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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Confluent

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AConfluent Cloud is a cloud-native service for Apache Kafka used to connect and process data in real time with a fully managed data streaming platform. Confluent Platform is the self-managed version.

    $385

    per month

    IBM StreamSets

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AIBM® StreamSets enables users to create and manage smart streaming data pipelines through a graphical interface, facilitating data integration across hybrid and multicloud environments. IBM StreamSets can support millions of data pipelines for analytics, applications and hybrid integration.N/A
    Pricing
    ConfluentIBM StreamSets
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $0
    Standard
    Starting at ~$385
    per month
    Enterprise
    Starting at ~$1,150
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ConfluentIBM StreamSets
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsConfluent monthly bills are based upon resource consumption, i.e., you are only charged for the resources you use when you actually use them: Stream: Kafka clusters are billed for eCKUs/CKUs ($/hour), networking ($/GB), and storage ($/GB-hour). Connect: Use of connectors is billed based on throughput ($/GB) and a task base price ($/task/hour). Process: Use of stream processing with Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink is calculated based on CFUs ($/minute). Govern: Use of Stream Governance is billed based on environment ($/hour). Confluent storage and throughput is calculated in binary gigabytes (GB), where 1 GB is 2^30 bytes. This unit of measurement is also known as a gibibyte (GiB). Please also note that all prices are stated in United States Dollars unless specifically stated otherwise. All billing computations are conducted in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).—
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    Features
    ConfluentIBM StreamSets
    Streaming Analytics
    Comparison of Streaming Analytics features of Confluent and IBM StreamSets
    Feature
    Confluent
    9.1
    2 Ratings
    13% above category average
    IBM StreamSets
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    Ratings
    Real-Time Data Analysis10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visualization Dashboards8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Ingestion from Multiple Data Sources10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Low Latency9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrated Development Tools8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Linear Scale-Out9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Enrichment10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ConfluentIBM StreamSets
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
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    Support Rating
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    User Testimonials
    ConfluentIBM StreamSets
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Confluent
    If you have a need to stream data, real time or segmented structured data then Confluent is a great platform to do so with. You won't run into packet transfer size limitations that other platforms have. Flexibility in on-prem, cloud, and managed cloud offerings makes it very flexible no matter how you choose to implement.
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    IBM
    When you are dealing with a data warehouse and want to find an easy way to integrate applications and expose data in real-time, then IBM StreamSets is the best tool to go for. I'm using it for the same purpose in my applications. This tool will be well-suited for someone with a proper technical background. Though IBM StreamSets UI is mostly drag and drop, advanced configurations require technical expertise or support to do the initial setup.
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    Pros
    Confluent
    • Products work great.
    • Training is available.
    • Customer support is good.
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    IBM
    • It makes building data pipelines quite super intuitive even for non coders.
    • Ir also handles real time data ingestion effortlessly so I always have up to date information for my reports.
    • It's great at monitoring data quality as well.
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    Cons
    Confluent
    • Cloud based Azure platform features for Confluent lacks behind AWS And GCP
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    IBM
    • Where the person's skillsets in data analysis is not of an expert.
    • Data monitoring and analysis.
    • Customer data for better customer acquisition
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Confluent
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    IBM
    IBM Stream sets has been a wonderful addition to our technology stack. It has helped in some of our initiatives such as data engineering, data integration for not only external customers but also for internal purposes. The tool has also helped on our use cases related to streaming data. Moving to another tool would require significant amount of work and time.
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    Usability
    Confluent
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    IBM
    The StreamSets platform is very easy to use and the interface is extremely intuitive. The drag-and-drop, low-code design makes it accessible for teams with varying technical skills, allowing us to quickly connect sources, define transformations, and deploy pipelines without heavy coding. StreamSets allows us to get started quickly and not have to worry about our pipelines breaking once they're built.
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    Support Rating
    Confluent
    The support from the Confluent platform is great and satisfying. We have been working with Confluent for more than a year now. They sent out resident architects to help us set up Confluent cluster on our cloud and help us troubleshoot problems we have encountered. Overall, it has been a great experience working with the Confluent Platform.
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    IBM
    Streamsets support has improved a lot in the last couple of years. We had some challenges in the beginning with support, but now the quality of the support and the responsiveness to tickets are better. We have contacted support multiple times when it came to scenarios where the system was slow or the output as not as we expected
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    Implementation Rating
    Confluent
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    I was not involved in the implementation
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    Alternatives Considered
    Confluent
    For our use case it was very important that the technology we were working with fit into our Azure architecture, and met our data processing size requirements to stream data within certain SLAs. Confluent more than met our performance requirements and compared to the others scale options and cost to run it was more than financially viable as a platform solution to our global operations.
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    IBM
    the IBM solution can be considered a good player in the specific perimeter of application because its main functionalities are working well, are easy to use, and complete. it allows also a good degree of freedom when it comes to personalization of pipelines and streams, and customization of data ingestion methodologies.
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    Return on Investment
    Confluent
    • It enables us to develop event driven application.
    • It increases our ability to handle streaming data.
    • It reduces latency of communication.
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    IBM
    • it reduced the time I spent managing and updating pipelines when data formats changed
    • it saved us from building everything from scratch by making data movement between systems easier
    • it helps scale workflows as data volume grows, without much extra effort
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