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Apache Flink vs. Confluent

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Apache Flink

5 Reviews and Ratings

Confluent

24 Reviews and Ratings

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Apache Flink

    Score9 out of 10
    		N/AApache Flink is a framework and distributed processing engine for stateful computations over unbounded and bounded data streams. Flink has been designed to run in all common cluster environments, perform computations at in-memory speed and at any scale. And FlinkCEP is the Complex Event Processing (CEP) library implemented on top of Flink. Users can detect event patterns in streams of events.N/A

    Confluent

    Score9.9 out of 10
    		N/AConfluent Cloud is a cloud-native service for Apache Kafka used to connect and process data in real time with a fully managed data streaming platform. Confluent Platform is the self-managed version.

    $385

    per month

    Pricing
    Apache FlinkConfluent
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Basic
    $0
    Standard
    Starting at ~$385
    per month
    Enterprise
    Starting at ~$1,150
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Apache FlinkConfluent
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Confluent monthly bills are based upon resource consumption, i.e., you are only charged for the resources you use when you actually use them: Stream: Kafka clusters are billed for eCKUs/CKUs ($/hour), networking ($/GB), and storage ($/GB-hour). Connect: Use of connectors is billed based on throughput ($/GB) and a task base price ($/task/hour). Process: Use of stream processing with Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink is calculated based on CFUs ($/minute). Govern: Use of Stream Governance is billed based on environment ($/hour). Confluent storage and throughput is calculated in binary gigabytes (GB), where 1 GB is 2^30 bytes. This unit of measurement is also known as a gibibyte (GiB). Please also note that all prices are stated in United States Dollars unless specifically stated otherwise. All billing computations are conducted in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
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    Features
    Apache FlinkConfluent
    Streaming Analytics
    Comparison of Streaming Analytics features of Apache Flink and Confluent
    Feature
    Apache Flink
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    Confluent
    9.1
    2 Ratings
    Real-Time Data Analysis10.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Data Ingestion from Multiple Data Sources7.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Low Latency10.01 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Data wrangling and preparation6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Linear Scale-Out9.01 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Data Enrichment10.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Visualization Dashboards00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Integrated Development Tools00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Apache FlinkConfluent
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)