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Best Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink Alternatives in 2026

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20 apps from streaming analytics software ranked against Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Apache Beam Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Apache Beam
  2. 2
    Apache Druid Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Apache Druid
  3. 3
    Apache Storm Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Apache Storm
  4. 4
    Feldera Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Feldera
  5. 5
    Timeplus Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $199/mo6.6
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Timeplus
  6. 6
    Apache Spark Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Apache Spark
  7. 7
    Confluent Cloud Free plan apiLinuxWeb $385/mo6.5
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Confluent Cloud
  8. 8
    kdb+ Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs kdb+
  9. 9
    Materialize Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $0.13/mo6.5
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Materialize
  10. 10
    Apache Flink Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.4
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Apache Flink
  11. 11
    Apache Pinot Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Apache Pinot
  12. 12
    Apache Samza Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.4
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Apache Samza
  13. 13
    Tinybird Cloud Free plan apiWeb $49/mo6.4
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Tinybird Cloud
  14. 14
    Ververica Platform Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Ververica Platform
  15. 15
    Pathway Live Data Framework Free plan apiself-hosted Free6.3
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Pathway Live Data Framework
  16. 16
    RisingWave Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $0.23/mo5.6
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs RisingWave
  17. 17
    Apache Heron Linuxself-hosted 5.3
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Apache Heron
  18. 18
    TIBCO BusinessWorks LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin $0.20/mo5.3
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs TIBCO BusinessWorks
  19. 19
    Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink apiWeb 5.0
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink
  20. 20
    Tencent Cloud CDN Web CNY 21/mo5.0
    Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink vs Tencent Cloud CDN

Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Apache Beam6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Apache Druid6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
3Apache Storm6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4Feldera6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
5Timeplus6.6Free plan$199/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6Apache Spark6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
7Confluent Cloud6.5Free plan$385/moAPI, Linux, Web
8kdb+6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
9Materialize6.5Free plan$0.13/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
10Apache Flink6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
11Apache Pinot6.4Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
12Apache Samza6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
13Tinybird Cloud6.4Free plan$49/moAPI, Web
14Ververica Platform6.4Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
15Pathway Live Data Framework6.3Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted
16RisingWave5.6No$0.23/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
17Apache Heron5.3No—Linux, self-hosted
18TIBCO BusinessWorks5.3No$0.20/moLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
19Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink5.0No—API, Web
20Tencent Cloud CDN5.0NoCNY 21/moWeb
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Questions about Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink alternatives

What is the best alternative to Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink?

Apache Beam, number 1 in streaming analytics software with a score of 6.6 out of 10. The others here: Apache Druid, Apache Storm, Feldera and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink?

Apache Beam is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 15 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.