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Apache ZooKeeper vs Redpanda

Apache ZooKeeper

zookeeper.apache.org

Redpanda

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FigureApache ZooKeeperRedpanda
Price from—Free
Free plan—Yes
Free trial—Yes
Open source——
Web—Yes
Windows—Yes
macOS—Yes
LinuxYesYes
API—Yes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published04
Spec score · Distributed Systems5.7 (#28)8.4 (#10)

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Apache ZooKeeper

No plans published.

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Redpanda

  • Community EditionFree
  • Bring Your Own CloudPriced on request
  • Enterprise EditionPriced on request
  • ServerlessPriced on request

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Apache ZooKeeper

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Redpanda

Redpanda is an event-streaming platform for storing real-time events in ordered topics that can be replayed, with access through the Apache Kafka API. Its Kafka compatibility is intended to let existing applications and tools continue without rewrites or changes. The platform uses a native C++ architecture, runs as a single binary, and has no external dependencies. Redpanda Connect supplies more than 300 pre-built connectors for sources, sinks, processors, databases, APIs, cloud services, and AI pipelines. Native Apache Iceberg support and Iceberg topics let streams be materialized into lakehouse-ready tables. Deployment options include Serverless, managed BYOC on AWS, GCP, or Azure, and self-managed installations on bare metal, virtual machines, Kubernetes, or Docker. Redpanda also lists stream processing, a schema registry, both delivery guarantees, and client support for Java, C/C++, Go, Python, Rust, and Node.js. The maker states that its platform delivers 10x lower tail latencies than open-source Kafka.

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