Apache Storm vs Timely Dataflow
Apache Storm
storm.apache.orgTimely Dataflow
timelydataflow.github.ioSide by side
| Figure | Apache Storm | Timely Dataflow |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Stream Processing Software | 8.1 (#9) | 6.6 (#23) |
| License | Apache Storm is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. | The GitHub repository identifies the project as MIT licensed. |
| Programming model | Storm uses spouts, bolts, and topologies to build arbitrarily complex multi-stage stream computations. | It is described as a low-latency cyclic dataflow computational model implemented in Rust. |
| Purpose | Apache Storm is a distributed realtime computation system for reliably processing unbounded data streams. | Timely Dataflow is a system for implementing distributed streaming computation and a way to structure computation generally. |
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In their own words
Apache Storm
Apache Storm is a distributed system for computing over unbounded data streams in real time. It uses spouts, bolts, and topologies to assemble multi-stage computations, supporting realtime analytics, online machine learning, continuous computation, distributed RPC, and ETL. The project describes Storm as scalable and fault-tolerant, with guaranteed data processing, and reports a benchmark above one million tuples per second per node. Integrations include Apache Kafka, HDFS, JDBC databases, JMS, and Redis. Developers can work in local mode in-process or submit topologies to a remote cluster. Storm supports stateful processing and lists JavaScript, Python, Ruby, and C# among supported languages. It is free under Apache License, Version 2.0; source and binary distributions are available, along with Maven Central and an official Docker image. The current release is 3.1.0. Security options include Kerberos/SASL authentication, SimpleACLAuthorizer authorization, and TLS for Thrift RPC and worker messaging; authentication and authorization options are disabled by default.
Timely Dataflow
Timely Dataflow has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.