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Best Amazon Kinesis Data Streams Alternatives in 2026

Updated

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

  1. 1
    Aiven for Apache Kafka Free plan apiLinuxWeb $35/mo7.4
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Aiven for Apache Kafka
  2. 2
    Confluent Cloud Free plan apiLinuxWeb $385/mo7.4
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Confluent Cloud
  3. 3
    Lightstreamer Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac Free7.4
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Lightstreamer
  4. 4
    Apache Pulsar Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.3
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Apache Pulsar
  5. 5
    DataStax Astra Streaming Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free7.3
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs DataStax Astra Streaming
  6. 6
    Pravega apiLinuxself-hosted 7.0
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Pravega
  7. 7
    Redpanda Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 7.0
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Redpanda
  8. 8
    RisingWave Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $0.23/mo7.0
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs RisingWave
  9. 10
    Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka apiLinuxWeb $0.11/mo6.8
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka
  10. 11
    Keen Product Analytics AndroidapiiOSWeb $149/mo6.8
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Keen Product Analytics
  11. 12
    StreamNative Free trial apiself-hostedWeb $73/mo6.8
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs StreamNative
  12. 13
    Instaclustr Managed PostgreSQL Free trial apiself-hostedWeb 6.7
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Instaclustr Managed PostgreSQL
  13. 14
    Hadron self-hosted 5.4
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Hadron
  14. 15
    Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka Web 5.3
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka
  15. 16
    Solace PubSub+ Event Broker Web 5.2
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Solace PubSub+ Event Broker
  16. 17
    Wisembly Web €79/mo5.2
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Wisembly
  17. 18
    Alibaba Cloud Message Queue for Apache Kafka Web 5.1
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Alibaba Cloud Message Queue for Apache Kafka
  18. 19
    Apache Kafka 5.1
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Apache Kafka
  19. 20
    Apache RocketMQ LinuxWinMac 5.1
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Apache RocketMQ
  20. 21
    AutoMQ Web 5.1
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs AutoMQ

Amazon Kinesis Data Streams alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Aiven for Apache Kafka7.4Free plan$35/moAPI, Linux, Web
2Confluent Cloud7.4Free plan$385/moAPI, Linux, Web
3Lightstreamer7.4Free planFreeAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4Apache Pulsar7.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
5DataStax Astra Streaming7.3Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
6Pravega7.0No—API, Linux, self-hosted
7Redpanda7.0No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
8RisingWave7.0No$0.23/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
10Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka6.8No$0.11/moAPI, Linux, Web
11Keen Product Analytics6.8No$149/moAndroid, API, iOS, Web
12StreamNative6.8No$73/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
13Instaclustr Managed PostgreSQL6.7No—API, self-hosted, Web
14Hadron5.4No—self-hosted
15Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka5.3No—Web
16Solace PubSub+ Event Broker5.2No—Web
17Wisembly5.2No€79/moWeb
18Alibaba Cloud Message Queue for Apache Kafka5.1No—Web
19Apache Kafka5.1No——
20Apache RocketMQ5.1No—Linux, Windows, Mac
21AutoMQ5.1No—Web
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Questions about Amazon Kinesis Data Streams alternatives

What is the best alternative to Amazon Kinesis Data Streams?

Aiven for Apache Kafka, number 1 in event streaming platforms with a score of 7.4 out of 10. The others here: Confluent Cloud, Lightstreamer, Apache Pulsar and 16 more.

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

Aiven for Apache Kafka is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 5 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.