
Open Source so its reliable and I can customise it to meet my org's requirements Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The UI and initial setup is a bit tedious compared to the other paid platforms Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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Open Source so its reliable and I can customise it to meet my org's requirements Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The UI and initial setup is a bit tedious compared to the other paid platforms Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easily able to integrate with python and Java Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I don't see community page of Kafka that strong. Sometimes if you are struck, you need to solve on own. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Smooth communication between the microservices by using the kafka service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Inability to have persistent message in case of breakage of communication between the services in my usecase. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Scalable, fault-tolerant, publish-subscribe messaging which helps us building distributed applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I don't see any as of now. Will surely let you know if I find any Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The best part is the architecture. It is really easy to understand how Kafka works. Also the support with multiple frameworks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Might it will be easy if Kafka provides some UI-based tool that can help to debug data inside the Kafka topic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Message queuing is the best and most used features which ensures message loss are not there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Lack of monitoring tool makes kafka sometimes frustating. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Easy to use interface and ability to communicate across multiple api's fulfilling many business requirements. Topic creation is made easy and very much efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Topicd could have been birectional which can help communicate both frontwards and backwards. Much more friendly ui expected though the current ui is good and does the job. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
As an open-source real-time event streaming platform, I liked that it is very efficient and with the right training easy to set up and use. Specifically designed to handle a high volume of data so it is reliable and stable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
For a small volume of data, it is not recommended to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Multiple subscribers is better option which is not available in many messaging services. It combines messaging, storage, stream processing, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
More reliable on command line. UI based are not that much easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is best tool for data integration and capable of operating very quickly. It can transfer large amount of data very efficiently. Easily configurable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Need a dashboard to monitor performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.