IBM Event Streams
ibm.com · checked 20 Sept 2026
How it plugs in
NoPublic API
NoOpen source
YesFree tier
Signal on Event Streaming Platforms4.8#19 of 27

Pricing
- LiteFree · 1 partition · 100 MB maximum partition retention · 10 consumer groupsOn request
- StandardPay-as-you-go · 100 partitions · 1 GB maximum per partition · 1,000 consumer groupsOn request
- EnterprisePay-as-you-go · 1,000 schemas · 100 schema versions per schema · 64 kB maximum schema sizeOn request
As cloud.ibm.com lists them, checked 20 Sept 2026.
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