What is Confluent?
It is a data streaming platform based on Apache Kafka: a full-scale streaming platform, capable of not only publish-and-subscribe, but also the storage and processing of data within the stream
Confluent is a tool in the Message Queue category of a tech stack.
Who uses Confluent?
Companies
34 companies reportedly use Confluent in their tech stacks, including Payhere, Pratilipi, and Productboard.
Developers
160 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Confluent.
Confluent Integrations
Python, Java, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Kafka Streams, and Microsoft SharePoint are some of the popular tools that integrate with Confluent. Here's a list of all 9 tools that integrate with Confluent.
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Decisions about Confluent
Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Confluent in their tech stack.
Marmik Shah
I have recently started using Confluent/Kafka cloud. We want to do some stream processing. As I was going through Kafka I came across Kafka Streams and KSQL. Both seem to be A good fit for stream processing. But I could not understand which one should be used and one has any advantage over another. We will be using Confluent/Kafka Managed Cloud Instance. In near future, our Producers and Consumers are running on premise and we will be interacting with Confluent Cloud.
Also, Confluent Cloud Kafka has a primitive interface; is there any better UI interface to manage Kafka Cloud Cluster?
Confluent's Features
- Reliable
- High-performance stream data platform
- Manage and organize data from different sources.
Confluent Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Confluent?
Databricks
Databricks Unified Analytics Platform, from the original creators of Apache Spark™, unifies data science and engineering across the Machine Learning lifecycle from data preparation to experimentation and deployment of ML applications.
Kafka
Kafka is a distributed, partitioned, replicated commit log service. It provides the functionality of a messaging system, but with a unique design.
MySQL
The MySQL software delivers a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. MySQL Server is intended for mission-critical, heavy-load production systems as well as for embedding into mass-deployed software.
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system
that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including
transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types
and functions.
MongoDB
MongoDB stores data in JSON-like documents that can vary in structure, offering a dynamic, flexible schema. MongoDB was also designed for high availability and scalability, with built-in replication and auto-sharding.
