Azure Stream Analytics vs. IBM Event Automation vs. Spotfire Streaming
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![]() 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 Event Automation | Score8.1 out of 10 | N/A | IBM Event Automation enables businesses to accelerate their event-driven efforts. The event streams, event endpoint management and event processing capabilities help lay the foundation of an event-driven architecture for unlocking the value of events. | N/A |
Spotfire Streaming | Score5 out of 10 | N/A | The Spotfire Streaming (formerly TIBCO Streaming or StreamBase) platform is a high-performance system for rapidly building applications that analyze and act on real-time streaming data. Using Spotfire Streaming, users can rapidly build real-time systems and deploy them at a fraction of the cost and risk of other alternatives. | N/A |
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No answers on this topic | 100% Happy with the feature set 12 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
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No answers on this topic | 100% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 6 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
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| Small Businesses | Amazon Kinesis Score9.9 out of 10 | No answers on this topic | Amazon Kinesis Score9.9 out of 10 |
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| Enterprises | Spotfire Streaming Score5 out of 10 | No answers on this topic | IBM Streams (discontinued) Score9 out of 10 |
| All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 7.0 | 8.1 | 5.0 |
| Usability | - | 8.2 | 7.0 |
| Support Rating | - | 9.1 | 10.0 |
| Ease of integration | - | 7.9 | - |
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