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Apache Kafka vs Oracle Event Hub Cloud Service comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Apache Kafka
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
92
Ranking in other categories
Streaming Analytics (3rd)
Oracle Event Hub Cloud Service
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
Message Queue (MQ) Software (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Apache Kafka and Oracle Event Hub Cloud Service aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Apache Kafka is designed for Streaming Analytics and holds a mindshare of 3.9%, up 3.0% compared to last year.
Oracle Event Hub Cloud Service, on the other hand, focuses on Message Queue (MQ) Software, holds 2.5% mindshare, up 2.4% since last year.
Streaming Analytics Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Apache Kafka3.9%
Apache Flink8.2%
Databricks7.9%
Other80.0%
Streaming Analytics
Message Queue (MQ) Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Event Hub Cloud Service2.5%
IBM MQ20.7%
ActiveMQ19.8%
Other57.0%
Message Queue (MQ) Software
 

Featured Reviews

Varuns Ug - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Developer at NIT
Event-driven workflows have improved payment processing and reduced latency across services
One area for improvement in Apache Kafka is operational complexity. Running and maintaining an Apache Kafka cluster at scale involves handling partitions, replications, retention policies, rebalancing, and monitoring, which requires strong expertise. Debugging and observability can be complex in large systems, as troubleshooting issues such as consumer lag, offset management problems, or uneven partition distribution can become challenging. The learning curve is relatively steep, requiring a good understanding of concepts such as partition, consumer group, offset commit, and delivery guarantees to avoid subtle production issues. One area where Apache Kafka could improve is the developer experience around debugging and tracing events end to end. In distributed systems, when an event passes through multiple topics and consumer services, troubleshooting can become time-consuming. Better built-in observability for tracing event flows across services would be very useful.
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
19%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
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Small Business32
Midsize Enterprise20
Large Enterprise51
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Questions from the Community

What are the differences between Apache Kafka and IBM MQ?
Apache Kafka is open source and can be used for free. It has very good log management and has a way to store the data used for analytics. Apache Kafka is very good if you have a high number of user...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Apache Kafka?
From the AWS perspective, the price is on the higher side. However, if you go for Apache Kafka, it is low. From a price perspective, if you are asking about Apache Kafka, I would rate it a nine.
What needs improvement with Apache Kafka?
Apache Kafka is abundant with features which only an expert-level person will be able to manage due to the high volume and high concurrent expectations. Apache Kafka groups could introduce themes o...
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