TrustRadius Insights for Confluent are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.
Pros
Reliable and Scalable Platform: Users have consistently praised Confluent for its reliability and scalability when it comes to streaming data. Many reviewers have found it easy to manage, offering the necessary tools for real-time data processing.
Intuitive User Interface: Confluent's user interface has received high praise from users who find it intuitive and seamless. They appreciate its rich features and built-in debugging tools, which make navigation and usage a breeze.
Excellent Support from Technical Team: Users highly value the support they receive from Confluent's technical team. They feel closely connected to the team with good channels for addressing architecture concerns. Reviewers often mention the team's extensive knowledge and their willingness to provide suggestions and assistance both within and outside of Confluent's offerings.
We needed a data streaming platform to support real time data ingestion to our data lake environment. This real time data supported client facing in store and digital use cases for sub second api call classification or product promotions. As well, we looked for a partner who could replace our current technology on Azure and Confluent was able to do so at a global enterprise level.
Pros
Streaming real time transactional data to cloud storage locations
Data streaming transformation reducing compute expenses on lake and warehouse environments
Transfer large size data segments
Cons
Cloud based Azure platform features for Confluent lacks behind AWS And GCP
Likelihood to Recommend
If you have a need to stream data, real time or segmented structured data then Confluent is a great platform to do so with. You won't run into packet transfer size limitations that other platforms have. Flexibility in on-prem, cloud, and managed cloud offerings makes it very flexible no matter how you choose to implement.
VU
Verified User
Director in Product Management (501-1000 employees)
The Confluent platform is currently being used by my company in the whole enterprise level. As a health care company, we need to improve interoperability between different departments and their vendors. By using the Confluent platform, we can quickly set up the messaging system and build event-driven applications, and it really helps our development.
Pros
Products work great.
Training is available.
Customer support is good.
Cons
Cloud service might need more granular configuration.
Likelihood to Recommend
If your company needs to build event-driven applications, like in healthcare industry, you need to enhance interoperability, and you are seeking a reliable service with enterprise-grade support, Confluent is the best on the market you can get. Their product works great and they provide very good customer service.
VU
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)