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At a Glance
Confluent
Confluent
Star Rating
(111)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (35.2% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Instaclustr Managed Kafka
Instaclustr Managed Kafka
Star Rating
(11)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (54.5% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
From $49 Per node/month
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
  • Users report that Confluent excels in real-time processing with a score of 9.0, while Instaclustr Managed Kafka, although strong, has a slightly lower score in this area, indicating that Confluent may offer more robust capabilities for applications requiring immediate data handling.
  • Reviewers mention that Confluent's integration capabilities are rated at 8.8, which is on par with Instaclustr Managed Kafka, but users on G2 highlight that Confluent provides a wider range of plugins and integrations, making it easier to connect with various data sources.
  • G2 users note that Instaclustr Managed Kafka shines in ease of setup with a score of 9.4, significantly higher than Confluent's 8.2, suggesting that users may find Instaclustr's initial configuration process more straightforward and user-friendly.
  • Users say that Confluent's quality of support is rated at 8.3, which is lower than Instaclustr Managed Kafka's 8.9. This indicates that users may experience better customer service and support responsiveness with Instaclustr.
  • Reviewers mention that Confluent has a higher product direction score of 8.9 compared to Instaclustr's 6.1, suggesting that users feel more confident in Confluent's future development and feature enhancements.
  • Users report that while both platforms offer strong data transformation capabilities, Confluent's score of 8.1 is slightly lower than Instaclustr's performance in this area, indicating that users may find more advanced features for data transformation with Instaclustr Managed Kafka.
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Confluent
No pricing available
Instaclustr Managed Kafka
Developer
From $49
Per node/month
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Free Trial
Confluent
Free Trial is available
Instaclustr Managed Kafka
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
86
8.3
6
Ease of Use
8.4
87
9.2
6
Ease of Setup
8.2
37
9.4
6
Ease of Admin
8.1
37
8.9
6
Quality of Support
8.3
80
8.9
6
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
34
8.9
6
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
87
6.1
6
Features by Category
Event Stream ProcessingHide 5 FeaturesShow 5 Features
8.7
66
Not enough data
Data
8.7
62
Not enough data
8.8
58
Not enough data
8.8
62
Not enough data
9.0
62
Not enough data
Analytics
8.3
56
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Message Queue (MQ)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Big Data Processing and DistributionHide 10 FeaturesShow 10 Features
8.3
23
Not enough data
Database
9.0
18
Not enough data
8.7
17
Not enough data
8.3
15
Not enough data
Integrations
8.3
12
Not enough data
8.2
14
Not enough data
Platform
8.2
17
Not enough data
7.8
16
Not enough data
8.2
14
Not enough data
Processing
8.2
16
Not enough data
8.3
17
Not enough data
8.3
26
Not enough data
Data Transformation
8.9
22
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Verified
Not enough data
8.4
20
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Verified
Not enough data
Connectivity
8.2
17
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Verified
Not enough data
8.6
19
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Verified
Not enough data
8.3
22
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Verified
Not enough data
8.1
19
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Verified
Not enough data
Operations
8.3
22
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Verified
Not enough data
7.9
21
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Verified
Not enough data
8.2
18
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Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Building Reports
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Platform
Not enough data
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Confluent
Confluent
Instaclustr Managed Kafka
Instaclustr Managed Kafka
Confluent and Instaclustr Managed Kafka are categorized as Event Stream Processing and Stream Analytics
Unique Categories
Instaclustr Managed Kafka
Instaclustr Managed Kafka is categorized as Message Queue (MQ)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Confluent
Confluent
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
34.3%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
30.6%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
35.2%
Instaclustr Managed Kafka
Instaclustr Managed Kafka
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
18.2%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
27.3%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
54.5%
Reviewers' Industry
Confluent
Confluent
Computer Software
21.3%
Information Technology and Services
15.7%
Financial Services
13.9%
Retail
5.6%
Banking
5.6%
Other
38.0%
Instaclustr Managed Kafka
Instaclustr Managed Kafka
Computer Software
27.3%
Financial Services
18.2%
Banking
18.2%
Telecommunications
9.1%
Renewables & Environment
9.1%
Other
18.2%
Most Helpful Reviews
Confluent
Confluent
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Environmental Services
GE
Verified User in Environmental Services

Confluent provides a platform to easily develop an event driven applications using Apache Kakfa. I like how it also allows for data seamless data integration between on prem and cloud data and how I can either join or transform my data quite easily.

Most Helpful Critical Review
Nicolas E.
NE
Nicolas E.
Verified User in Higher Education

The cost is a bit prohibitive for the pay per use cluster since ksqldb creates so many internal topics (changelogs, repartitions) and the pricing for managed ksqldb is very constraining, and UDFs are not supported.

Instaclustr Managed Kafka
Instaclustr Managed Kafka
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Nick M.
NM
Nick M.
Verified User in Renewables & Environment

Kafka is an awesome piece of technology that we can use in production, at scale, with confidence because Instaclustr has taken the hard work of managing Kafka out of our hands. Things will always go wrong, but I have complete trust in Instaclustr to fix...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Computer Software

the User interface is not so good had some confusing options

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Discussions
Confluent
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Instaclustr Managed Kafka
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