Azure Stream Analytics vs PubSub+ Platform comparison

Microsoft and Solace are both solutions in the Streaming Analytics category. Microsoft is ranked #2 with an average rating of 6.9, while Solace is ranked #15 with an average rating of 8.5. Microsoft holds a 6.1% mindshare in SA, compared to Solace’s 3.8% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Solace users who would recommend it.

Azure Stream Analytics

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

Azure Stream Analytics and PubSub+ Platform both offer advanced real-time data processing tools. PubSub+ Platform seems to have the upper hand due to its broader protocol support and scalability across environments.

Features: Azure Stream Analytics stands out with its seamless integration into Azure's ecosystem, access to services like IoT Hub and Blob Storage, and a user-friendly SQL-like query interface. PubSub+ Platform is praised for its protocol-agnostic messaging, event mesh capabilities, and flexible topic hierarchy, which supports efficient message replication across hybrid setups.

Room for Improvement: Azure Stream Analytics could improve in areas of pricing transparency, data joining capabilities, and external service connections like Power BI. PubSub+ Platform would benefit from easier integration with third-party services, clarified usage benefits for diverse units, and expanded support for more third-party agents.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Azure Stream Analytics primarily targets public cloud deployments through Azure, simplifying deployments but facing variable support quality based on service levels. PubSub+ Platform offers versatile deployment options, including on-premises and hybrid, with ease of integration but needing improved support communications. Both provide responsive technical support.

Pricing and ROI: Azure Stream Analytics provides a 'pay-as-you-go' model suitable for dynamic workloads but is criticized for its complexity and lack of competitiveness in long-term scaling. PubSub+ Platform features a more transparent tiered pricing structure, with users valuing its free version and the cost-effectiveness of its enterprise solution despite some viewing it as expensive compared to alternatives.

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score

4.7

Azure Stream Analytics offers quick, efficient streaming solutions with about 10% ROI, minimizing upfront costs through its cloud-based setup.

Sentiment score

6.0

Organizations see mixed ROI with PubSub+ Platform, noting both operational benefits and challenges with costs and alternatives.

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.0

Azure Stream Analytics customer service is generally supportive, though response times and quality can vary by subscription and location.

Sentiment score

7.4

PubSub+ Platform excels in customer service with knowledgeable, responsive support and strong leadership involvement, ensuring efficient issue resolution.

There is a big communication gap due to lack of understanding of local scenarios and language barriers.

Kay Li

PU Head of Manufacturing Industry at Wiadvance Technology Co

They've managed to answer all my questions and provide help in a timely manner.

Sarath Boppudi

Data Strategist, Cloud Solutions Architect at BiTQ

The support on critical issues depends on the level of subscription that you have with Microsoft itself.

Mahmoud Abukhamseh

DevSecOps Manager at APGecommerce

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they can come on calls and assist quite well,

Deepankar Bbhowmick

Integration Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I have looked into PubSub+ Platform's support forums to read and understand a few things that I did not understand.

Vyshakh Babji

Developer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.3

Azure Stream Analytics provides efficient, scalable real-time data streaming with minimal maintenance, supporting diverse industries through straightforward scaling.

Sentiment score

7.3

PubSub+ Platform is scalable with easy expansion, although some find Docker setup complex; supports multi-cloud messaging efficiently.

Maintenance requires a couple of people, however, it's not a full-time endeavor.

SantiagoCordero

Director, Governance & Infrastructure & Director at VASS

This is crucial for applications demanding constant monitoring, such as healthcare or financial services.

Chandra Mani

Technical architect at Tech Mahindra

Azure Stream Analytics is scalable, and I would rate it seven out of ten.

Kay Li

PU Head of Manufacturing Industry at Wiadvance Technology Co

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In terms of scalability, I would rate PubSub+ Platform as quite scalable, around 9.99.

Deepankar Bbhowmick

Integration Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

6.3

Azure Stream Analytics is typically stable, though challenges include VM errors and job failures; support is efficiently accessible.

Sentiment score

8.3

PubSub+ Platform is praised for exceptional stability, handling data surges with high availability, and reliability in high-volume environments.

They require significant effort and fine-tuning to function effectively.

SantiagoCordero

Director, Governance & Infrastructure & Director at VASS

For example, Azure Stream Analytics processes more data every second, which is why it's recommended for real-time streaming.

Chandra Mani

Technical architect at Tech Mahindra

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I think the stability of PubSub+ Platform is pretty good, and I would rate it at eight.

Vyshakh Babji

Developer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

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Room For Improvement

Azure Stream Analytics needs improved integration, flexibility, UI, job monitoring, Power BI compatibility, and AI-enhanced features for better user experience.

PubSub+ Platform needs simpler usage, better connectivity, enhanced tools, robust authentication, and improved integration with open-source and existing applications.

A cost comparison between products is also not straightforward.

SantiagoCordero

Director, Governance & Infrastructure & Director at VASS

There's setup time required to get it integrated with different services such as Power BI, so it's not a straight out-of-the-box configuration.

Sarath Boppudi

Data Strategist, Cloud Solutions Architect at BiTQ

Azure Stream Analytics currently allows some degree of code writing, which could be simplified with low-code or no-code platforms to enhance performance.

Chandra Mani

Technical architect at Tech Mahindra

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It was as impressive as Kafka, better than Kafka based on my experience working on the Solace and Kafka white paper.

reviewer2714190

freelancer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

There is a lack of functionality in PubSub+ Platform; Solace has introduced microservices and micro-integrations recently with some capabilities, but they can improve on these.

Deepankar Bbhowmick

Integration Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The analytics tools integrated within PubSub+ Platform are good, as it has already integrated with cloud logging and the cloud logging features, making the analytics pretty good already.

Vyshakh Babji

Developer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

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Setup Cost

Azure Stream Analytics pricing is competitive, with optimization options, but billing complexity and short free trial need improvement.

Enterprise users value PubSub+ Platform’s flexibility, free version, and tailored agreements despite perceived high licensing costs.

Choosing between pay-as-you-go or enterprise models can affect pricing, and depending on data volume, charges might increase substantially.

Chandra Mani

Technical architect at Tech Mahindra

From my point of view, it should be cheaper now, considering the years since its release.

SantiagoCordero

Director, Governance & Infrastructure & Director at VASS

We sell the data analytics value and operational value to customers, focusing on productivity and efficiency from the cloud.

Kay Li

PU Head of Manufacturing Industry at Wiadvance Technology Co

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Pricing-wise for PubSub+ Platform, I find it a little expensive, so I would rate it at six.

Deepankar Bbhowmick

Integration Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

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Valuable Features

Azure Stream Analytics provides scalable, user-friendly real-time analytics with SQL-based queries, IoT compatibility, and integrated machine learning features.

PubSub+ Platform offers advanced messaging with scalability, low latency, cloud integration, real-time support, and comprehensive analytics for businesses.

It's very accurate and uses existing technologies in terms of writing queries, utilizing standard query languages such as SQL, Spark, and others to provide information.

Sarath Boppudi

Data Strategist, Cloud Solutions Architect at BiTQ

Azure Stream Analytics reads from any real-time stream; it's designed for processing millions of records every millisecond.

Chandra Mani

Technical architect at Tech Mahindra

It is quite easy for my technicians to understand, and the learning curve is not steep.

SantiagoCordero

Director, Governance & Infrastructure & Director at VASS

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The solution's ability to decouple message producers and consumers allows us to have high cohesion and low coupling, making it an excellent solution for that purpose.

reviewer2714190

freelancer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

The main benefits PubSub+ Platform provides for the end-user include building a robust and scalable system with very low network latency, which improves the customer experience, whether using mobile phones or applications.

Deepankar Bbhowmick

Integration Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The best features of PubSub+ Platform include being highly scalable, allowing us to handle billions and billions of events.

Vyshakh Babji

Developer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

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Categories and Ranking

Azure Stream Analytics

Ranking in Streaming Analytics

2nd

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

PubSub+ Platform

Ranking in Streaming Analytics

15th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Message Queue (MQ) Software (8th), Message Oriented Middleware (MOM) (2nd), Event Monitoring (11th)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Streaming Analytics category, the mindshare of Azure Stream Analytics is 6.1%, down from 9.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PubSub+ Platform is 3.8%, up from 2.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Streaming Analytics Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Azure Stream Analytics	6.1%
PubSub+ Platform	3.8%
Other	90.1%

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Featured Reviews

Chandra Mani

Technical architect at Tech Mahindra

Has supported real-time data validation and processing across multiple use cases but can improve consumer-side integration and streamlined customization

I widely use AKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure App Service, and there are APM Gateway kinds of things. I also utilize API Management and Front Door to expose any multi-region application I have, including Web Application Firewalls, and many more—around 20 to 60 services. I use Key Vault for managing secrets and monitoring Azure App Insights for tracing and monitoring. Additionally, I employ AI search for indexer purposes, processing chatbot data or any GenAI integration. I widely use OpenAI for GenAI, integrating various models with our platform. I extensively use hybrid cloud solutions to connect on-premise cloud or cloud to another network, employing public private endpoints or private link service endpoints. Azure DevOps is also on my list, and I leverage many security concepts for end-to-end design. I consider how end users access applications to data storage and secure the entire platform for authenticated users across various use cases, including B2C, B2B, or employee scenarios. I also widely design multi-tenant applications, utilizing Azure AD or Azure AD B2C for consumers. Azure Stream Analytics reads from any real-time stream; it's designed for processing millions of records every millisecond. They utilize Event Hubs for this purpose, as it allows for event processing. After receiving data from various sources, we validate and store it in a data store. Azure Stream Analytics can consume data from Event Hubs, applying basic validation rules to determine the validity of each record before processing.

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Deepankar Bbhowmick

Integration Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Messaging design has become visual and reliable and now supports fast microservice communication

The unique functions I appreciate about PubSub+ Platform are that it allows me to design my solution in a graphical manner, which is not available in many other products, and the design can also be pushed to the actual infrastructure layer, making it quite advantageous. Mesh technology is useful in scenarios where different geographies have to be connected, although such situations are not commonly found. It is beneficial but not a super-used feature of PubSub+ Platform. The event replay function is quite mature in PubSub+ Platform, allowing me to replay messages that are days in the past, which is a good feature. The main benefits PubSub+ Platform provides for the end-user include building a robust and scalable system with very low network latency, which improves the customer experience, whether using mobile phones or applications. This type of messaging framework is extremely important, and Solace is a very good product in that space. Nowadays, most applications are built using microservices technology, with small microservices interchanging messages via PubSub+ Platform. Without it, realizing a scalable system would not be possible; for example, one cannot have Netflix or similar services that require quick data transit and a good user experience, ensuring that data cannot be lost in transit. The analytics part of PubSub+ Platform is quite useful as it can connect with many analytical software tools, mainly for analysis of system logs, such as Splunk, DataDog, or Prometheus. It has the flexibility to connect with any of these and supports OpenTelemetry, which is not available in many other products, making traceability very easy. I can see how a message travels from a source system to the target system, end-to-end, along with what happens to that message along the path, making the analytics quite good.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

10%

University

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

22%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Retailer

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	18

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	14

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Stream Analytics?

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What needs improvement with Azure Stream Analytics?

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PubSub+ Event Broker?

Pricing-wise for PubSub+ Platform, I find it a little expensive, so I would rate it at six.

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What needs improvement with PubSub+ Event Broker?

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Also Known As

ASA

PubSub+ Event Broker, PubSub+ Event Portal

Overview

Azure Stream Analytics offers real-time data processing with seamless IoT hub integration and user-friendly setup. It efficiently manages data streams and supports Azure services, SQL Server, and Cosmos DB.

Azure Stream Analytics specializes in real-time data analytics, easily integrating with Microsoft technologies. It enables swift deployment, monitoring, and high-performance data streaming. Though praised for its powerful SQL language and machine learning capabilities, users face challenges with historical analysis, pricing clarity, debugging, and data connection outside Azure. Limited real-time data joining, query customization, and complex data handling are noted alongside needs for improved technical support, job monitoring, and trial periods.

What are the key features of Azure Stream Analytics?

IoT Hub Integration: Seamless connection with IoT devices for efficient data stream management.
Real-Time Analytics: Capable of processing and analyzing vast data volumes instantly.
SQL-Based Language: Powerful language for simple and flexible query creation.
Azure Service Integration: Compatible with Azure Storage, SQL Server, Cosmos DB.
Interface: User-friendly setup and swift deployment for efficient monitoring.
Machine Learning: Enhanced capabilities support predictive and preventive data analysis.

What benefits or ROI should users consider?

High-Performance Streaming: Efficient throughput for real-time data applications.
Data Partitioning: Supports scalability and flexibility in processing large data sets.
Minimal Setup Requirements: Quick and easy deployment, reducing initial setup time.
Integration Ease: Compatibility with Microsoft technologies simplifies implementation.

Azure Stream Analytics is leveraged in industries for real-time IoT data processing, predictive analytics, and accident prevention in logistics. It supports telemetry data processing for applications like predictive maintenance and integrates with Power BI for enhanced data visualization, aligning with Azure's IoT infrastructure.

Microsoft

PubSub+ Platform is designed for real-time message publishing and outstanding interoperability. With features like intuitive administration and topic filtering, it offers both stability and high performance for scalable deployments across diverse scenarios.

PubSub+ Platform enhances data integration with its event mesh and seamless protocol compatibility, providing a comprehensive solution for organizations tracking shipments, generating reports, and managing transactions. Its granular topic filtering and WAN optimization ensure high utility in event-driven applications and cloud deployments. Users highlight the platform's intuitive administration and ease of management, though some seek improved integration with third-party tools and enhanced observability. Concerns include scalability for large payloads and training resource availability. Despite its interface complexity, PubSub+ remains valuable for trading and market data distribution.

What are the key features of PubSub+ Platform?

Real-time messaging: Facilitates seamless communication across platforms.
Flexible topic hierarchy: Supports dynamic topic taxonomy for efficient data management.
Event mesh: Enhances integration and interoperability with diverse protocols.
Intuitive administration: Simplifies system management and configuration.
WAN optimization: Ensures efficient connectivity for global deployment.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Messaging stability: Offers consistent performance in dynamic environments.
Scalability: Provides seamless expansion to accommodate growing data volumes.
Security: Maintains robust protection for sensitive information.
Support and configuration: Accessible, reliable support, and UI-driven setup streamline the management.

PubSub+ Platform is widely implemented for asynchronous messaging in industries like finance for trading and market data, logistics for shipment tracking, and tech operations management. It enables companies to modernize applications while ensuring data accuracy and efficiency across global systems.

Solace

Sample Customers

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