IBM Cloud Private vs. IBM Confluent
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IBM Cloud Private | Score9.6 out of 10 | N/A | IBM Cloud Private is a Kubernetes-based container platform allowing users to build cloud-native applications on their own infrastructure. In addition, it offers common services for self-service deployment, monitoring, logging and security, as well as middleware, data and analytics. | N/A |
IBM Confluent | Score9.1 out of 10 | N/A | IBM Confluent helps enterprises stream, connect, process, govern and serve real-time data across hybrid environments. | $385 per month |
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| Additional Details | — | Confluent monthly bills are based upon resource consumption, i.e., you are only charged for the resources you use when you actually use them: Stream: Kafka clusters are billed for eCKUs/CKUs ($/hour), networking ($/GB), and storage ($/GB-hour). Connect: Use of connectors is billed based on throughput ($/GB) and a task base price ($/task/hour). Process: Use of stream processing with Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink is calculated based on CFUs ($/minute). Govern: Use of Stream Governance is billed based on environment ($/hour). Confluent storage and throughput is calculated in binary gigabytes (GB), where 1 GB is 2^30 bytes. This unit of measurement is also known as a gibibyte (GiB). Please also note that all prices are stated in United States Dollars unless specifically stated otherwise. All billing computations are conducted in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). | ||||||||||||||
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| Small Businesses | IBM Cloud Foundry Score8.5 out of 10 | Amazon SNS Score8.7 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies | AWS Elastic Beanstalk Score8.6 out of 10 | Amazon SNS Score8.7 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | AWS Elastic Beanstalk Score8.6 out of 10 | Google Cloud Pub/Sub Score8.8 out of 10 |
| All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 10.0 | 10.0 |
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