--- title: Spark Streaming Reviews meta\_title: 'Spark Streaming Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 40 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Spark Streaming works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.2 review\_count: 40 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Big Data url: https://www.g2.com/categories/big-data --- # Spark Streaming Reviews & Product Details Spark Streaming brings Apache Spark's language-integrated API to stream processing, letting you write streaming jobs the same way you write batch jobs. It supports Java, Scala and Python. Spark Streaming recovers both lost work and operator state (e.g. sliding windows) out of the box, without any extra code on your part. * * * Seller [The Apache Software Foundation](https://www.g2.com/sellers/the-apache-software-foundation) Discussions [Spark Streaming Community](https://www.g2.com/products/spark-streaming/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/spark-streaming/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Amazon Kinesis Data Streams](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Amazon Kinesis Data Streams") Amazon Kinesis Data Streams 4.3/5(90) ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-amazon-kinesis-data-streams/reviews) [ ![Confluent](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Confluent") Confluent 4.4/5(114) ](https://www.g2.com/products/confluent/reviews) [ ![Google Cloud Dataflow](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Google Cloud Dataflow") Google Cloud Dataflow 4.2/5(45) ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-dataflow/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/spark-streaming/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 40 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain") UL Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/9/2023 "Hard to understand" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Spark Streaming? It's evolution in Big Data World. Very trendy and evolving. Also people are using for real time processing as well as batch processing which saves cost too. Thankful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Spark Streaming? It's difficult to understand and learn. Not much resources available. Also, people must have a hard core big data background with map reduce and java understanding to further understand spark streaming Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Spark Streaming solving and how is that benefiting you? To capture real time data unsights and to help marketing team to gather customers at faster pace. People loves to get promotional offers at one click in form of advertisements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Online Media](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Online Media") UO Verified User in Online Media Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/19/2019 "Introducing myself to Spark" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Spark Streaming? I love the fact that when spark streaming you are able to build scalable streaming applications and this can be done more than one at a time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Spark Streaming? I haven't dug deep enough into the software thus far to find anything that I don't dislike about the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Spark Streaming solving and how is that benefiting you? I am able to see scalability from all of my streaming apps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Food & Beverages](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Food & Beverages") UF Verified User in Food & Beverages Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/21/2019 "Easy enough" 3/5 What do you like best about Spark Streaming? Easy to use, I reface is easy. Minimal lag issues and easy upload Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Spark Streaming? User friendly, interface is easy to use, no lags in streaming or uploading Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Spark Streaming solving and how is that benefiting you? Getting mass information to the whole group at once Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. 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