Amazon Kinesis vs Azure Stream Analytics comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 10, 2022
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon Kinesis
Ranking in Streaming Analytics
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Azure Stream Analytics
Ranking in Streaming Analytics
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Streaming Analytics category, the market share of Amazon Kinesis is 7.0% and it decreased by 52.9% compared to the previous year. The market share of Azure Stream Analytics is 11.9% and it decreased by 9.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Streaming Analytics
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Featured Reviews

Shubham-Joshi - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 9, 2023
Helps to stream events but needs improvement in limit
I work in a gaming company that builds games for the global market. We use Amazon Kinesis to stream events.  I have worked in companies that build tools in-house. They face scaling challenges.  Amazon Kinesis should improve its limits.  I have been using the product for a month.  I rate the…
RY
Mar 21, 2024
We can make changes and immediately see the results appear on the screen
We received millions of records for one project. We used Kafka to get the data into our application and then processed it through Azure, whatever data was injected. We wanted to process it and build the dashboard. The data is handled manually. For example, if you were to do the same thing with Python, you'd have to check, rebuild, and deploy the entire thing. We should be able to change the data on the fly. We can make changes and immediately see the results appear on the screen. The best part is that you'd be able to convey to stakeholders who may need to be more technically proficient. By using the dashboard, you can convince your stakeholders.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Amazon Kinesis is real-time data streaming."
"I have worked in companies that build tools in-house. They face scaling challenges."
"Amazon Kinesis has improved our ROI."
"Its scalability is very high. There is no maintenance and there is no throughput latency. I think data scalability is high, too. You can ingest gigabytes of data within seconds or milliseconds."
"I like the ease of use and how we can quickly get the configurations done, making it pretty straightforward and stable."
"One of the best features of Amazon Kinesis is the multi-partition."
"The scalability is pretty good."
"The solution's technical support is flawless."
"The solution has a lot of functionality that can be pushed out to companies."
"The life cycle, report management and crash management features are great."
"It provides the capability to streamline multiple output components."
"I like all the connected ecosystems of Microsoft, it is really good with other BI tools that are easy to connect."
"We find the query editor feature of this solution extremely valuable for our business."
"The most valuable features of Azure Stream Analytics are the ease of provisioning and the interface is not terribly complex."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its ability to create a query using SQ."
"The most valuable features are the IoT hub and the Blob storage."
 

Cons

"If there were better documentation on optimal sharding strategies then it would be helpful."
"The price is not much cheaper. So, there is room for improvement in the pricing."
"Snapshot from the the from the the stream of the data analytic I have already on the cloud, do a snapshot to not to make great or to get the data out size of the web service. But to stop the process and restart a few weeks later when I have more data or more available of the client teams."
"I suggest integrating additional features, such as incorporating Amazon Pinpoint or Amazon Connect as bundled offerings, rather than deploying them as separate services."
"Kinesis can be expensive, especially when dealing with large volumes of data."
"Kinesis is good for Amazon Cloud but not as suitable for other cloud vendors."
"Lacks first in, first out queuing."
"Amazon Kinesis should improve its limits."
"The only challenge was that the streaming analytics area in Azure Stream Analytics could not meet our company's expectations, making it a component where improvements are required."
"The solution's interface could be simpler to understand for non-technical people."
"If something goes wrong, it's very hard to investigate what caused it and why."
"We would like to have centralized platform altogether since we have different kind of options for data ingestion. Sometimes it gets difficult to manage different platforms."
"Azure Stream Analytics could improve by having clearer metrics as to the scale, more metrics around the data set size that is flowing through it, and performance tuning recommendations."
"The solution doesn't handle large data packets very efficiently, which could be improved upon."
"Azure Stream Analytics is challenging to customize because it's not very flexible."
"There may be some issues when connecting with Microsoft Power BI because we are providing the input and output commands, and there's a chance of it being delayed while connecting."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool's entry price is cheap. However, pricing increases with data volume."
"The fee is based on the number of hours the service is running."
"I rate the product price a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"The pricing depends on the use cases and the level of usage. If you wanted to use Kinesis for different use cases, there's definitely a cheaper base cost involved. However, it's not entirely cheap, as different use cases might require different levels of Kinesis usage."
"The tool's pricing is cheap."
"Amazon Kinesis pricing is sometimes reasonable and sometimes could be better, depending on the planning, so it's a five out of ten for me."
"It was actually a fairly high volume we were spending. We were spending about 150 a month."
"Under $1,000 per month."
"The product's price is at par with the other solutions provided by the other cloud service providers in the market."
"I rate the price of Azure Stream Analytics a four out of five."
"The cost of this solution is less than competitors such as Amazon or Google Cloud."
"When scaling up, the pricing for Azure Stream Analytics can get relatively high. Considering its capabilities compared to other solutions, I would rate it a seven out of ten for cost. However, we've found ways to optimize costs using tools like Databricks for specific tasks."
"Azure Stream Analytics is a little bit expensive."
"There are different tiers based on retention policies. There are four tiers. The pricing varies based on steaming units and tiers. The standard pricing is $10/hour."
"The licensing for this product is payable on a 'pay as you go' basis. This means that the cost is only based on data volume, and the frequency that the solution is used."
"The current price is substantial."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Retailer
5%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Retailer
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon Kinesis?
Amazon Kinesis's main purpose is to provide near real-time data streaming at a consistent 2Mbps rate, which is really impressive.
What needs improvement with Amazon Kinesis?
The solution currently provides an option to retrieve data in the stream or the queue, but it's not that helpful. We have to write some custom scripts to fetch data from there. An option to search ...
Which would you choose - Databricks or Azure Stream Analytics?
Databricks is an easy-to-set-up and versatile tool for data management, analysis, and business analytics. For analytics teams that have to interpret data to further the business goals of their orga...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Stream Analytics?
The product's price is at par with the other solutions provided by the other cloud service providers in the market.
What needs improvement with Azure Stream Analytics?
Azure Stream Analytics was not meeting our company's expectations because it was tedious to change the job, write queries, or if I needed to change something, I needed to stop the entire stream pro...
 

Also Known As

Amazon AWS Kinesis, AWS Kinesis, Kinesis
ASA
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Zillow, Netflix, Sonos
Rockwell Automation, Milliman, Honeywell Building Solutions, Arcoflex Automation Solutions, Real Madrid C.F., Aerocrine, Ziosk, Tacoma Public Schools, P97 Networks
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