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Compare Apache Kafka and Azure Event Grid 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (47.9% of reviews)
Mid-Market (41.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Apache Kafka
Star Rating
(122)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (47.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Star Rating
(16)3.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Apache Kafka vs Azure Event Grid
- Reviewers felt that Apache Kafka meets the needs of their business better than Azure Event Grid.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Azure Event Grid is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Apache Kafka over Azure Event Grid.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Apache Kafka
No pricing availableAzure Event Grid
No pricing availableFree Trial
Apache Kafka
No trial information availableAzure Event Grid
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.0
87
8.1
6
Ease of Use
8.6
87
8.1
6
Ease of Setup
7.9
25
Not enough data
Ease of Admin
7.7
22
Not enough data
Quality of Support
7.8
78
8.3
7
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.3
18
Not enough data
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
84
8.3
7
Features by Category
Data
8.9
30
Not enough data
8.7
32
Not enough data
8.9
32
Not enough data
9.1
32
Not enough data
Analytics
8.3
28
Not enough data
Functionality
9.0
49
Not enough data
8.5
46
Not enough data
8.4
42
Not enough data
8.1
46
Not enough data
Integration
8.8
48
Not enough data
8.4
44
Not enough data
8.1
43
Not enough data
Management
8.2
39
Not enough data
8.0
39
Not enough data
8.3
40
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Message Queue (MQ)
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
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Functionality
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Management
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Agentic AI - Continuous Delivery
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Functionality
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Management
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Generative AI
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Building Reports
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Platform
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Apache Kafka and Azure Event Grid share no categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Apache Kafka
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Azure Event Grid
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
23.9%
Information Technology and Services
17.9%
Financial Services
8.5%
Banking
6.0%
Retail
4.3%
Other
39.3%
Computer Software
25.0%
Non-Profit Organization Management
16.7%
Marketing and Advertising
8.3%
Leisure, Travel & Tourism
8.3%
Hospital & Health Care
8.3%
Other
33.3%
Most Helpful Reviews
Apache Kafka
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Multiple subscribers is better option which is not available in many messaging services. It combines messaging, storage, stream processing,etc
Most Helpful Critical Review
Sahil M.
Verified User in Real Estate
The official sink and source connectors, from debezium have issues with some advanced data types, especially arrays and son, when reading from postgres WAL files.
Azure Event Grid
Most Helpful Favorable Review
mahesh m.
Verified User in Computer Software
Ease of pushing the events from a function or any other using Http and linking several apps to it.
Most Helpful Critical Review
Rahul A.
Verified User in Computer Software
Azure costing can be optimized for azure even grid
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Multiple subscribers is better option which is not available in many messaging services. It combines messaging, storage, stream processing,etc
mahesh m.
Verified User in Computer Software
Ease of pushing the events from a function or any other using Http and linking several apps to it.
Sahil M.
Verified User in Real Estate
The official sink and source connectors, from debezium have issues with some advanced data types, especially arrays and son, when reading from postgres WAL files.
Rahul A.
Verified User in Computer Software
Azure costing can be optimized for azure even grid
Alternatives
Discussions
What is Apache Kafka used for?
2 comments
RS
I am using Apache Kafka for event Processing. We use it to capture the new events generated by our application in our database. Currently, Kafka streams is...Read more
What is the maximum limit of the number of partitions in a Kafka topic?
1 comment
CT
The answer is closely related to the version of the Kafka broker that you are running. A reasonably up to date cluster can hold up to 4,000 partitions per...Read more
What is Apache Kafka used for?
1 comment
DV
It used this Mnemonic to remember what kafka is and what it is used for -
S - Stream Data in Real-Time:
Handles and processes live data (e.g., Uber car...Read more
Azure Event Grid has no discussions with answers
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