Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Apache Pulsar
Apache Pulsar clearly comes out ahead of Confluent on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Apache Pulsar has a free tier; Confluent does not.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | saas tool |
| Company | Apache Software Foundation | Confluent, Inc. |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | Data & AnalyticsDevelopmentMedia & Entertainment | Data & AnalyticsDevelopmentLegal & ComplianceMedia & EntertainmentCybersecurity & InfoSecSales & CRM |
| Categories | data-engineering | data-engineering |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Apache Pulsar
open source
usage based
custom
| Feature | apache-pulsar | confluent |
|---|---|---|
| Geo-Replication | ||
| Autoscaling | ||
| Horizontal Scalability | ||
| Cloud Native Scaling | ||
| Messaging And Streaming Platform | ||
| Complete Streaming Apps And Data Pipelines | ||
| Multi-Tenancy | ||
| Connect: Connectors | ||
| Tiered Storage | ||
| Elastic Ckus (Eckus) For Horizontal Scalability | ||
| Govern: Stream Governance | ||
| Hybrid And Multicloud Architecture Support | ||
| Process: Apache Flink | ||
| Stream: Kafka Clusters |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Apache Pulsar comes out ahead overall, though Confluent can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Apache Pulsar offers a free tier; Confluent does not currently list one.
Apache Pulsar is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
