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Apache Spark Streaming vs Striim comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Apache Spark Streaming
Ranking in Streaming Analytics
10th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Striim
Ranking in Streaming Analytics
26th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.2
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (65th), Cloud Data Integration (30th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Streaming Analytics category, the mindshare of Apache Spark Streaming is 4.6%, up from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Striim is 1.7%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Streaming Analytics Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Apache Spark Streaming4.6%
Striim1.7%
Other93.7%
Streaming Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

Himansu Jena - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Project Manager at Raj Subhatech
Efficient real-time data management and analysis with advanced features
There are various ways we can improve Apache Spark Streaming through best practices. The initial part requires attention to batch interval tuning, which helps small intervals in micro batches based on latency requirements and helps prevent back pressure. We can use data formats such as Parquet or ORC for storage that needs faster reads and leveraging feature predicate push-down optimizations. We can implement serialization which helps with any Kyro in terms of .NET or Java. We have boxing and unboxing serialization for XML and JSON for converting key-pair values stored in browser. We can also implement caching mechanisms for storing and recomputing multiple operations. We can use specified joins which help with smaller databases, and distributed joins can minimize users. We can implement project optimization memory for CPU efficiency, known as Tungsten. Additionally, load balancing, checkpointing, and schema evaluation are areas to consider based on performance and bottlenecks. We can use Bugzilla tools for tracking and Splunk to monitor the performance of process systems, utilization, and performance based on data frames or data sets.
Mario Rodríguez Hernández - PeerSpot reviewer
Arquitecto De Soluciones at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Reliable change data capture has kept critical databases synchronized in real time
I consider the best features that Striim offers to be great performance and a large number of sources and targets that can be connected. Striim is capable of absorbing a large number of transactions, and the difference between the two databases is always less than a second, which demonstrates efficiency and highlights the variety of sources and targets I have used. Striim has had a positive impact on my organization as it has solved stability issues that I had with other tools.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The main benefits of Apache Spark Streaming include cost savings, time savings, and efficiency improvements about data storage."
"Spark Streaming is critical, quite stable, full-featured, and scalable."
"Apache Spark Streaming is versatile. You can use it for competitive intelligence, gathering data from competitors, or for internal tasks like monitoring workflows."
"The platform’s most valuable feature for processing real-time data is its ability to handle continuous data streams."
"It's the fastest solution on the market with low latency data on data transformations."
"I appreciate Apache Spark Streaming's micro-batching capabilities; the watermarking functionality and related features are quite good."
"It is the most scalable tool that I have seen before."
"The solution is very stable and reliable."
"Striim is capable of absorbing a large number of transactions, and the difference between the two databases is always less than a second, which demonstrates efficiency and highlights the variety of sources and targets I have used."
 

Cons

"In terms of improvement, the UI could be better."
"The downside is when you have this the other way around in the columns, it becomes really hard to use."
"There could be an improvement in the area of the user configuration section, it should be less developer-focused and more business user-focused."
"The debugging aspect could use some improvement."
"While it is reliable, there are some issues with Apache Spark Streaming as it is not 100% reliable."
"One improvement I would expect is real-time processing instead of micro-batch or near real-time."
"Integrating event-level streaming capabilities could be beneficial."
"It was resource-intensive, even for small-scale applications."
"I think Striim could be improved with better pricing and enhanced documentation."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is expensive, or not cost-effective, and ten is cheap, I rate the price a seven."
"Spark is an affordable solution, especially considering its open-source nature."
"I was using the open-source community version, which was self-hosted."
"People pay for Apache Spark Streaming as a service."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Healthcare Company
15%
Construction Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Retailer
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise7
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Apache Spark Streaming?
One of the improvements we need is in Spark SQL and the machine learning library. I don't think there is too much to work on, but the issue is when we want to use machine learning, we always need t...
What is your primary use case for Apache Spark Streaming?
We work with Apache Spark Streaming for our project because we use that as one of the landing data sources, and we work with it to ensure we can get all of the data before it goes through our data ...
What advice do you have for others considering Apache Spark Streaming?
One thing I would share with other organizations considering Apache Spark Streaming is the necessity of having effective data storage. We want to ensure we acquire and manage our data storage effec...
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UC Berkeley AMPLab, Amazon, Alibaba Taobao, Kenshoo, eBay Inc.
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