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# IBM Event Streams Reviews
**Vendor:** IBM  
**Category:** [Event Stream Processing Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/event-stream-processing)  
**Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 13
## About IBM Event Streams
IBM Event Streams is a high-throughput, fault-tolerant, event streaming solution. Powered by Apache Kafka, it provides access to enterprise data through event streams, enabling businesses to unlock insights from historical data, and identify and take action on situations in real time and at scale.



## IBM Event Streams Pros & Cons
**What users like:**

- Users appreciate the **user-friendly UI** of IBM Event Streams, making it easy to deliver event-driven solutions. (1 reviews)
- Users appreciate the **user-friendly interface** of IBM Event Streams, simplifying complex Kafka processes for efficient solutions. (1 reviews)

## IBM Event Streams Reviews
  ### 1. Premature product on IBM Dedicated

**Rating:** 2.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** February 14, 2019

**What do you like best about IBM Event Streams?**

Very easy to provision, creating topics and all that is very easy

**What do you dislike about IBM Event Streams?**

Very limited capabilities out of the box, and slow in features being released for our dedicated environment. 

**Recommendations to others considering IBM Event Streams:**

Better releases, support for Kafka Connect, support for Schema registry, dynamic sizing of partitions etc

**What problems is IBM Event Streams solving and how is that benefiting you?**

No. of topics and partitions was predetermined, and we had to live with this limitation for all use cases



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## IBM Event Streams Integrations
  - [IBM Event Automation](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-event-automation/reviews)

## IBM Event Streams Features
**Data**
- Data Processing
- Data Sources
- Integration
- Real-Time Processing

**Analytics**
- Reporting & Analytics

**Building Reports**
- Data Transformation
- Data Modeling
- WYSIWYG Report Design
- Integration APIs
- Real-Time Data
- Real-Time Data
- Third-Party Integrations
- Third-Party Integrations

**Platform**
- Mobile User Support
- Customization 
- User, Role, and Access Management
- Internationalization
- Sandbox / Test Environments
- Performance and Reliability
- Breadth of Partner Applications
- Mobile Access
- Metadata Management

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