--- title: Apache Flume Reviews meta\_title: 'Apache Flume Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 22 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Apache Flume works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 3.9 review\_count: 22 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: IT Infrastructure url: https://www.g2.com/categories/it-infrastructure --- # Apache Flume Reviews & Product Details Apache Flume is a service designed to efficiently collect, aggregate, and move large amounts of log data. * * * Seller [The Apache Software Foundation](https://www.g2.com/sellers/the-apache-software-foundation) Discussions [Apache Flume Community](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-flume/discuss) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-flume/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Google Cloud BigQuery](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Google Cloud BigQuery") Google Cloud BigQuery 4.5/5(1,224) ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-bigquery/reviews) [ ![IBM Db2](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "IBM Db2") IBM Db2 4.1/5(683) ](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-db2/reviews) [ ![Amazon Redshift](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Amazon Redshift") Amazon Redshift 4.3/5(404) ](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-redshift/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-flume/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 22 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") AC Verified User in Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 2/27/2020 "Apache flume" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Apache Flume? its reliable distributed, supports aggregation of data. can be considered as an alternative to kafka. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Flume? not scalable like kafka.for adding more consumers needs to change topology. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Flume solving and how is that benefiting you? moving large data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Accounting](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Accounting") UA Verified User in Accounting Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/28/2020 "Decent tool" 3/5 What do you like best about Apache Flume? flexibility and integration with other used open source tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Flume? not greate integration with azure cloud stack Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Flume solving and how is that benefiting you? log processing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite GG Ginoy G. Software engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 3/16/2019 "Apache Flume can be used as a highly scalable configuration for handling streaming data." 2.5/5 What do you like best about Apache Flume? Apache Flume can be configured as a topology of pluggable components which can perform simple transformations on the data in transit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Flume? The failover strategies are not as efficient as other streaming applications like Kafka or NiFi and as a result, It is quite easy to lose the data in transit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Apache Flume: Apache Flume might be a good fit when simple transformations on the data are only that's required while streaming from source to sink. It is also highly scalable but comes with at the price of being less reliable, and it is also easy to lose data if proper fault-tolerant strategies are not in place. If the data being streamed is highly sensitive and needs to be replicated to ensure fault tolerance and persistence, consider other streaming application configurations like Apache Kafka, Splunk, or Apache NiFi. These alternatives offer better control on the persistence of data with replay and resume from a previous section in the stream of data. They also support multiple consumers reading from the same stream of data independent of each other. This is particularly important and useful if your one or many of the nodes in your configuration go down in the middle of streaming activity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Flume solving and how is that benefiting you? Apache Flume can be used to stream logs generated from an online transaction processing application and sent to other consumer applications for analytical purposes. One of the benefits of using Flume is that it is highly scalable and the components can be plugged in as required. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Accounting](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Accounting") UA Verified User in Accounting Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/28/2018 "Apache Review" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Apache Flume? I like how intuitive the design is. The UI flow is very natural, and they consistently work to improve the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Flume? I dislike how much red is everywhere. Whenever I go to use a new ticket, all I see is red red red!! Can we some blue or green please? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Flume solving and how is that benefiting you? We mostly use it for distributed, reliable, and available service for efficiently collecting, aggregating, and moving large amounts of log data. 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