Apache Pulsar vs. Confluent
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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 Apache Pulsar | Score8 out of 10 | N/A | Apache Pulsar is a cloud-native, distributed messaging and streaming platform originally created at Yahoo! and now an Apache Software Foundation project. It is free and open source, available under the Apache License, version 2.0. | N/A |
 Confluent | Score9.9 out of 10 | N/A | Confluent 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. | $385 per month |
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| Additional Details | — | Confluent monthly bills are based upon resource consumption, i.e., you are only charged for the resources you use when you actually use them: Stream: Kafka clusters are billed for eCKUs/CKUs ($/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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| Likelihood to Recommend | - | 10.0 |
| Support Rating | - | 10.0 |