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# Amazon EMR vs Amazon Kinesis Data Streams Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Reviews

**Amazon EMR** [

4.2/5(70)

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**Amazon Kinesis Data Streams** [

4.3/5(90)

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Pricing

**Amazon EMR**
No pricing available

**Amazon Kinesis Data Streams**
No pricing available

**Pricing Insights**
from reviews

Time to Implement

**Amazon EMR**
2 months

Based on 6 responses

**Amazon Kinesis Data Streams**
Not enough reviews yet

Return on Investment

**Amazon EMR**
15 months

Based on 5 responses

**Amazon Kinesis Data Streams**
Not enough reviews yet

Perceived Cost

**Amazon EMR**
$$$$$

**Amazon Kinesis Data Streams**
$$$$$

Average Discount

**Amazon EMR**
Not enough reviews yet

**Amazon Kinesis Data Streams**
Not enough reviews yet

Pros & Cons

**Amazon EMR**
[
Data Integration (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-emr/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1956769&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Ease of Use (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-emr/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2453089&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Performance Issues (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-emr/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2453094&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Poor Performance (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-emr/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1956776&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

**Amazon Kinesis Data Streams**
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Real-time Data (2)
](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-amazon-kinesis-data-streams/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2306703&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Real-Time Processing (2)
](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-amazon-kinesis-data-streams/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2306712&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Difficult Setup (2)
](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-amazon-kinesis-data-streams/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2306736&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Expensive (2)
](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-amazon-kinesis-data-streams/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2306700&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

Integrations

**Amazon EMR**
[

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Amazon CloudWatch

](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-cloudwatch/reviews)[

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Amazon S3 Glacier

](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-s3-glacier/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_b3390b4cc3d92e87d570895f7358c003/amazon-simple-email-service-amazon-ses.jpg "Product Avatar Image")

Amazon

](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-simple-email-service-amazon-ses/reviews)[

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AWS Glue

](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-glue/reviews)[
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**Amazon Kinesis Data Streams**
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Amazon Redshift

](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-redshift/reviews)[

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Amazon S3 Glacier

](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-s3-glacier/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_b3390b4cc3d92e87d570895f7358c003/aws-lambda.jpg "Product Avatar Image")

AWS Lambda

](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-lambda/reviews)[
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Screenshots

**Amazon EMR**
No screenshot available

**Amazon Kinesis Data Streams**
 ![Amazon Kinesis Data Streams screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/1249563/HIW-KDS.png)

Ratings

Meets Requirements

**Amazon EMR**

8.7

8.755

**Amazon Kinesis Data Streams**

9.1

9.153

Ease of Use

**Amazon EMR**

8.3

8.354

**Amazon Kinesis Data Streams**

8.4

8.453

Ease of Setup

**Amazon EMR**

8.6

8.627

**Amazon Kinesis Data Streams**

8.6

8.620

Ease of Admin

**Amazon EMR**

8.6

8.622

**Amazon Kinesis Data Streams**

8.4

8.418

Quality of Support

**Amazon EMR**

8.3

8.353

**Amazon Kinesis Data Streams**

8.6

8.648

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**Amazon EMR**

8.9

8.922

**Amazon Kinesis Data Streams**

8.6

8.618

Product Direction (% positive)

**Amazon EMR**

8.1

8.148

**Amazon Kinesis Data Streams**

8.1

8.144

Features

Event Stream Processing[Hide 5 FeaturesShow 5 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

9.1

21

Data

Data Processing

Not enough data

9.1(won by default)

20

Data Sources

Not enough data

9.2(won by default)

18

Integration

Not enough data

8.8(won by default)

20

Real-Time Processing

Not enough data

9.4(won by default)

20

Analytics

Reporting & Analytics

Not enough data

8.9(won by default)

12

Big Data Processing and Distribution[Hide 10 FeaturesShow 10 Features](javascript:void(0);)

8.8

43

Not enough data

Database

Real-Time Data Collection

8.2(won by default)

28

Not enough data

Data Distribution

8.7(won by default)

34

Not enough data

Data Lake

8.5(won by default)

9

Not enough data

Integrations

Hadoop Integration

9.0(won by default)

34

Not enough data

Spark Integration

9.0(won by default)

34

Not enough data

Platform

Machine Scaling

8.7(won by default)

28

Not enough data

Data Preparation

8.8(won by default)

34

Not enough data

Spark Integration

9.0(won by default)

34

Not enough data

Processing

Cloud Processing

9.1(won by default)

33

Not enough data

Workload Processing

8.7(won by default)

33

Not enough data

Show 1 feature category with incomplete data

Big Data[Hide 17 FeaturesShow 17 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

Not enough data

Building Reports

Data Transformation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Modeling

Not enough data

Not enough data

WYSIWYG Report Design

Not enough data

Not enough data

Integration APIs

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Data

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Data

Not enough data

Not enough data

Third-Party Integrations

Not enough data

Not enough data

Third-Party Integrations

Not enough data

Not enough data

Platform

Mobile User Support

Not enough data

Not enough data

Customization 

Not enough data

Not enough data

User, Role, and Access Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Internationalization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Sandbox / Test Environments

Not enough data

Not enough data

Performance and Reliability

Not enough data

Not enough data

Breadth of Partner Applications

Not enough data

Not enough data

Mobile Access

Not enough data

Not enough data

Metadata Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

User Insights

Reviewers' Company Size

[![Amazon EMR](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1528476487/amazon-emr.svg "Amazon EMR")](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-emr/reviews)

Amazon EMR

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

21.0%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

21.0%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

58.1%

[![Amazon Kinesis Data Streams](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/5383be31b099738701f86724a8b5cf9a/aws-amazon-kinesis-data-streams.svg "Amazon Kinesis Data Streams")](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-amazon-kinesis-data-streams/reviews)

Amazon Kinesis Data Streams

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

27.2%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

37.0%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

35.8%

Small-Business

(50 or fewer emp.)

21.0%

27.2%

Mid-Market

(51-1000 emp.)

21.0%

37.0%

Enterprise

(\> 1000 emp.)

58.1%

35.8%

Reviewers' Industry

[![Amazon EMR](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1528476487/amazon-emr.svg "Amazon EMR")](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-emr/reviews)
Amazon EMR

Financial Services

23.0%

Computer Software

21.3%

Information Technology and Services

14.8%

Retail

4.9%

Biotechnology

3.3%

Other

32.8%

[![Amazon Kinesis Data Streams](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/5383be31b099738701f86724a8b5cf9a/aws-amazon-kinesis-data-streams.svg "Amazon Kinesis Data Streams")](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-amazon-kinesis-data-streams/reviews)
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams

Computer Software

14.8%

Information Technology and Services

13.6%

Financial Services

12.3%

Consumer Services

4.9%

Banking

4.9%

Other

49.4%

Alternatives

**Amazon EMR Alternatives**

 ![Databricks](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/135d1c9e39e19ef56dc8d0bf90fce20f/databricks.svg "Databricks")

[
Databricks
](/products/databricks/reviews)

 ![Snowflake](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1544409170/snowflake.svg "Snowflake")

[
Snowflake
](/products/snowflake/reviews)

 ![Qubole](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1542306394/qubole.svg "Qubole")

[
Qubole
](/products/qubole/reviews)

 ![Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Spark](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_0c51d2c2e5f85fe45126eb818f748267/google-cloud-managed-service-for-apache-spark.png "Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Spark")

[
Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Spark
](/products/google-cloud-managed-service-for-apache-spark/reviews)

**Amazon Kinesis Data Streams Alternatives**

 ![Confluent](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_b087379a1153e7d513f37c83481c8ced/confluent.png "Confluent")

[
Confluent
](/products/confluent/reviews)

 ![Apache Kafka](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_809aa88d3571ee805a47d8fb156ba412/apache-kafka.jpg "Apache Kafka")

[
Apache Kafka
](/products/apache-kafka/reviews)

 ![Google Cloud Dataflow](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_0c51d2c2e5f85fe45126eb818f748267/google-cloud-dataflow.png "Google Cloud Dataflow")

[
Google Cloud Dataflow
](/products/google-cloud-dataflow/reviews)

 ![Spark Streaming](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_2986a90abde9fb618861f2052b30d907/spark-streaming.jpg "Spark Streaming")

[
Spark Streaming
](/products/spark-streaming/reviews)

## Amazon EMR vs Amazon Kinesis Data Streams

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Amazon Kinesis Data Streams easier to use and administer. However, reviewers felt that Amazon EMR was easier to do business with overall. Finally, reviewers felt that the products are equally easy to set up.

- Reviewers felt that Amazon Kinesis Data Streams meets the needs of their business better than Amazon EMR.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Amazon Kinesis Data Streams is the preferred option.
- When assessing product direction, Amazon EMR and Amazon Kinesis Data Streams received similar ratings from our reviewers.