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Amazon Kinesis

Amazon Kinesis

Overview

What is Amazon Kinesis?

Amazon Kinesis is a streaming analytics suite for data intake from video or other disparate sources and applying analytics for machine learning (ML) and business intelligence.

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Pricing

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Amazon Kinesis Video Streams

$0.00850

Cloud
per GB data ingested / consumed

Amazon Kinesis Data Streams

$0.04

Cloud
per hour per stream

Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics

$0.11

Cloud
per hour

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Details

What is Amazon Kinesis?

Amazon Kinesis Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo
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Reviews and Ratings

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October 16, 2019

Using Kinesis to stream billions of messages in a day, over millions of connected devices on the field

Verified User
Executive in Information Technology
Consumer Goods Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Amazon Kinesis is being used to stream telemetry data from millions of connected devices on the field - helping to drive command and control use cases and also sensor data for performance monitoring. Our volume is billions of messages per day, real-time, with aggressive requirements on response and processing time. All messages are stored in a big data structure and also two-way communication with a mobile app.
Pros and Cons
  • Processing huge loads of data
  • Integrating well with IoT Platform on Amazon
  • Integration with overall AWS Ecosystem
  • Scalability
  • Improve integration with AWS Lambda
  • Some duplicate records coming from the stream
Likelihood to Recommend
Perfect for real-time data processing and streaming. Also, there's no need for any specific setup - you just start using it immediately and it easily integrates with the rest of AWS capabilities (like Redshift), although integration with Lambda could be better. You can make your overall analytics landscape way simpler with Kineses even if you have non-Amazon solutions like Tableau. It all integrates really well!
Amazon Kinesis Feature Ratings
Streaming Analytics (6)
100%
10.0
Real-Time Data Analysis
100%
10.0
Data Ingestion from Multiple Data Sources
100%
10.0
Low Latency
100%
10.0
Integrated Development Tools
100%
10.0
Data wrangling and preparation
100%
10.0
Linear Scale-Out
100%
10.0
Return on Investment
  • Significantly reduced the cost of our IoT platform, compared to other Cloud providers.
  • Better user experience.
  • Enabled real "real-time analytics."
Alternatives Considered
The main benefit was around set up - incredibly easy to just start using Kinesis. Kinesis is a real-time data processing platform, while Kafka is more of a message queue system. If you only need a message queue from a limited source, Kafka may do the job. More complex use cases, with low latency, higher volume of data, real time decisions and integration with multiple sources and destination at a decent price, Kinesis is better.
Support Rating
10
When needed, Amazon engineers are accessible and provide a fast response. Documentation is good and has been improving a lot over the past couple of years.
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