Amazon MSK vs Instaclustr comparison

The compared Amazon Web Services (AWS) and NetApp Instaclustr solutions aren't in the same category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #6 in SA , with an average rating of 7.2, and holds a 5.1% mindshare in the category. NetApp Instaclustr is ranked #20 in CMDM , and holds a 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon MSK

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Streaming Analytics (6th)

Instaclustr

Average Rating

0.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) (20th)

Mindshare comparison

Amazon MSK and Instaclustr aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Amazon MSK is designed for Streaming Analytics and holds a mindshare of 5.1%, down 8.4% compared to last year.
Instaclustr, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud Master Data Management (MDM), holds 0.5% mindshare.

Streaming Analytics Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Amazon MSK	5.1%
Apache Flink	12.3%
Databricks	10.0%
Other	72.6%

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Cloud Master Data Management (MDM) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Instaclustr	0.5%
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)	21.6%
Reltio Cloud	13.3%
Other	64.6%

Cloud Master Data Management (MDM)

Featured Reviews

SYED SHAAZ

Co-Founder & CTO at Photios AI

Improved data streaming and integration challenges prompt search for alternatives

The integration capabilities of Amazon MSK are not very flexible. If you have your own self-managed Kafka, that helps significantly because you can set up configurations. We are considering self-managed Kafka since our product is only one year old. The Kafka integrations are fine, but the configurations are an issue. The only issue with Amazon MSK that we are facing is the configurations. There are preset configurations and limited configurations that we can set for our unique use case. The product could improve by allowing us to set different configurations. I would also like to see Amazon MSK improve in the area of connectors. We are considering Confluent Cloud because they have many more connectors. They have KSQL DB and governance features. It is slightly costlier, but Confluent offers more flexibility with their connectors.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

22%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	4

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon MSK?

Amazon MSK has significantly improved our organization by building seamless integration between systems.

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Compared 2% of the time

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Compared 46% of the time

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Also Known As

Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka

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Overview

Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) is a fully managed service that enables you to build and run applications that use Apache Kafka to process streaming data. Amazon MSK provides the control-plane operations, such as those for creating, updating, and deleting clusters.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

The Instaclustr Platform is your one-stop destination for deploying, managing, and monitoring all components of your data layer and related infrastructure, all managed and operated in unison by the same provider with no competing agendas or priorities.

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Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers

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