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Redpanda pros and cons

4.6 out of 5

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PROS

Redpanda is highly scalable, as tested with ten-plus nodes.
Cost savings with Redpanda have been significant.
Redpanda offers superior performance as it is written in C++.
C++ is the standard for high-performance applications, enhancing Redpanda.

CONS

Version control mechanism requires improvement.
Command-line tools need enhancements for status checks of topics.
Documentation for self-hosting could be enhanced.
AI chatbot built for documentation answers is not very effective.
 

Redpanda Pros review quotes

ArpitShah - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Analyst at CLSA
Jun 21, 2024
The UI is modern.
China Venkanna Varma Ponnamanda - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Founder & CEO at SaYukth Private Limited
Jan 3, 2026
I tested it with ten-plus nodes, and it's highly scalable.
Akhil S Varughese - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead DevOps Engineer at Activelobby Information Systems Pvt Ltd.
Sep 21, 2024
The cost savings have been significant.
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Vishal M Godi - PeerSpot reviewer
Big Data Teaching Assistant at Center for Cloud Computing and Big Data, PES University
Oct 25, 2024
What makes Redpanda superior is its performance since it's written in C++. C++ is pretty much the standard for high-performance applications.
 

Redpanda Cons review quotes

ArpitShah - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Analyst at CLSA
Jun 21, 2024
The version control mechanism must be improved.
China Venkanna Varma Ponnamanda - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Founder & CEO at SaYukth Private Limited
Jan 3, 2026
The command-line tools need to be improved. To quickly check the status of the topics and all.
Akhil S Varughese - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead DevOps Engineer at Activelobby Information Systems Pvt Ltd.
Sep 21, 2024
When it comes to self-hosting, their documentation could be improved.
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Vishal M Godi - PeerSpot reviewer
Big Data Teaching Assistant at Center for Cloud Computing and Big Data, PES University
Oct 25, 2024
Recently, for the documentation, they've built their own AI chatbot, which is focused on giving you answers based on their documentation. While using that, I did not find it to be very good.