Apache Pulsar is a cloud-native, distributed messaging and streaming platform originally created at Yahoo! and now a top-level Apache Software Foundation project
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Apache Pulsar is the #20 ranked solution in Streaming Analytics tools. PeerSpot users give Apache Pulsar an average rating of 8.0 out of 10. Apache Pulsar is most commonly compared to Databricks:
Apache Pulsar vs Databricks. Apache Pulsar is popular among the large enterprise segment,
accounting for 57% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a
financial services firm, accounting for 16% of all views.
As of March 2026, the mindshare of Apache Pulsar in the Streaming Analytics category
stands at 2.8%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Streaming Analytics Mindshare Distribution
Product
Mindshare (%)
Apache Pulsar
2.8%
Apache Flink
10.9%
Databricks
9.0%
Other
77.3%
Streaming Analytics
Key learnings from peers
Valuable Features
"The solution operates as a classic message broker but also as a streaming platform."
Room for Improvement
"Documentation is poor because much of it is in Chinese with no English translation."
These insights are based on the in-depth reviews provided by peers to help you make a better buying decision.
