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Best Amazon Kinesis Data Streams Alternatives in 2026

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20 tools from event streaming platforms ranked against Amazon Kinesis Data Streams on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Lightstreamer Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac Free8.3
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Lightstreamer
  2. 2
    Aiven for Apache Kafka Free plan apiLinuxWeb $35/mo7.6
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Aiven for Apache Kafka
  3. 3
    Confluent Cloud Free plan apiLinuxWeb $385/mo7.6
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Confluent Cloud
  4. 4
    Apache Pulsar Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.3
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Apache Pulsar
  5. 5
    RisingWave Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $0.23/mo7.3
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs RisingWave
  6. 6
    Apache RocketMQ Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.2
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Apache RocketMQ
  7. 7
    Redpanda Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 7.2
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Redpanda
  8. 8
    DataStax Astra Streaming Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free7.0
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs DataStax Astra Streaming
  9. 9
    Keen Product Analytics AndroidapiiOSWeb $149/mo6.9
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Keen Product Analytics
  10. 10
    StreamNative Free trial apiself-hostedWeb $73/mo6.8
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs StreamNative
  11. 11
    Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka apiLinuxWeb $0.11/mo6.6
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka
  12. 12
    Instaclustr Managed PostgreSQL Free trial apiself-hostedWeb 6.6
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Instaclustr Managed PostgreSQL
  13. 13
    Pravega apiLinuxself-hosted 6.6
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Pravega
  14. 15
    Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka Web 6.2
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka
  15. 16
    Hadron self-hosted 6.2
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Hadron
  16. 17
    Wisembly Web €79/mo6.2
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Wisembly
  17. 18
    Alibaba Cloud Message Queue for Apache Kafka Web 6.0
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Alibaba Cloud Message Queue for Apache Kafka
  18. 19
    AutoMQ Web 6.0
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs AutoMQ
  19. 20
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Streaming Web 6.0
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Streaming
  20. 21
    Solace PubSub+ Event Broker Web 6.0
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Solace PubSub+ Event Broker

Amazon Kinesis Data Streams alternatives compared

#ToolScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Lightstreamer8.3Free planFreeAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Aiven for Apache Kafka7.6Free plan$35/moAPI, Linux, Web
3Confluent Cloud7.6Free plan$385/moAPI, Linux, Web
4Apache Pulsar7.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
5RisingWave7.3No$0.23/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
6Apache RocketMQ7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
7Redpanda7.2No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
8DataStax Astra Streaming7.0Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
9Keen Product Analytics6.9No$149/moAndroid, API, iOS, Web
10StreamNative6.8No$73/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
11Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka6.6No$0.11/moAPI, Linux, Web
12Instaclustr Managed PostgreSQL6.6No—API, self-hosted, Web
13Pravega6.6No—API, Linux, self-hosted
15Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka6.2No—Web
16Hadron6.2No—self-hosted
17Wisembly6.2No€79/moWeb
18Alibaba Cloud Message Queue for Apache Kafka6.0No—Web
19AutoMQ6.0No—Web
20Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Streaming6.0No—Web
21Solace PubSub+ Event Broker6.0No—Web
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Questions about Amazon Kinesis Data Streams alternatives

What is the best alternative to Amazon Kinesis Data Streams?

Lightstreamer, number 1 in event streaming platforms with a score of 8.3 out of 10. The others here: Aiven for Apache Kafka, Confluent Cloud, Apache Pulsar and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Amazon Kinesis Data Streams?

Lightstreamer is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 6 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on what each maker publishes, the fullest spec sheet first: how deeply the product is documented, the platforms it runs on, a free tier or trial to test it, and its standing.