--- title: Apache BookKeeper Reviews meta\_title: 'Apache BookKeeper Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 23 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Apache BookKeeper works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.4 review\_count: 23 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Analytics Tools & Software url: https://www.g2.com/categories/analytics-tools-software --- # Apache BookKeeper Reviews & Product Details Apache BookKeeper is a scalable, fault-tolerant, and low-latency storage service optimized for real-time workloads. * * * Seller [The Apache Software Foundation](https://www.g2.com/sellers/the-apache-software-foundation) Discussions [Apache BookKeeper Community](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-bookkeeper/discuss) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-bookkeeper/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![SolarWinds Database Observability](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "SolarWinds Database Observability") SolarWinds Database Observability 4.5/5(231) ](https://www.g2.com/products/database-observability/reviews) [ ![Azure Analysis Services](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Azure Analysis Services") Azure Analysis Services 4.4/5(157) ](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-analysis-services/reviews) [ ![Azure Monitor](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Azure Monitor") Azure Monitor 4.3/5(108) ](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-monitor/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-bookkeeper/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 23 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Verified User in Financial Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Financial Services") UF Verified User in Financial Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/17/2023 "Apache Book Keeper- Perfect Tool for Distributed Systems" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache BookKeeper? Scalibilty:- It scales horizontally perfectly, allowing it to handle a large number of storage nodes and support high-throughput workloads. Durability: Once data is written to the ledger, it is durably stored and can be reliably read, even in the face of node failures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache BookKeeper? \* Less community support size. \* Distributed systems, in general, can introduce complexity. \* Setting up and configuring Apache BookKeeper can be tough for new users. \* Ease of Integration is not that much Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache BookKeeper solving and how is that benefiting you? \*.We do have Order Management System in our enterprise and Apache BookKeeper is perfect fir for that use case as it scales distributed systems with ease, making it suitable for applications that require high throughput and can scale horizontally as the workload increases in our case OMS. \* Consistency is another feature of Apache BookKeeper which helps to retrieve data once written successfully to ledger. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Suyash B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Suyash B.") SB Suyash B. Python developer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/13/2023 "Easy and more flexible to use" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Apache BookKeeper? Durability: Apache BookKeeper provides durable storage for logs by leveraging a distributed write-ahead log (WAL) architecture. It ensures that data is persisted reliably across multiple nodes, even in the presence of failures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache BookKeeper? Nothing I like the apache bookkeeper it also provides Low-latency reads and writes: BookKeeper is optimized for low-latency operations, making it suitable for applications that require fast and efficient data processing. It achieves this through techniques such as write-ahead logging, sequential disk I/O, and efficient network protocols. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache BookKeeper solving and how is that benefiting you? Support for multiple programming languages: BookKeeper provides client libraries for several programming languages, including Java, C++, Python, and Go. This broad language support makes it accessible to developers working with different technology stacks. Ecosystem integration: BookKeeper integrates well with other distributed systems and frameworks. It can be used as a storage backend for stream processing frameworks like Apache Kafka and Apache Pulsar, enabling seamless data ingestion and processing pipelines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Karthik K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Karthik K.") KK Karthik K. Digital Specialist Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/13/2023 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Review On Apache Bookkeeper" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Apache BookKeeper? Apache BookKeeper is a storage service in which I liked the most is its scalability nature as it can be easily scalable while working on real time workloads and easily adaptable,and it have enhanced performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache BookKeeper? In Apache BookKeeper I disliked the most is it has support to only limited languages and data retrieval is also somewhat complicated in terms of querying and setting up Bookkeeper takes a little bit more time,need to having prior basics to set up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache BookKeeper solving and how is that benefiting you? Apache BookKeeper is solving the problem of optimization in terms of real time workloads.It is of low latency storage service and it works continuously even there is an error in event as it have fault tolerance feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Riya J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Riya J.") RJ Riya J. Senior Software Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 2/21/2023 "Best Low-latency storage service optimized for real-time workloads" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache BookKeeper? Apache BookKeeper is a scalable, low-latency storage service for the distributed real-time system. BookKeeper replicated the data across multiple storage devices known as bookies, It can be operated to write the logs of our database or applications with a latency of fewer than 5 seconds. It ensures that the durability and replication of data across various bookies for building highly scalable real time applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache BookKeeper? Apache BookKeeper is hard to setup, it requires the knowledge of apache zookeeper. Limited communtity support. Limited documentations. Stograge Overhead: As BookKeeper ensures the durability and replication of data, it results in taking high storage as compared to other systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache BookKeeper solving and how is that benefiting you? As apache Bookkeeper is highly scalable, fault tolerant and it has low latency storage, We can store the data in less than 5 sec and use it for processing and it stores data entries across multiple storage servers so we are using the bookkeeper to dumb the analytics logs of our system from different distributed real time system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 3/30/2023 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![K Madhusudan C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "K Madhusudan C.") KC K Madhusudan C. Software Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/19/2023 "Reliable data storage that helps in improving latency" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache BookKeeper? a distributed storage system with fault tolerance and easy scale and simplicity in the implementation is the best that can be found. Also has good community support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache BookKeeper? it has some documentation challenges and is limited in terms of language support and management and monitoring tools need to be enhanced also needed some additional configuration and customization Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache BookKeeper solving and how is that benefiting you? I have used it in building data/events pipelines in my previous organization. Also for distributed data storage and for storing data archives and this helped in doing real-time analytics Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Padhma M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Padhma M.") PM Padhma M. Machine Learning Consultant Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/2/2023 "Apache BookKeeper Review" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache BookKeeper? The very best feature of BookKeeper is its performance levels and reliability. The product is quite easy to use so new users don't require training. There is very little risk of losing data because of its persistent storage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache BookKeeper? Even though it's an open-source product, the community support is scarce. Integrating with other products used within an organization can be quite tricky and requires a lot of effort. It's a hassle sometimes because of limited documentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache BookKeeper solving and how is that benefiting you? BookKeeper has the ability to store both historic and real-time data which suited our organizational needs perfectly. It's highly scalable and we process logs for analytics much faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Mohd A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mohd A.") MA Mohd A. Software Developer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/11/2023 "a scalable, fault tolerant and low latency storage service" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache BookKeeper? Auto Recovery is the process which automatically detects when a bookie in your BookKeeper cluster has become unavailable and then. rereplicates all the ledgers that were stored on that bookie. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache BookKeeper? Bookkeeping and data entry are becoming less necessary in today's world because offices are increasingly moving towards becoming paperless, mobile, and global. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache BookKeeper solving and how is that benefiting you? scalable, fault tolerant and low latency storage service optimized for append-only workloads Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/30/2019 "Apache BookKeeper" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache BookKeeper? It is an easy to learn, simple to use platform that is scalable and reliable. It's also open source and free to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache BookKeeper? I think this is a good option, I cannot think of any particular dislikes at the moment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache BookKeeper solving and how is that benefiting you? We use it as a storage facility for database logs, messaging logs, event logs, and user records. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management") UN Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/12/2018 "A consistent storage service" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache BookKeeper? BookKeeper has durability and reliability. It is also open source which is amazing! I really think the product is easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache BookKeeper? I think there are some other log book data storages out there that have lower latency. Other than that though this is a great option. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Apache BookKeeper: Look at all your options first but it is worth it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache BookKeeper solving and how is that benefiting you? The ability to seamlessly store our companies data and log it in easy to find, available bookies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-bookkeeper/pricing) ## Work at The Apache Software Foundation? 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