Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) vs. Confluent
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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 Amazon MSK | Score9.9 out of 10 | N/A | Amazon MSK is a managed service enabling users to build and run applications that use Apache Kafka to process streaming data. Apache Kafka is an open-source platform for building real-time streaming data pipelines and applications. With Amazon MSK, use native Apache Kafka APIs to populate data lakes, stream changes to and from databases, and power machine learning and analytics applications. | 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 |