Comparison

Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink vs Apache Storm

On the evidence we track, Apache Storm leads this comparison with a composite score of 52/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink45
★Apache Storm52
Score
vioscaleAI score
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink45 / 100medium · 55%
Apache Storm52 / 100low · 39%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink✓
Apache Storm✓
Model
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flinkfreemium
Apache Stormopen_source
Price level
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flinklow
Apache Stormfree
Starting price
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink$0.10
Apache Storm–
Transparent
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink✗
Apache Storm✓
Integrations
Count
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink5
Apache Storm2
Security
Disclosure policy
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink✓
Apache Storm–
Fedramp
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink✓
Apache Storm–
Gdpr
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink✓
Apache Storm–
Hipaa
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink✓
Apache Storm–
Pci
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink✓
Apache Storm–
Scorecard
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink–
Apache Storm6
Adoption
Dependent repos
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink–
Apache Storm1,756
Github stars
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink–
Apache Storm6,695
Activity
Commits last 30d
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink–
Apache Storm55
Release
Cadence days
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink–
Apache Storm29
History
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink–
Apache Storm14 items
License
Spdx
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink–
Apache StormApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink–
Apache StormJava
Market
Availability
Amazon Managed Service for Apache FlinkAvailable worldwide · Popular in US
Content
Faq
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink6 items
Apache Storm6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for streaming analytics. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Processing model
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink-
Apache Storm-
Delivery guarantee
Amazon Managed Service for Apache FlinkExactly once
Apache Storm-
Streaming sql
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink✓
Apache Storm-
Event time watermarks
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink-
Apache Storm-
Stateful processing
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink✓
Apache Storm-
Cdc support
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink-
Apache Storm-
Deployment model
Amazon Managed Service for Apache FlinkManaged saas
Apache StormSelf hosted
Autoscaling
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink✓
Apache Storm-
Connector breadth
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink-
Apache Storm-
Latency class
Amazon Managed Service for Apache FlinkSub second
Apache Storm-
Open source
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink✗
Apache Storm✓
SOC2
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink-
Apache Storm-
Pricing model
Amazon Managed Service for Apache FlinkUsage based saas
Apache StormOpen source self host

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink

A cloud service that provisions, configures, and operates Apache Flink clusters for real-time stream processing with built-in monitoring, auto-scaling, and high availability across multiple availability zones.

Independently observed

Apache Storm

Leader

A free and open-source framework that reliably processes continuous streams of data across distributed systems with guaranteed delivery and fault tolerance.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink

from $0.10/gbUsage-based

From $0.11/KPU-hour + $0.10/GB-month storage. Usage-based pricing, billed in one-second increments.

  • Streaming Applications$0.11/KPU-hour + $0.10/GB-month storage (US-East-1)
    • Auto-scaling
    • Stateful processing
    • Multi-AZ deployment
    • Application lifecycle APIs
  • Studio Interactive ModeAdditional KPUs for interactive development plus standard processing costs
    • 2 additional KPUs per application
    • Interactive notebook environment
    • Real-time query and analysis
as of verify ↗

Apache Storm

Leader
Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink✓
Apache Storm✗
CLI
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink✓
Apache Storm✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink✓
Apache Storm✗
Self-hosted
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink✗
Apache Storm✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink

10 total
  • Apache Kafka
  • Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
  • Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose
  • Amazon S3
  • Amazon DynamoDB
  • JDBC
  • Apache Beam
  • AWS SDKs
  • Amazon MSK
  • Amazon OpenSearch Service
Independently observed

Apache Storm

Leader
2 total
  • Hadoop
  • Kafka
Independently observed
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Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink or Apache Storm: which one depends on you

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