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We performed a comparison between Confluent and MuleSoft Composer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Confluent vs. MuleSoft Composer Report (Updated: March 2024).
769,630 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"It is also good for knowledge base management.""Their tech support is amazing; they are very good, both on and off-site.""The monitoring module is impressive.""Implementing Confluent's schema registry has significantly enhanced our organization's data quality assurance.""The solution can handle a high volume of data because it works and scales well.""The most valuable is its capability to enhance the documentation process, particularly when creating software documentation.""The design of the product is extremely well built and it is highly configurable.""The most valuable feature that we are using is the data replication between the data centers allowing us to configure a disaster recovery or software. However, is it's not mandatory to use and because most of the features that we use are from Apache Kafka, such as end-to-end encryption. Internally, we can develop our own kind of product or service from Apache Kafka."

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"The product is easy to use. You don't need programming skills to use it.""The prebuilt connectors have saved our customers a lot of time and money.""The advantage of using MuleSoft as part as the Salesforce ecosystem is that anything new they build is guaranteed to work with the new features that are coming from the other side."

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Cons
"It could have more themes. They should also have more reporting-oriented plugins as well. It would be great to have free custom reports that can be dispatched directly from Jira.""It could have more integration with different platforms.""In Confluent, there could be a few more VPN options.""There is a limitation when it comes to seamlessly importing Microsoft documents into Confluent pages, which can be inconvenient for users who frequently work with Microsoft Office tools and need to transition their content to Confluent.""Confluent's price needs improvement.""It would help if the knowledge based documents in the support portal could be available for public use as well.""The formatting aspect within the page can be improved and more powerful.""there is room for improvement in the visualization."

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"MuleSoft Composer needs to improve its interface and scalability.""This solution could be improved by offering more integrations with other platforms.""The technical support team's response time must be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Confluent is expensive, I would prefer, Apache Kafka over Confluent because of the high cost of maintenance."
  • "You have to pay additional for one or two features."
  • "The pricing model of Confluent could improve because if you have a classic use case where you're going to use all the features there is no plan to reduce the features. You should be able to pick and choose basic services at a reduced price. The pricing was high for our needs. We should not have to pay for features we do not use."
  • "On a scale from one to ten, where one is low pricing and ten is high pricing, I would rate Confluent's pricing at five. I have not encountered any additional costs."
  • "Confluence's pricing is quite reasonable, with a cost of around $10 per user that decreases as the number of users increases. Additionally, it's worth noting that for teams of up to 10 users, the solution is completely free."
  • "Confluent has a yearly license, which is a bit high because it's on a per-user basis."
  • "It comes with a high cost."
  • "Confluent is highly priced."
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  • "Salesforce is licensed by user and by products and so pricing depending on what your requirements are."
  • "MuleSoft Composer is affordable, and I rate its pricing a five to six out of ten."
  • "The tool is a bit expensive."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:I find Confluent's Kafka Connectors and Kafka Streams invaluable for my use cases because they simplify real-time data processing and ETL tasks by providing reliable, pre-packaged connectors and… more »
    Top Answer:I would rate the pricing of Confluent as average, around a five out of ten. Additional costs could include features like multi-tenancy support and native encryption with custom algorithms, which would… more »
    Top Answer:Areas for improvement include implementing multi-storage support to differentiate between database stores based on data age and optimizing storage costs, as well as enhancing the offset management… more »
    Top Answer:The prebuilt connectors have saved our customers a lot of time and money.
    Top Answer:The tool is a bit expensive. However, we must pay a premium price for the best solutions. It would be great if the pricing could be reduced by 20% to 30%. Then, medium-level companies would be able to… more »
    Top Answer:The product must create more awareness and enable more use cases. It will help us use the solution for current problems. The vendor must reach out to the technical leads of organizations and teach… more »
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    MuleSoft Composer for Salesforce
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    Overview

    Confluent is an enterprise-ready, full-scale streaming platform that enhances Apache Kafka. 

    Confluent has integrated cutting-edge features that are designed to enhance these tasks: 

    • Speed up application development and connectivity
    • Enable transformations through stream processing
    • Streamline business operations at scale
    • Adhere to strict architectural standards

    Confluent is a more complete distribution of Kafka in that it enhances the integration possibilities of Kafka by introducing tools for managing and optimizing Kafka clusters while providing methods for making sure the streams are secure. Confluent supports publish-and-subscribe as well as the storing and processing of data within the streams. Kafka is easier to operate and build thanks to Confluent.

    Confluent's software is available in three different varieties: 

    1. A free, open-source streaming platform that makes it simple to start using real-time data streams
    2. An enterprise-grade version of the product with more administrative, ops, and monitoring tools
    3. A premium cloud-based version.

    Confluent Advantage Features

    Confluent has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

    • Multi-language

      • Clients: C++, Python, Go, and .NET
      • REST proxy: Can connect to Kafka from any connected network device
      • Admin REST APIs: RESTful interface for performing administrator operations
    • Pre-built ecosystem

      • Connectors: More than 100 supported connectors, including S3, Elastic, HDFS, JDBC
      • MQTT proxy: Gain access to Kafka from MQTT gateways and devices
      • Schema registry: Centralized database to guarantee data compatibility
    • Streaming database

      • ksqlDB: Materialized views and real-time stream processing
    • GUI management 

      • Control panel: GUI for scalable Kafka management and monitoring
      • Health+: Smart alerts and cloud-based control centers
    • DevOps automation that is flexible

      • Confluent for Kubernetes: Complete API to deploy on Kubernetes
      • Automated Ansible deployment on non-containerized environments
    • Dynamic performance 

      • Self-balancing clusters: Automated partition re-balancing across brokers in the cluster
      • Tiered storage: Older Kafka data offloading to object storage with transparent access
    • Security that is enterprise-grade 

      • Role-based access control: Granular user/group access authorization
      • Audit logs that are structured: Logs of user actions kept in dedicated Kafka topics
      • Secret protection: Sensitive information is encrypted
    • Global resilience

      • Linking clusters: A real-time, highly reliable, and consistent bridge across on-premises and cloud environments
      • Multiple-region clusters: Single Kafka cluster with automated client failover distributed across multiple data centers
      • Replicator: Asynchronous replication that is based on the Kafka Connect framework
    • Support

      • Round the clock enterprise support from Kafka experts

    Reviews from Real Users

    Confluent stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its robust enterprise support and its open source option. PeerSpot users take note of the advantages of these features in their reviews: 

    Ravi B., a solutions architect at a tech services company, writes of the solution, “KSQL is a valuable feature, as is the Kafka Connect framework for connecting to the various source systems where you need not write the code. We get great support from Confluent because we're using the enterprise version and whenever there's a problem, they support us with fine-tuning and finding the root cause.”

    Amit S., an IT consultant, notes, “The biggest benefit is that it is open source. You have the flexibility of opting or not opting for enterprise support, even though the tool itself is open source.” He adds, “The second benefit is it's very modern and built on Java and Scala. You can extend the features very well, and it doesn't take a lot of effort to do so.”

    Connect apps and data to Salesforce quickly and easily with clicks, not code — all inside of the Salesforce UI.

    Enrich your 360-degree customer view by empowering your Salesforce admins with a no-code solution for quickly unlocking data, connecting apps, and automating integrations to boost productivity.

    - Build integrations easily with clicks, not code — all inside Salesforce
    - Hit the ground running with a growing library of prebuilt connectors
    - Preview as you build connections and design with real data
    - Monitor any errors with automatic alerts

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      Computer Software Company31%
      Retailer15%
      Non Tech Company8%
      Government8%
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      Financial Services Firm19%
      Computer Software Company17%
      Manufacturing Company8%
      Retailer6%
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      Computer Software Company29%
      Financial Services Firm9%
      Manufacturing Company9%
      Government6%
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      Small Business30%
      Midsize Enterprise20%
      Large Enterprise50%
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      Small Business19%
      Midsize Enterprise12%
      Large Enterprise69%
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      Small Business18%
      Midsize Enterprise13%
      Large Enterprise68%
      Buyer's Guide
      Confluent vs. MuleSoft Composer
      March 2024
      Find out what your peers are saying about Confluent vs. MuleSoft Composer and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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      Confluent is ranked 4th in Streaming Analytics with 19 reviews while MuleSoft Composer is ranked 13th in Cloud Data Integration with 3 reviews. Confluent is rated 8.4, while MuleSoft Composer is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Confluent writes "Has good technical support services and a valuable feature for real-time data streaming ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MuleSoft Composer writes "The prebuilt connectors save a lot of time and money, but the customer support and price must be improved". Confluent is most compared with Amazon MSK, Amazon Kinesis, Databricks, AWS Glue and Oracle GoldenGate, whereas MuleSoft Composer is most compared with Mule Anypoint Platform, Workato, Celigo Integration Platform, Microsoft Azure Logic Apps and Zapier. See our Confluent vs. MuleSoft Composer report.

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