Software Team Lead at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Real User
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2023-09-04T10:52:00Z
Sep 4, 2023
It is important to understand completely the technology stack for the solution to be utilized properly, but there is a lack of information availability. Overall, I would rate it seven out of ten.
Overall, I would rate Amazon MSK a seven out of ten. The only reason I am giving it seven is because I have not used all the aspects of this solution. Only thing I would suggest is to go through the documentation before starting anything. Amazon has already provided documentation on its site, which is highly informative. If there are still any issues or questions, users can directly raise a support ticket with the support center. In fact, they may not even need to raise a support ticket because the documentation already covers everything, including instructions on how to install agent collectors on Windows or Linux machines.
My advice would be to compare it with other details, too, like Data streaming services, and then see which is cheaper than the other based on the use case. Because if you need to pass maybe a hundred messages through a day, then Kinesis would be much cheaper than setting up a Kafka cluster. And the other thing is with the Kafka cluster; you need a minimum of three nodes for higher availability. So having to set up a cluster for just a hundred messages daily. That's overkill. And, it becomes expensive in that sense. I rate it eight out of ten.
Team Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2021-03-16T03:58:00Z
Mar 16, 2021
If you're interested in using this solution, be sure to do some POC before integrating it. Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of eight. Kafka is open-source software. In order for you to leverage it behind the scenes, you have to use ZooKeeper, which is essentially a type of server — you have to integrate with it. If you don't use MSK, then you'll have to do this manually, by yourself. MSK has already launched ZooKeeper and the cluster. This is included as an out-of-the-box feature, which is very convenient.
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I advise others to understand the exact business requirements before purchasing. I rate Amazon MSK a six out of ten.
It is important to understand completely the technology stack for the solution to be utilized properly, but there is a lack of information availability. Overall, I would rate it seven out of ten.
Overall, I would rate Amazon MSK a seven out of ten. The only reason I am giving it seven is because I have not used all the aspects of this solution. Only thing I would suggest is to go through the documentation before starting anything. Amazon has already provided documentation on its site, which is highly informative. If there are still any issues or questions, users can directly raise a support ticket with the support center. In fact, they may not even need to raise a support ticket because the documentation already covers everything, including instructions on how to install agent collectors on Windows or Linux machines.
My advice would be to compare it with other details, too, like Data streaming services, and then see which is cheaper than the other based on the use case. Because if you need to pass maybe a hundred messages through a day, then Kinesis would be much cheaper than setting up a Kafka cluster. And the other thing is with the Kafka cluster; you need a minimum of three nodes for higher availability. So having to set up a cluster for just a hundred messages daily. That's overkill. And, it becomes expensive in that sense. I rate it eight out of ten.
My advice to others is this solution is straightforward and the integration is flawless. I rate Amazon MSK a seven out of ten.
If you're interested in using this solution, be sure to do some POC before integrating it. Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of eight. Kafka is open-source software. In order for you to leverage it behind the scenes, you have to use ZooKeeper, which is essentially a type of server — you have to integrate with it. If you don't use MSK, then you'll have to do this manually, by yourself. MSK has already launched ZooKeeper and the cluster. This is included as an out-of-the-box feature, which is very convenient.