Apache Beam vs Azure Stream Analytics

Apache Beam plans

• Apache BeamFree
• Apache Beam SDKFree

Azure Stream Analytics plans

• Standard V2Priced on request
• Dedicated V2Priced on request
• Standard V1Priced on request
• Dedicated V1Priced on request

Pick Apache Beam if…

It suits data and software developers building batch or streaming pipelines for supported execution back ends. Beam Playground may help those who want to explore examples without a local installation.

Pick Azure Stream Analytics if…

Teams processing streaming events that need SQL, stateful handling or event-time windows. It suits hybrid deployments with workloads written in SQL, JavaScript or C#.