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Best Amazon Kinesis Data Streams Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 apps from event streaming platforms ranked against Amazon Kinesis Data Streams on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Confluent Cloud Free plan apiLinuxWeb $385/mo8.2
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Confluent Cloud
  2. 2
    Aiven for Apache Kafka Free plan apiLinuxWeb $35/mo8.1
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Aiven for Apache Kafka
  3. 3
    Apache Pulsar Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.6
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Apache Pulsar
  4. 4
    Redpanda Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 7.4
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Redpanda
  5. 5
    Apache Kafka 7.2
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Apache Kafka
  6. 6
    DataStax Astra Streaming Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free7.2
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs DataStax Astra Streaming
  7. 7
    Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka apiLinuxWeb $0.11/mo7.0
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka
  8. 8
    Lightstreamer WebWinLinuxiOSAndroid 6.9
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Lightstreamer
  9. 9
    Keen Product Analytics AndroidapiiOSWeb $149/mo6.9
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Keen Product Analytics
  10. 11
    StreamNative Free trial apiself-hostedWeb $73/mo6.6
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs StreamNative
  11. 12
    RisingWave Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $0.23/mo6.6
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs RisingWave
  12. 13
    Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka Web 6.5
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka
  13. 14
    Apache RocketMQ LinuxWinMac 6.0
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Apache RocketMQ
  14. 15
    Alibaba Cloud Message Queue for Apache Kafka Web 5.9
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Alibaba Cloud Message Queue for Apache Kafka
  15. 16
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Streaming Web 5.8
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Streaming
  16. 17
    StreamHouse Web 5.6
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs StreamHouse
  17. 18
    AutoMQ Web 5.6
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs AutoMQ
  18. 19
    Pravega apiLinuxself-hosted 5.6
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Pravega
  19. 20
    Solace PubSub+ Event Broker Web 5.5
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Solace PubSub+ Event Broker
  20. 21
    Hadron self-hosted 5.5
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Hadron

Amazon Kinesis Data Streams alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Confluent Cloud8.2Free plan$385/moAPI, Linux, Web
2Aiven for Apache Kafka8.1Free plan$35/moAPI, Linux, Web
3Apache Pulsar7.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
4Redpanda7.4No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
5Apache Kafka7.2No——
6DataStax Astra Streaming7.2Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
7Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka7.0No$0.11/moAPI, Linux, Web
8Lightstreamer6.9No—Web, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android
9Keen Product Analytics6.9No$149/moAndroid, API, iOS, Web
11StreamNative6.6No$73/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
12RisingWave6.6No$0.23/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
13Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka6.5No—Web
14Apache RocketMQ6.0No—Linux, Windows, Mac
15Alibaba Cloud Message Queue for Apache Kafka5.9No—Web
16Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Streaming5.8No—Web
17StreamHouse5.6No—Web
18AutoMQ5.6No—Web
19Pravega5.6No—API, Linux, self-hosted
20Solace PubSub+ Event Broker5.5No—Web
21Hadron5.5No—self-hosted
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Questions about Amazon Kinesis Data Streams alternatives

What is the best alternative to Amazon Kinesis Data Streams?

Confluent Cloud, number 1 in event streaming platforms with a score of 8.2 out of 10. The others here: Aiven for Apache Kafka, Apache Pulsar, Redpanda and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Amazon Kinesis Data Streams?

Confluent Cloud is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 4 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation.