Apache Spark Streaming vs. Azure Stream Analytics vs. IBM Streams (discontinued)
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![]() Apache Spark Streaming | Score8.7 out of 10 | N/A | Apache Spark Streaming is a scalable fault-tolerant streaming processing system that natively supports both batch and streaming workloads. | N/A |
![]() Azure Stream Analytics | Score8 out of 10 | N/A | Microsoft offers Azure Stream Analytics for IoT and connected devices, supporting real-time analytics and reporting. | $0.11 per hour with a 1 SU minimum |
IBM Streams (discontinued) | Score9 out of 10 | N/A | A real-time analytics solution that turns fast-moving volumes and varieties into insights. Streams evaluates a broad range of streaming data — unstructured text, video, audio, geospatial and sensor. The product was sunsetted in 2024. | N/A |
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| Small Businesses | Amazon Kinesis Score9.9 out of 10 | Amazon Kinesis Score9.9 out of 10 | Amazon Kinesis Score9.9 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies | No answers on this topic | No answers on this topic | No answers on this topic |
| Enterprises | Spotfire Streaming Score5 out of 10 | Spotfire Streaming Score5 out of 10 | Spotfire Streaming Score5 out of 10 |
| All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 9.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 |
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