Apache NiFi vs IBM Streams comparison

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    Top Answer:I am using it open source, so it means it's free for me to use.
    Top Answer:There is room for improvement in integration with SSO. For example, NiFi does not have any integration with SSO. And if I want to give some kind of rollback access control across the organization… more »
    Top Answer:The solution’s licenses pricing is different from one region to another region. I rate the solution’s pricing a seven out of ten.
    Top Answer:the limited number of connectors. This shall be overcome with work-arounds or eventually buying additional connectors to complete the solution.
    Top Answer:We use the solution for data pipeline by modernizing the traditional ETL jobs done through advanced streaming. Another use case is building the g2g streaming platform, which facilitates data exchange… more »
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    8th
    out of 16 in Compute Service
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    3,937
    Comparisons
    1,969
    Reviews
    5
    Average Words per Review
    565
    Rating
    7.4
    15th
    out of 38 in Streaming Analytics
    Views
    678
    Comparisons
    598
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    447
    Rating
    7.0
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    Also Known As
    IBM InfoSphere Streams
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    Overview
    Apache NiFi is an easy to use, powerful, and reliable system to process and distribute data. It supports powerful and scalable directed graphs of data routing, transformation, and system mediation logic.
    IBM Streams is an advanced analytic platform that allows user-developed applications to quickly ingest, analyze and correlate information as it arrives from thousands of data stream sources. The solution can handle very high data throughput rates, up to millions of events or messages per second. Streams helps you analyze data in motion, simplify development of streaming applications, and extend the value of existing systems.
    Sample Customers
    Macquarie Telecom Group, Dovestech, Slovak Telekom, Looker, Hastings Group
    Globo TV, All England Lawn Tennis Club, CenterPoint Energy, Consolidated Communications Holdings, Darwin Ecosystem, Emory University Hospital, ICICI Securities, Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT), Living Roads, Mobileum, Optibus, Southern Ontario Smart Computing Innovation Platform (SOSCIP), University of Alberta, University of Montana, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Wimbledon 2015
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Government7%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm24%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Comms Service Provider6%
    Government5%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business40%
    Large Enterprise60%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise70%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise73%
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    Apache NiFi is ranked 8th in Compute Service with 10 reviews while IBM Streams is ranked 15th in Streaming Analytics with 5 reviews. Apache NiFi is rated 7.8, while IBM Streams is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Apache NiFi writes "Allows the creation and use of custom functions to achieve desired functionality but limitation in handling monthly transactions due to a lack of partitioning for dates". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Streams writes "A solution for data pipelines but has connector limitations". Apache NiFi is most compared with Google Cloud Dataflow, AWS Lambda, Apache Spark, Azure Stream Analytics and StackStorm, whereas IBM Streams is most compared with Confluent, Azure Stream Analytics, Apache Spark, Apache Flink and Amazon MSK.

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