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Best Amazon Kinesis Data Streams Alternatives in 2026

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

  1. 1
    Lightstreamer Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac Free6.8
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Lightstreamer
  2. 2
    Aiven for Apache Kafka Free plan apiLinuxWeb $35/mo6.5
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Aiven for Apache Kafka
  3. 3
    Apache Pulsar Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Apache Pulsar
  4. 4
    Apache RocketMQ Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Apache RocketMQ
  5. 5
    Confluent Cloud Free plan apiLinuxWeb $385/mo6.5
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Confluent Cloud
  6. 6
    DataStax Astra Streaming Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs DataStax Astra Streaming
  7. 7
    RisingWave Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $0.23/mo5.6
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs RisingWave
  8. 8
    Pravega apiLinuxself-hosted 5.5
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Pravega
  9. 9
    Redpanda Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.5
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Redpanda
  10. 10
    Hadron self-hosted 5.3
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Hadron
  11. 11
    Solace PubSub+ Event Broker Web 5.3
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Solace PubSub+ Event Broker
  12. 12
    Keen Product Analytics AndroidapiiOSWeb $149/mo5.2
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Keen Product Analytics
  13. 13
    StreamHouse Web 5.2
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs StreamHouse
  14. 14
    Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka apiLinuxWeb $0.11/mo5.1
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka
  15. 15
    Apache Kafka 5.1
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Apache Kafka
  16. 17
    Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka Web 5.0
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka
  17. 18
    Instaclustr Managed PostgreSQL Free trial apiself-hostedWeb 5.0
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Instaclustr Managed PostgreSQL
  18. 19
    StreamNative Free trial apiself-hostedWeb $73/mo5.0
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs StreamNative
  19. 20
    Alibaba Cloud Message Queue for Apache Kafka Web 4.9
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Alibaba Cloud Message Queue for Apache Kafka
  20. 21
    AutoMQ Web 4.9
    Amazon Kinesis Data Streams vs AutoMQ

Amazon Kinesis Data Streams alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Lightstreamer6.8Free planFreeAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Aiven for Apache Kafka6.5Free plan$35/moAPI, Linux, Web
3Apache Pulsar6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
4Apache RocketMQ6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
5Confluent Cloud6.5Free plan$385/moAPI, Linux, Web
6DataStax Astra Streaming6.4Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
7RisingWave5.6No$0.23/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
8Pravega5.5No—API, Linux, self-hosted
9Redpanda5.5No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
10Hadron5.3No—self-hosted
11Solace PubSub+ Event Broker5.3No—Web
12Keen Product Analytics5.2No$149/moAndroid, API, iOS, Web
13StreamHouse5.2No—Web
14Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka5.1No$0.11/moAPI, Linux, Web
15Apache Kafka5.1No——
17Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka5.0No—Web
18Instaclustr Managed PostgreSQL5.0No—API, self-hosted, Web
19StreamNative5.0No$73/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
20Alibaba Cloud Message Queue for Apache Kafka4.9No—Web
21AutoMQ4.9No—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 6.8 out of 10. The others here: Aiven for Apache Kafka, Apache Pulsar, Apache RocketMQ 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 free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.