Amazon Kinesis vs. GeoShield Real-Time

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon Kinesis
Score 9.9 out of 10
N/A
Amazon Kinesis is a streaming analytics suite for data intake from video or other disparate sources and applying analytics for machine learning (ML) and business intelligence.
$0.01
per GB data ingested / consumed
GeoShield Real-Time
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
GeoShield helps transform agencies into Real-Time Crime Centers. A CJIS-compliant solution, GeoShield connects multiple information sources such as Agency Data, Law Enforcement Data, and Live Video Streams in real-time to acquire a holistic view of all events & incidents happening across a city. It helps users to accurately anticipate public safety issues, streamline workflows and proactively respond to incidents with coordinated response. Officers and crime…N/A
Pricing
Amazon KinesisGeoShield Real-Time
Editions & Modules
Amazon Kinesis Video Streams
$0.00850
per GB data ingested / consumed
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
$0.04
per hour per stream
Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics
$0.11
per hour
Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose
tiered pricing starting at $0.029
per month first 500 TB ingested
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Amazon KinesisGeoShield Real-Time
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Amazon KinesisGeoShield Real-Time
Streaming Analytics
Comparison of Streaming Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Kinesis
8.3
2 Ratings
4% above category average
GeoShield Real-Time
-
Ratings
Real-Time Data Analysis10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Ingestion from Multiple Data Sources9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Low Latency9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrated Development Tools9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Data wrangling and preparation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Linear Scale-Out6.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Enrichment5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Amazon KinesisGeoShield Real-Time
Small Businesses
IBM Streams (discontinued)
IBM Streams (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
IBM Streams (discontinued)
IBM Streams (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Confluent
Confluent
Score 9.2 out of 10
Confluent
Confluent
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Spotfire Streaming
Spotfire Streaming
Score 5.1 out of 10
Spotfire Streaming
Spotfire Streaming
Score 5.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
Amazon KinesisGeoShield Real-Time
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amazon KinesisGeoShield Real-Time
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon AWS
Amazon Kinesis is a great replacement for Kafka and it works better whenever the components of the solution are AWS based. Best if extended fan-out is not required, but still price-performance ratio is very good for simplifying maintenance.
I would go with a different option if the systems to be connected are legacy, for instance in the case of traditional messaging clients.
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Spatialitics
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Pros
Amazon AWS
  • Processing huge loads of data
  • Integrating well with IoT Platform on Amazon
  • Integration with overall AWS Ecosystem
  • Scalability
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Spatialitics
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Cons
Amazon AWS
  • Not a queue system, so little visibility into "backlog" if there is any
  • Confusing terminology to make sure events aren't missed
  • Sometimes didn't seem to trigger Lambda functions, or dropped events when a lot came in
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Support Rating
Amazon AWS
The documentation was confusing and lacked examples. The streams suddenly stopped working with no explanation and there was no information in the logs. All these were more difficult when dealing with enhanced fan-out. In fact, we were about to abort the usage of Kinesis due to a misunderstanding with enhanced fan-out.
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
The main benefit was around set up - incredibly easy to just start using Kinesis. Kinesis is a real-time data processing platform, while Kafka is more of a message queue system. If you only need a message queue from a limited source, Kafka may do the job. More complex use cases, with low latency, higher volume of data, real time decisions and integration with multiple sources and destination at a decent price, Kinesis is better.
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • Caused us to need to re-engineer some basic re-try logic
  • Caused us to drop some content without knowing it
  • Made monitoring much more difficult
  • We eventually switched back to SQS because Kinesis is not the same as a Queue system
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ScreenShots

GeoShield Real-Time Screenshots

Screenshot of A CJIS-compliant solution hosted on the cloud that offers end-to-end encryption and multiple layers of data protection to ensure information confidentiality, integrity, enhanced privacy and industry compliance for your Real Time Crime Center.Screenshot of Turn data into intelligence with intuitive maps and graphs to actively recognize crime patterns in your city and better allocate resources to address criminal activities.Screenshot of Live Notifications & Alerts for Proactive Planning & Decision MakingScreenshot of Unity Connector for delivering Real-Time Data