Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
Current- Annual cost
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ALTERNATIVE APPLICATIONS
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams Alternatives
Should you replace Amazon Kinesis Data Streams?
Hivemq is the strongest catalog alternative to evaluate for Amazon Kinesis Data Streams.
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams alternatives
See how Amazon Kinesis Data Streams compares to 3 alternative apps you can switch to.
Hivemq and Ibm Mq selected for comparison.
Annual costTotal subscription cost for each app, shown for the selected billing period.
Amazon Ki...
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On-Demand
Public catalog pricing. Organization spend is not included.
Hivemq
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HiveMQ Cloud Starter
Public catalog pricing estimate.
Ibm Mq
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IBM MQ SaaS
Public catalog pricing estimate.
3-Year Net SavingEstimated savings over three years after migration and setup costs.
Amazon Ki...
$0
No migration in the current app baseline.
Hivemq
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After $35,000 estimated migration cost.
Ibm Mq
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After $35,000 estimated migration cost.
Team Fit ScoreHow closely the app matches the teams, workflows, and usage patterns currently in place.
Amazon Ki...
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Hivemq
35/100
HiveMQ is engineered for automotive, manufacturing, and energy teams managing millions of MQTT-enabled devices with edge-to-cloud requirements. It offers protocol-specific optimizations Kinesis lacks, but forces data engineering teams to abandon AWS-native serverless patterns and managed stream processing.
Ibm Mq
25/100
IBM MQ excels in enterprise environments requiring transactional integrity and guaranteed delivery across hybrid infrastructures. It fits organizations with mature IT operations managing critical business processes, but frustrates cloud-native data engineering teams seeking elastic, serverless streaming architectures without infrastructure overhead.
Adoption RiskExpected friction, training effort, and behavior change needed to move teams onto the alternative.
Amazon Ki...
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Public adoption signal for the current app.
Hivemq
high
Hivemq is a medium-complexity migration. Estimated 12 weeks and $35,000 one-time cost.
Ibm Mq
high
Ibm Mq is a medium-complexity migration. Estimated 12 weeks and $35,000 one-time cost.
User satisfactionAvailable rating and review signal for team sentiment around the app.
Amazon Ki...
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Hivemq
4.5/5.0
64 reviews
Ibm Mq
4.3/5.0
290 reviews
Timeline & DisruptionExpected migration duration and disruption to normal workflows.
Amazon Ki...
No migration needed
Hivemq
12 weeks
Medium
Hivemq is a medium-complexity migration. Estimated 12 weeks and $35,000 one-time cost.
Ibm Mq
12 weeks
Medium
Ibm Mq is a medium-complexity migration. Estimated 12 weeks and $35,000 one-time cost.
Setup & trainingOne-time implementation, enablement, and training investment required.
Amazon Ki...
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Hivemq
$35,000
Estimated one-time migration and setup effort.
Ibm Mq
$35,000
Estimated one-time migration and setup effort.
Integration CoverageHow much of the current integration and workflow surface is covered by the app.
Amazon Ki...
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Hivemq
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Supports 45 native integrations.
Ibm Mq
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Supports 140 native integrations.
Feature Match (%)How closely the app matches current feature needs, including notable gaps or risks.
Amazon Ki...
100%
Hivemq
40%
- No native AWS Lambda event source mapping
- No serverless on-demand capacity scaling
- Requires MQTT protocol expertise vs generic KCL/KPL
- Limited native AWS analytics integrations
- No AWS Glue Schema Registry support
Ibm Mq
40%
- No serverless on-demand capacity mode for elastic scaling
- Requires manual infrastructure provisioning and maintenance
- Lacks native AWS Lambda event source integration
- No direct Apache Flink stream processing support
- Higher latency for GB-scale real-time analytics workloads
CertificationsSecurity, privacy, and compliance certifications available for each app.
Amazon Ki...
SOC 2ISO 27001HIPAAGDPRFedRAMPPCI DSS
Hivemq
SOC 2ISO 27001GDPR
Ibm Mq
SOC 2ISO 27001GDPR
Choose This IfThe conditions where keeping or switching to this app is likely to make sense.
Amazon Ki...
You already standardize on this app.
Hivemq
Your workload consists of IoT device telemetry using MQTT protocol rather than general data records.
Ibm Mq
You require guaranteed exactly-once transactional messaging with XA support across legacy and modern systems
Avoid This IfThe conditions where this app is likely to create cost, workflow, or adoption risk.
Amazon Ki...
Public pricing or fit signals no longer match your needs.
Hivemq
You rely on AWS-native serverless stream processing, Lambda consumers, or shard-based autoscaling.
Ibm Mq
You need elastic, serverless scaling to handle variable gigabytes-per-second streaming without infrastructure management
