Azure HDInsight vs. Azure Stream Analytics
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![]() Azure HDInsight | Score8.7 out of 10 | N/A | HDInsight is an implementation of the Apache Hadoop technology stack on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform: It is based on the Hortonworks Hadoop distribution. Microsoft Azure HDInsight includes implementations of Apache Spark, HBase, Storm, Pig, Hive, Sqoop, Oozie, Ambari, etc. It also integrates with with business intelligence (BI) tools such as Power BI, Excel, SQL Server Analysis Services, and SQL Server Reporting Services. | 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 |
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| Additional Details | — | Azure Stream Analytics is priced by the number of Streaming Units provisioned. A Streaming Unit represents the amount of memory and compute allocated to your resources. | ||||||||||||||
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| Small Businesses | No answers on this topic | Amazon Kinesis Score9.9 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies | Cloudera Manager (no longer available standalone) Score9.9 out of 10 | No answers on this topic |
| Enterprises | Hadoop Score7.5 out of 10 | Spotfire Streaming Score5 out of 10 |
| All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 4.0 | 7.0 |
| Usability | 8.9 | - |
| Support Rating | 1.0 | - |
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