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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon Kinesis

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AAmazon 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

    IBM MQ

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AIBM MQ (formerly WebSphere MQ and MQSeries) is messaging middleware.N/A
    Pricing
    Amazon KinesisIBM MQ
    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 KinesisIBM MQ
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Amazon KinesisIBM MQ
    Considered Both Products
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    IBM
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    40 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    42 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    32 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    39 Answers
    Features
    Amazon KinesisIBM MQ
    Streaming Analytics
    Comparison of Streaming Analytics features of Amazon Kinesis and IBM MQ
    Feature
    Amazon Kinesis
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    IBM MQ
    -
    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
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    Amazon KinesisIBM MQ
    Small Businesses
    Google Cloud Dataflow
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Apache Kafka
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Spotfire Streaming
    Score5 out of 10
    Apache Kafka
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Amazon KinesisIBM MQ
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (48 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (29 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (27 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon KinesisIBM MQ
    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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    IBM
    In the context of Internet of Things (IoT) applications, IBM MQ plays a pivotal role in managing the substantial data streams emanating from interconnected devices. Its primary function is to guarantee the dependable transmission and processing of data, catering to a diverse range of IoT use cases, including but not limited to smart city initiatives, healthcare monitoring systems, and industrial automation solutions. In the telecommunications sector, IBM MQ is employed for message routing, call detail record (CDR) processing, and network management to ensure real-time data exchange and fault tolerance. When managing the supply chain and logistics, IBM MQ is used to ensure timely and accurate communication between different entities, including suppliers, warehouses, and transportation providers. IBM MQ can be cost-prohibitive for smaller organizations due to licensing and maintenance costs. In such cases, open-source or lightweight messaging solutions may be more appropriate. For scenarios requiring extremely low-latency, real-time data exchange, and high throughput, other messaging technologies, like Apache Kafka, may be more suitable due to their specialized design for such use cases.
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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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    IBM
    • The documentation is very clear,It is understandable and the support helps to configure it in the best way.
    • Server guidelines make it possible to get the most out of work management. It's broad, we can work with different operating systems, I really recommend using linux.
    • It is highly compatible with systems, brockers, applications, and data accumulation programs, it is possible to configure everything so that after the installation of programs, they can communicate with each other and then throw data to an external program that accumulates it and represents in clear details of steps to follow and make business decisions.
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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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    IBM
    • There is limitation on number of svrconn connections you can have to MQ on the mainframe which has been an major issue for us. This has been an issue for us for over 4 years and still no fix although I am aware IBM have been working on a solution over the last year.
    • When upgrading to MQ V9.3 on our MQ appliances there is no fall-back option. This was the same for MQ V9.2 upgrade from MQ V9.0. For production upgrades this I believe is not acceptable.
    • AMS is not supplied as part of the standard mainframe MQ licence. You need an extra licence. IBM tell customers how important security and protecting data is yet they still want to charge for this software. The cost of MQ on the mainframe is not cheap so I would expect AMS to be part of the base product.
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    I give it a nine because it has significantly improved my team's data reliability and operational efficiency. Its great security features give us peace of mind, knowing our sensitive data is well protected. While the setup might initially be complex, I believe the long-term benefits far outweigh this hurdle.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    The messages are delivered instantly with this software and it integrates with our technology stack, in terms of availability we only had one failure when we were doing some testing and integration with third parties, the features of this software make it always available and its deployment is easy for the company, it does not generate expenses due to failures
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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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    IBM
    There are very specific things that must be elevated to more specialized areas of support, but the common support is very agile when receiving questions or when we leave concerns in real time. I recommend the support of the program in this regard.
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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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    IBM
    We found IBM MQ very easy to get started and quick to learn by the new users with a short learning curve and seamlessly integrates with IBM products, and quick to perform self-service analytics and make informed business decisions. IBM MQ is also very straightforward in creating simple and best reports, which are very profitable and productive.
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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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    IBM
    • Positive- Message Reliability and Reduced downtime, increases the ROI many times.
    • Positive- Increased stability and enhanced customer experience
    • Negative- cost is very high - Both licensing and integration cost
    • Negative- Learning and training cost of IBM MQ is high as its complex to use and integrate
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