Side by side

AutoMQ vs StreamNative

Both stand on event streaming platforms. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

AutoMQ

Free trial APILinuxSelf-hosted+1

Consider AutoMQ if you need Kafka-compatible streaming with multiple deployment options and object-storage support. Look elsewhere if you need a free plan or if Pro’s stated ingress or partition limits are too low; Enterprise pricing requires contacting the company.

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StreamNative

Free trial APISelf-hostedWeb

StreamNative combines real-time data services with lakehouse writing, connectors, and agent context. Compare deployment choices and the Serverless throughput limit with your workload needs.

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The facts

	AutoMQ	StreamNative
Free plan	A free trial	A free trial
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web	API, Self-hosted, Web
Lowest paid plan	Pro: $300 a month	Serverless: $73 a month
Plans published	2	3
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	automq.com	streamnative.io
On event streaming platforms	#12 of 27	#16 of 27

AutoMQ: what it does well

Supports five named cloud or object-storage systems
Deploys with a binary, Helm, or Docker Compose
Table Topic supports Iceberg and Delta Lake materialization
Managed Connector provides real-time logs and monitoring
Lists exactly-once delivery and 300 connectors

What to know first

No free plan is available
The Pro plan costs $300 a month
Pro limits ingress to 1,024 MiB/sec and partitions to 20,000

StreamNative: what it does well

Offers native Kafka and Pulsar services.
Writes streams directly to Iceberg and Delta tables.
Serverless runs on AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure.
Support is included, with 24/7 technical support available.

What to know first

Serverless throughput is limited to 100 MBps per namespace.
No free plan is listed.
BYOK is listed only for Pro on BYOC.

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