Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) Reviews (23)

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Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) Reviews (23)

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Users consistently praise the ease of use and seamless integration with the AWS ecosystem, highlighting how it simplifies the management of Kafka clusters. The comprehensive documentation and quick setup contribute to a positive experience, although some mention a learning curve for beginners. Overall, it is regarded as a reliable solution for streaming data.

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mani s.
data engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Amazon MSK Powers Real-Time Streaming Pipelines with Ease"
5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)?

As a data engineer, I use Amazon MSK to build real-time data streaming and event-driven data pipelines. It collects streaming data from different sources, and Kafka producers push that data into MSK topics in real time. From there, we build streaming ETL pipelines using Spark Streaming to transform the incoming data, and we integrate Amazon MSK with S3 for storage and downstream use. there best thing which i like MSK Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)?

I don’t have any major dislikes. It’s a good product, and I haven’t found any cons with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amaro F.
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Amaro F.
Senior Product Owner
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Takes the Pain Out of Kafka Management with Seamless AWS Integration"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)?

What I like most about Amazon MSK is how it takes the pain out of managing Kafka. It handles scaling, maintenance, and availability for you, and works smoothly with the rest of AWS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)?

The main downside is the cost, especially for smaller workloads or early-stage projects. It can also feel less flexible than self-managed Kafka in some scenarios. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Abhijith B.
AB
Abhijith B.
DevOps Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Unlocking Seamless Data Streaming: Comprehensive Review of Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka"
4/5
What do you like best about Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)?

Amazon MSK has streamlined our Kafka operations with its seamless management, scalability, and tight integration with the AWS ecosystem. Have high security measures. While there's a learning curve, the comprehensive documentation mitigates it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)?

While Amazon MSK offers significant advantages, some time we face a learning curve, potential cost considerations, service limitations, integration complexities, occasional performance issues, and limited availability in certain regions as drawbacks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Domenico V.
DV
Domenico V.
Project manager
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"reliable, scalable, and hassle-free Kafka service is the best"
5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)?

That is reliable and hassle free for all the users Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)?

Pricing and training that does not come with the sofware Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
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Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Best data streeming tool to run application with AWS flavour"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)?

It gave peace of mind and ease of use and implementation in upstreaming the domains and clusters.

Deployment procedure is excellent where minimal or no code changes are required.

As we know, the customer support is excellent from amazon.

We have integrated it with lamda services and the number of fetures also insain.

thanks AWS for providing one stop solutions so that the frequncy of use is increasing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)?

As Apache is open source, AWS should go with agresssive pricing across the availability zones. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Raj K.
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"MSK - Eliminate operational overhead"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)?

Many things. It eliminates operation overhead, no code change required to do this and it scales cluster capacity automatically. Also, easy to deploy secure, complaint and production ready application using native AWS integration with low cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)?

As of now haven't found anything so would like to skip this section Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
UF
Verified User in Financial Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Streaming Kafka with AWS reliability and security"
5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)?

AWS MSK takes away all the worries for managing and scaling Kafka Clusters and makes it effortless to build the platform on the go. Being part of AWS suite makes support and deployment hassle free and easy to monitor in case of downtime. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)?

As it is easy to scale it up and down, the cost can go out of hands if not monitored and handled correctly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Investment Management
CI
Verified User in Investment Management
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"It is a very convenient solution."
5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)?

Functionality, professional service, a wide selection of features, and ease of integration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)?

Basically nothing, everything is working correctly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MUHAMMAD W.
MW
MUHAMMAD W.
Senior Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Kafka is very fast and secure messaging que rather than others"
2.5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)?

It's easy to manageable producers and consumers, we can handle every topic with a lot of producers, and it's a very fast broker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)?

Nothing yet but some little bit dead log conditions managing is very tough as compared to others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Oluwasunny A.
OA
Oluwasunny A.
Head Of Human Resources
"AMAZON MSK review by Sunny"
3.5/5