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Best Azure Event Hubs Alternatives in 2026

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20 apps from event streaming platforms ranked against Azure Event Hubs on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Lightstreamer Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac Free7.7
    Azure Event Hubs vs Lightstreamer
  2. 2
    Aiven for Apache Kafka Free plan apiLinuxWeb $35/mo7.1
    Azure Event Hubs vs Aiven for Apache Kafka
  3. 3
    Apache Pulsar Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.1
    Azure Event Hubs vs Apache Pulsar
  4. 4
    Apache RocketMQ Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.1
    Azure Event Hubs vs Apache RocketMQ
  5. 5
    Confluent Cloud Free plan apiLinuxWeb $385/mo7.1
    Azure Event Hubs vs Confluent Cloud
  6. 6
    Solace PubSub+ Event Broker Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.0
    Azure Event Hubs vs Solace PubSub+ Event Broker
  7. 7
    DataStax Astra Streaming Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.9
    Azure Event Hubs vs DataStax Astra Streaming
  8. 8
    RisingWave Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $0.23/mo6.7
    Azure Event Hubs vs RisingWave
  9. 9
    Redpanda Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.5
    Azure Event Hubs vs Redpanda
  10. 10
    Keen Product Analytics AndroidapiiOSWeb $149/mo6.4
    Azure Event Hubs vs Keen Product Analytics
  11. 11
    Pravega apiLinuxself-hosted 6.4
    Azure Event Hubs vs Pravega
  12. 12
    Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka apiLinuxWeb $0.11/mo6.3
    Azure Event Hubs vs Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka
  13. 13
    AutoMQ Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $300/mo6.3
    Azure Event Hubs vs AutoMQ
  14. 14
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams apiWeb 6.1
    Azure Event Hubs vs Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
  15. 15
    StreamNative Free trial apiself-hostedWeb $73/mo6.1
    Azure Event Hubs vs StreamNative
  16. 16
    Hadron self-hosted 6.0
    Azure Event Hubs vs Hadron
  17. 17
    Instaclustr Managed PostgreSQL Free trial apiself-hostedWeb 6.0
    Azure Event Hubs vs Instaclustr Managed PostgreSQL
  18. 19
    Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka Web 5.9
    Azure Event Hubs vs Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka
  19. 20
    Wisembly Web €79/mo5.9
    Azure Event Hubs vs Wisembly
  20. 21
    Alibaba Cloud Message Queue for Apache Kafka Web 5.7
    Azure Event Hubs vs Alibaba Cloud Message Queue for Apache Kafka

Azure Event Hubs alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Lightstreamer7.7Free planFreeAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Aiven for Apache Kafka7.1Free plan$35/moAPI, Linux, Web
3Apache Pulsar7.1Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
4Apache RocketMQ7.1Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
5Confluent Cloud7.1Free plan$385/moAPI, Linux, Web
6Solace PubSub+ Event Broker7.0Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
7DataStax Astra Streaming6.9Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
8RisingWave6.7No$0.23/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
9Redpanda6.5No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
10Keen Product Analytics6.4No$149/moAndroid, API, iOS, Web
11Pravega6.4No—API, Linux, self-hosted
12Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka6.3No$0.11/moAPI, Linux, Web
13AutoMQ6.3No$300/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
14Amazon Kinesis Data Streams6.1No—API, Web
15StreamNative6.1No$73/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
16Hadron6.0No—self-hosted
17Instaclustr Managed PostgreSQL6.0No—API, self-hosted, Web
19Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka5.9No—Web
20Wisembly5.9No€79/moWeb
21Alibaba Cloud Message Queue for Apache Kafka5.7No—Web
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Questions about Azure Event Hubs alternatives

What is the best alternative to Azure Event Hubs?

Lightstreamer, number 1 in event streaming platforms with a score of 7.7 out of 10. The others here: Aiven for Apache Kafka, Apache Pulsar, Apache RocketMQ and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Azure Event Hubs?

Lightstreamer is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 7 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on what each maker publishes: documentation depth, a free tier and the platforms it runs on.