Amazon MSK vs. Apache Kafka vs. JavaScript vs. StreamNative Comparison Chart

Apache Kafka® is an open-source, distributed streaming platform. Scale production clusters up to a thousand brokers, trillions of messages per day, petabytes of data, hundreds of thousands of partitions. Elastically expand and contract storage and processing. Stretch clusters efficiently over availability zones or connect separate clusters across geographic regions. Process streams of events with joins, aggregations, filters, transformations, and more, using event-time and exactly-once processing. Kafka’s out-of-the-box Connect interface integrates with hundreds of event sources and event sinks including Postgres, JMS, Elasticsearch, AWS S3, and more. Read, write, and process streams of events in a vast array of programming languages.

StreamNative redefines streaming infrastructure by seamlessly integrating Kafka, MQ, and other protocols into a single, unified platform, providing unparalleled flexibility and efficiency for modern data processing needs. StreamNative offers a unified solution that adapts to the diverse requirements of streaming and messaging in a microservices-driven environment. By providing a comprehensive and intelligent approach to messaging and streaming, StreamNative empowers organizations to navigate the complexities and scalability of the modern data ecosystem with efficiency and agility. Apache Pulsar’s unique architecture decouples the message serving layer from the message storage layer to deliver a mature cloud-native data-streaming platform. Scalable and elastic to adapt to rapidly changing event traffic and business needs. Scale-up to millions of topics with architecture that decouples computing and storage.