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Brian K.

Photographer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/16/2019

"A neutral investment"

2.5/5

What do you like best about Apache Flink?

Pretty simple and straightforward interface. Can be a learning curve of need be but if you just need to implement for standard construction then it works well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache Flink?

Not too much customer support or help finding tutorials. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UE

Verified User in Entertainment

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/18/2019

"Manager"

2.5/5

What do you like best about Apache Flink?

I like that Apache Flink makes streaming processing networks easier for those who don't know a ton about tech Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache Flink?

I don't like the login process, at times it can be a bit arduous. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Apache Flink:

Definitely ask if they have a trial program. I recommend this so you can decide if this program is right for you, there are so many types of these products on the market you want to make sure you're getting the right one for the size and scope of your business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache Flink solving and how is that benefiting you?

Flink executes arbitrary dataflow programs in a data-parallel and pipelined manner Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UL

Verified User in Legal Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/23/2018

"A nascent product that is still developing"

4/5

UC

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/15/2018

"Interesting lightweight alternative to Spark"

5/5

What do you like best about Apache Flink?

I liked Flink's stream-first paradigm - all data is a stream and batches are just finite streams. There's much less management overhead compared to Spark. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache Flink?

The community is not as large as Spark, though that's less of a problem than it used to be. Flink is definitely moving into the mainstream of tools for stream data processing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Apache Flink:

At this point, unless there's a really good reason to prefer Spark, Flink is the way to go. The management overhead is much lighter. Less crashes due to memory management issues. Also, Flink is written mostly in Java vs. Spark's Scala. This means that if you are working with Java, you will have a much easier time debugging issues in Flink. The interoperability with Java is more robust. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache Flink solving and how is that benefiting you?

Transforming a stream or batch of records from one from one format to another. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

LG

Luca G.

Software Engineer

Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/14/2018

"Very reliable real-time processing framework"

5/5

What do you like best about Apache Flink?

- Documentation is clean.

- Creators and maintainers really friendly and helpful in the Mailing List

- Code API very clean Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache Flink?

Only issues are:

- Java & Scala only.

- Young framework. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Alex D.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/12/2018

"The 4G of streaming frameworks out there "

5/5

What do you like best about Apache Flink?

An easy and intuitive way of building streaming apps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache Flink?

Nothing jumps to mind right now. The APIs are intuitive and the Data Artisan folks are super responsive when it comes to JIRA tickets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

IB

Verified User in Banking

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/16/2018

"Promising tool for big data developers"

2.5/5

What do you like best about Apache Flink?

I think the best in Flink is batch streaming processing. It doesn’t use micro batching as Spark. Flink is faster.

As well Flink has a great memory management implementing custom memory and not relying on JVM garbage collector. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache Flink?

There are not so many of disadvantages in Flink. It is pretty much a better faster version of Spark. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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