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Apache Spark Streaming vs. Google Cloud Dataflow

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Apache Spark Streaming

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AApache Spark Streaming is a scalable fault-tolerant streaming processing system that natively supports both batch and streaming workloads.N/A

    Google Cloud Dataflow

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AGoogle offers Cloud Dataflow, a managed streaming analytics platform for real-time data insights, fraud detection, and other purposes.N/A
    Pricing
    Apache Spark StreamingGoogle Cloud Dataflow
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Apache Spark StreamingGoogle Cloud Dataflow
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Apache Spark StreamingGoogle Cloud Dataflow
    Streaming Analytics
    Comparison of Streaming Analytics features of Apache Spark Streaming and Google Cloud Dataflow
    Feature
    Apache Spark Streaming
    8.4
    1 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Google Cloud Dataflow
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Real-Time Data Analysis8.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Visualization Dashboards9.01 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Data Ingestion from Multiple Data Sources9.01 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Low Latency8.01 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Integrated Development Tools8.01 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Data wrangling and preparation8.01 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Linear Scale-Out8.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Machine Learning Automation9.01 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Data Enrichment9.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
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    Apache Spark StreamingGoogle Cloud Dataflow
    Small Businesses
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    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Enterprises
    Spotfire Streaming
    Score5 out of 10
    Spotfire Streaming
    Score5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Apache Spark StreamingGoogle Cloud Dataflow
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Apache Spark StreamingGoogle Cloud Dataflow
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Apache
    Apache Spark Streaming is a tool that we are using for almost a year and is excellent in managing batch processing. It is user-friendly. Using it, we can even process our massive data in fractions of seconds. Its pricing is its other plus point. Only its In-memory processing is its demerit as it occupies a large memory.
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    Google
    It is best in cases where you have batch as well as streaming data. Also in some cases where you have batch data right now and in future you will get streaming data. In those cases Dataflow is very good. Also in cases where most of your infra is on GCP. It might not be good when you already are on AWS or Azure. And also you want in-depth control over security and management. Then you can directly use Apache beam over Dataflow.
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    Pros
    Apache
    • It is amazing in solving complicated transformative logic.
    • It is straightforward to program.
    • It is a very quick tool.
    • It processes large data within a fraction of seconds.
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    Google
    • Streaming, Real time work load
    • Batch processing
    • Auto scaling
    • flexible pricing
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    Cons
    Apache
    • There must be more documentation.
    • It is a profoundly complex tool.
    • Its in-memory processing consumes massive memory.
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    Google
    • More templates for Bigquery and App Engine. There is only limited options for templates so the things we use can limit.
    • I would like native connectors for Excel (XLSX) to reduce the need for custom wrappers in financial pipelines.
    • Debugging Google Cloud Dataflow using only logs in Cloud Logging can be overwhelming sometimes, and it’s not always obvious which specific element in the flow caused a failure. IT uses a lot of time.
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    Usability
    Apache
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    Google
    It really saved a lot of time and it's flexibility really can give you infra which is future-proof for most of the use cases may it be streaming or batch data. And with this you can avoid use of resource-heavy big data offerings.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Apache
    Apache Spark Streaming stands above all the huge data transformative tools because of its speed of processing which was quite slow in Presto as it takes a lot of our time in the data processing. Spark, comfortably provides integration with Jupyter like notebook environment. and Spark's combination with Jupyter and Python results in enhancing the speed .
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    Google
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    Return on Investment
    Apache
    • Cost and time-effective tool for our business.
    • We can integrate with Jupyter with many conveniences.
    • Its high-speed data processing has proved beneficial for us.
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    Google
    • cost saving from managing our own data center for ETL servers
    • consumption based pricing
    • with auto scaling feature, we were able to expand components to support work load
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