpose."

"Horizontal scale-out is actually not easy, making it an area where improvements are required."

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"Improvement can be made by implementing a clear sales point that guides users in making choices, especially for virtualization purposes."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"When you create a complete enterprise-driven architecture that is deployable on an enterprise scale, I would say that the prices of Amazon MSK and Confluent Platform become comparable."

"The price of Amazon MSK is less than some competitor solutions, such as Confluence."

"The platform has better pricing than one of its competitors."

"The pricing is good. With PowerScale, purchasing involves upfront usable capacity, typically with a price per terabyte."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

22%

Computer Software Company

17%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon MSK?

Amazon MSK has significantly improved our organization by building seamless integration between systems.

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What needs improvement with Amazon MSK?

The cost of using Amazon MSK is high, which is a significant disadvantage, as the increase in cloud costs by 50% to 60% does not justify the savings. There were no other notable issues.

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What is your primary use case for Amazon MSK?

We used Amazon MSK to manage high-volume third-party data entering our system. It served as a buffer when our system was unable to consume data at high speeds in real-time. The data initially went ...

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What do you like most about Dell Streaming Data Platform?

The performance and price is good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell Streaming Data Platform?

The pricing is good. With PowerScale, purchasing involves upfront usable capacity, typically with a price per terabyte. The solution's expansion is straightforward as you can easily upgrade your li...

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What needs improvement with Dell Streaming Data Platform?

Improvement can be made by implementing a clear sales point that guides users in making choices, especially for virtualization purposes. An online calculator would be a helpful addition for this pu...

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Also Known As

Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka

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Overview

Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) is a fully managed service that enables you to build and run applications that use Apache Kafka to process streaming data. Amazon MSK provides the control-plane operations, such as those for creating, updating, and deleting clusters.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Dell EMC Streaming Data Platform, an innovative enterprise-grade software
platform, empowers organizations by harnessing their real-time and historical
data in a single, auto-scale infrastructure and programming model. Using the
Streaming Data Platform, organizations can achieve improvement towards
innovation throughout their entire ecosystem and harness the power of every
piece of their massive data set.

Dell Technologies

Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers

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