Best Stream Processing Engines Tools

Explore leading tools in the Stream Processing Engines category, including open-source options and SaaS products. Compare features, use cases, and find the best fit for your workflow.

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Top open-source Stream Processing Engines

These projects are active, self-hostable choices for knowledge management teams evaluating alternatives to SaaS tools.

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Pathway

Unified Python framework for real‑time, batch, and LLM pipelines

Stream Processing Engines

Stars: 57,749
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Last commit: 1 day ago

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Apache Spark

Fast, unified engine for large-scale data analytics

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Stars: 42,666
License: Apache-2.0
Last commit: 1 day ago

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Apache Flink

Unified engine for high-throughput, low-latency stream and batch processing

Stream Processing Engines

Stars: 25,730
License: Apache-2.0
Last commit: 1 day ago

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RisingWave

Real-time streaming platform with native Iceberg lakehouse support

Stream Processing Engines

Stars: 8,729
License: Apache-2.0
Last commit: 1 day ago

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Redpanda Connect

High-performance resilient stream processor with declarative pipelines

Stream Processing Engines

Stars: 8,553
License: —
Last commit: 1 day ago

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Apache Beam

Unified model for batch and streaming data pipelines

Stream Processing Engines

Stars: 8,452
License: Apache-2.0
Last commit: 1 day ago

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Pathway

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Unified Python framework for real‑time, batch, and LLM pipelines

Popular SaaS Platforms to Replace

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Aiven for Apache Flink

Fully managed Apache Flink service by Aiven.

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Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink

Serverless Apache Flink for real-time stream processing on AWS.

Stream Processing Engines

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Azure Stream Analytics

Serverless real-time analytics with SQL on streams.

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Confluent Cloud

Fully managed Apache Kafka service for real-time event streaming and data integration

Stream Processing Engines

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Decodable

Managed stream processing platform built on Apache Flink.

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Google Cloud Dataflow

Fully managed Apache Beam service for batch and streaming pipelines.

Stream Processing Engines

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Most compared product

Aiven for Apache Flink

9 open-source alternatives

Spin up Flink clusters with a web SQL editor and integrations to build streaming apps and analytics quickly.

Leading hosted platforms

Aiven for Apache Flink, Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink, Azure Stream Analytics

Frequently replaced when teams want private deployments and lower TCO.

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