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Comparison

Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink vs Google Cloud Dataflow

On the evidence we track, Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink leads this comparison with a composite score of 65/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink full profile →Google Cloud Dataflow full profile →
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★Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink65
Google Cloud Dataflow17
Score
Vioscale score
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink65 / 100low · 42%updating
Google Cloud Dataflow17 / 100low · 3%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink✓
Google Cloud Dataflow–
Model
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flinkcommercial
Google Cloud Dataflowcommercial
Price level
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flinklow
Google Cloud Dataflow–
Starting price
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink$0.10
Google Cloud Dataflow–
Transparent
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink✓
Google Cloud Dataflow–
Integrations
Count
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink8
Google Cloud Dataflow3
Security
Disclosure policy
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink✓
Google Cloud Dataflow–
Fedramp
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink✓
Google Cloud Dataflow–
Gdpr
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink✓
Google Cloud Dataflow–
Hipaa
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink✓
Google Cloud Dataflow–
Pci
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink✓
Google Cloud Dataflow–
Market
Availability
Amazon Managed Service for Apache FlinkAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US
Google Cloud Dataflow–

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-
Google Cloud Dataflow-
Delivery guarantee
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink-
Google Cloud Dataflow-
Streaming sql
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink-
Google Cloud Dataflow-
Event time watermarks
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink-
Google Cloud Dataflow-
Stateful processing
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink-
Google Cloud Dataflow-
Cdc support
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink-
Google Cloud Dataflow-
Deployment model
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink-
Google Cloud Dataflow-
Autoscaling
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink-
Google Cloud Dataflow-
Connector breadth
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink-
Google Cloud Dataflow-
Latency class
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink-
Google Cloud Dataflow-
Open source
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink-
Google Cloud Dataflow-
SOC2
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink-
Google Cloud Dataflow-
Pricing model
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink-
Google Cloud Dataflow-

What each one is

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

Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink

Leader

A cloud-based service for building and running real-time stream processing applications using Apache Flink. Automatically scales computing resources based on workload, integrates with AWS data services, and eliminates infrastructure management overhead.

Independently observed

Google Cloud Dataflow

A unified data processing platform that supports real-time ETL, stream analytics, machine learning inference, and complex transformations using Apache Beam, running on Google Cloud infrastructure with automatic scaling.

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

Leader
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 ↗

Google Cloud Dataflow

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

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

Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink✓
Google Cloud Dataflow✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Apache Beam

Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink

Leader
8 total - 7 not shared
  • Apache Kafka
  • Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
  • Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose
  • Amazon S3
  • Amazon DynamoDB
  • JDBC
  • AWS SDKs
Independently observed

Google Cloud Dataflow

3 total - 2 not shared
  • Splunk
  • Google Cloud Notebooks
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.