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Best Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink Alternatives in 2026

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20 platforms from streaming analytics software ranked against Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Apache Druid Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.4
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Apache Druid
  2. 2
    Confluent Cloud Free plan apiLinuxWeb $385/mo7.4
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Confluent Cloud
  3. 3
    Apache Flink Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free7.3
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Apache Flink
  4. 4
    Apache Pinot Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free7.3
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Apache Pinot
  5. 5
    Apache Spark Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.3
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Apache Spark
  6. 6
    Apache Storm Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.3
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Apache Storm
  7. 7
    Feldera Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.3
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Feldera
  8. 8
    Materialize Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $0.13/mo7.3
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Materialize
  9. 9
    Pathway Live Data Framework Free plan apiself-hosted Free7.3
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Pathway Live Data Framework
  10. 10
    Timeplus Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $199/mo7.3
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Timeplus
  11. 11
    Tinybird Cloud Free plan apiWeb $49/mo7.3
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Tinybird Cloud
  12. 12
    Ververica Platform Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free7.3
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Ververica Platform
  13. 13
    Apache Beam Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.2
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Apache Beam
  14. 14
    Apache Samza Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free7.2
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Apache Samza
  15. 15
    RisingWave Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $0.23/mo6.9
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs RisingWave
  16. 16
    Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink apiWeb 6.7
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink
  17. 17
    Apache Heron Linuxself-hosted 5.4
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Apache Heron
  18. 18
    Tencent Cloud CDN Web CNY 21/mo5.4
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Tencent Cloud CDN
  19. 19
    TIBCO BusinessWorks LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin $0.20/mo5.4
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs TIBCO BusinessWorks
  20. 21
    Tencent Cloud Oceanus Web CNY 2,352/mo5.2
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Tencent Cloud Oceanus

Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Apache Druid7.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
2Confluent Cloud7.4Free plan$385/moAPI, Linux, Web
3Apache Flink7.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
4Apache Pinot7.3Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
5Apache Spark7.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
6Apache Storm7.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7Feldera7.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8Materialize7.3Free plan$0.13/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
9Pathway Live Data Framework7.3Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted
10Timeplus7.3Free plan$199/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
11Tinybird Cloud7.3Free plan$49/moAPI, Web
12Ververica Platform7.3Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
13Apache Beam7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
14Apache Samza7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
15RisingWave6.9No$0.23/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
16Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink6.7No—API, Web
17Apache Heron5.4No—Linux, self-hosted
18Tencent Cloud CDN5.4NoCNY 21/moWeb
19TIBCO BusinessWorks5.4No$0.20/moLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
21Tencent Cloud Oceanus5.2NoCNY 2,352/moWeb
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Questions about Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink alternatives

What is the best alternative to Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink?

Apache Druid, number 1 in streaming analytics software with a score of 7.4 out of 10. The others here: Confluent Cloud, Apache Flink, Apache Pinot and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink?

Apache Druid is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 14 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on what each maker publishes, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it.