Enterprise organizations rely on streaming platforms and MQ software solutions to process the continuous flow of high-performance data pipelines, mission-critical applications, and data integration. Apache Kafka makes it easy to process and distribute messages from one application to another from multiple environments with super-fast speeds and very high reliability.
Additionally, in place of the usual command line processes regarding administration and management tasks, Apache Kafka supplies five exemplary core APIs for both Scala and Java:
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Kafka Streams API can be used to facilitate stream processing applications and microservices. Input is seamlessly read from one or more topics and will initiate output to one or more topics, easily converting the input streams to output streams.
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Kafka Connect API enables users to develop and run reusable data import/export connectors that are able to read and write streams of events from external operating systems and applications, making integration with Apache Kafka simple and streamlined.
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Consumer API allows users to subscribe and read one or more topics and to process the stream of events produced to them.
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Admin API gives users the ability to examine and manage brokers, topics, and various other Kafka topics.
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Producer API using this core element, users are able to write and publish a stream of events to one or more Kafka topics.
Apache Kafka Benefits
Apache Kafka has many valuable benefits. Some of its most valuable benefits include:
- Load Shifting
- Scalability
- Decoupling
- High Throughput
- High Availability
- Safe Permanent Storage
- Excellent Integration Capabilities
- Large, Reliable, Open-Source Community
- Mission Critical
- Wide Array of Available Learning Opportunities
Not only is Apache Kafka a robust messaging queue it is also a tremendously durable and reliable streaming platform that is fully capable of securely delivering more than one million messages per second, which amounts to trillions of success delivered messages in one day.
Reviews from Real Users
“From my experience with Apache Kafka, one of the most notable advantages is its ability to maintain a comprehensive record of historical data that includes every update, alteration, and version of information, unlike a conventional relational database. This feature allows for seamless tracking and analysis of the progression and transformation of the data over time, enabling users to easily review and analyze the history of the information.” Dimitrios Z., Enterprise Architect at Smals vzw
“We are currently on a legacy version and have found that the latest version of Kafka has solved many of the issues we were facing, such as sequencing, memory management, and more. Additionally, the fact that it is open source is a major benefit.” Pratul S. Software Engineer at a financial services firm
“The solution has improved our functionality; it's one of the best streaming platforms I've used.” Sreekar N., Co-Founder at Attaika
