Aiven for Apache Kafka is a managed Apache Kafka service that handles provisioning, patching, backups, security, and high availability.
Alternatives to Tencent Cloud CKafka
Apache RocketMQ is distributed middleware for asynchronous communication and publish/subscribe messaging.
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Confluent Cloud
Confluent Cloud is a managed data streaming platform built around a serverless Apache Kafka engine.
Free planWebAPILinux7.1From $385 a month - 5
Lightstreamer
Lightstreamer is an event broker for delivering real-time data to web and mobile applications, with support for proxies, firewalls, disconnections, and network congestion.
Free planAndroidiOSWebAPI7.1Free plan - 6

Solace PubSub+ Event Broker
Solace PubSub+ Event Broker moves information among applications, AI agents, and devices across cloud, on-premises, and edge environments.
Free planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted7.1Free plan - 7
Keen Product Analytics
Keen Product Analytics provides event-based analytics for understanding product usage and customer interactions.
AndroidiOSWebAPI6.9From $149 a month - 86.9From €79 a month
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RisingWave
RisingWave is a distributed SQL streaming platform that ingests, transforms, and serves real-time data.
WebAPILinuxmacOS6.7$0.23 usage-based - 10

Apache Pulsar
Apache Pulsar is an open-source distributed messaging and streaming platform built for cloud use.
Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.3Free plan - 11

AutoMQ
AutoMQ is Kafka-compatible streaming software that runs Kafka on cloud object storage.
WebAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.3From $300 a month - 12
StreamNative
StreamNative is a data platform for capturing, transporting, transforming, governing, and serving business data in real time for applications, analytics, and agents.
WebAPISelf-hosted6.3From $73 a month - 13

Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK) manages Kafka infrastructure and operations for teams running streaming applications on AWS.
WebAPILinux6.1From $0.11 a month - 14
DataStax Astra Streaming
DataStax Astra Streaming is a managed cloud service for streaming data and processing event streams, powered by Apache Pulsar.
Free planWebAPISelf-hosted6.1Free plan - 15
Apache Kafka
Free planAPISelf-hosted6.0Free plan - 16
StreamHouse
StreamHouse is an open-source, self-hostable system for event streaming, processing, schema management, and observability.
WebAPISelf-hosted5.6 - 17
Pravega
Pravega is an open-source storage system for continuous data, organized into durable, append-only streams.
APILinuxSelf-hosted5.5 - 18

Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams is a cloud-based, serverless service for capturing, processing, and analyzing live data streams.
WebAPI5.3 - 19
Hadron
Hadron is an open-source, self-hosted system for storing events and coordinating multi-stage workflows.
Self-hosted5.3 - 20

Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka
Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka is a paid cloud service for Kafka workloads accessed through Google Cloud’s web platform.
Web5.1 - 21

Azure Event Hubs
Azure Event Hubs is a paid cloud service for handling event streams through the web.
Web5.0 - 225.0
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Alibaba Cloud Message Queue for Apache Kafka
Alibaba Cloud Message Queue for Apache Kafka is a cloud, web-based messaging service for stream processing.
Web4.8 - 24

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Streaming
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Streaming is a paid cloud streaming service accessed through the web.
Web4.8 - 254.7
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