# Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink vs Hazelcast

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Hazelcast

| Attribute | Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink | Hazelcast |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 45.1 (55% (medium)) | 60.7 (56% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 80 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 10,433 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 6,620 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 3,112 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Streaming Analytics.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/managed-service-apache-flink/pricing/?nc=sn&loc=3","question":"What is Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.10. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/managed-service-apache-flink/pricing/?nc=sn&loc=3","question":"Is Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/managed-service-apache-flink/pricing/?nc=sn&loc=3","question":"Can Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 8 integrations for Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink, including Apache Kafka, Amazon Kinesis Data Streams, Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose, Amazon S3, Amazon DynamoDB, JDBC, Apache Beam and AWS SDKs. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/managed-service-apache-flink/pricing/?nc=sn&loc=3","question":"What does Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed HIPAA and GDPR for Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/security/?nc1=f_cc","question":"What security certifications does Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/managed-service-apache-flink/pricing/?nc=sn&loc=3","question":"Where is Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"Hazelcast is a distributed data platform that provides real-time processing and continuous intelligence capabilities. It supports clustering and integrates with various frameworks and clients. It is indexed under Key-Value Stores.","source":"https://hazelcast.com","question":"What is Hazelcast?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Hazelcast supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://hazelcast.com","question":"What platforms does Hazelcast support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Hazelcast can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://hazelcast.com","question":"Can Hazelcast be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for Hazelcast. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Hazelcast not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://hazelcast.com/blog/health-information-privacy/","question":"What security certifications does Hazelcast have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. Hazelcast is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/hazelcast-client","question":"Is Hazelcast open source?","confidence":0.85}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A distributed, in-memory computing platform that combines caching, stream processing, and data integration to enable real-time applications with low-latency data access and instant decision-making. |
| features.capabilities | `{"autoscaling":true,"open_source":false,"latency_class":"sub-second","pricing_model":"usage-based-saas","streaming_sql":true,"deployment_model":"managed-saas","delivery_guarantee":"exactly-once","stateful_processing":true}` | `{"clustering":"replicated","deployment":"self_hosted","autoscaling":true,"consistency":"strong","open_source":true,"persistence":"durable","eviction_ttl":true,"storage_tier":"in_memory","latency_class":"sub-second","pricing_model":"open-source-self-host","streaming_sql":true,"wire_protocol":"custom","pubsub_streams":true,"data_structures":"kv_only","deployment_model":"self-hosted","delivery_guarantee":"exactly-once","stateful_processing":true}` |
| integrations.count | 5 | 6 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Apache Kafka"},{"name":"Amazon Kinesis Data Streams"},{"name":"Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose"},{"name":"Amazon S3"},{"name":"Amazon DynamoDB"},{"name":"JDBC"},{"name":"Apache Beam"},{"name":"AWS SDKs"},{"name":"Amazon MSK","native":true,"category":"streaming"},{"name":"Amazon OpenSearch Service","native":true,"category":"analytics"}]` | `[{"name":"Spring Integration"},{"name":"MongoDB"},{"name":"Kafka","native":true},{"name":"Hadoop","native":true},{"name":"S3","native":true},{"name":"RDBMS","native":true},{"name":"JMS","native":true},{"name":"Oracle Database","native":true,"category":"database","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Microsoft SQL Server","native":true,"category":"database","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"JDBC","native":true,"category":"database","direction":"bidirectional"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Java |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"linux":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Streaming Applications","summary":"$0.11/KPU-hour + $0.10/GB-month storage (US-East-1)","features":["Auto-scaling","Stateful processing","Multi-AZ deployment","Application lifecycle APIs"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"KPU-hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.11,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"gb"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.1,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Pay for compute (KPUs) and storage used by running applications","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Studio Interactive Mode","summary":"Additional KPUs for interactive development plus standard processing costs","features":["2 additional KPUs per application","Interactive notebook environment","Real-time query and analysis"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"KPU-hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.11,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"gb"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.1,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Interactive notebook environment with additional KPUs for development and orchestration","contactSales":false}],"addOns":[{"name":"Durable Backups","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"gb"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.1,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $0.11/KPU-hour + $0.10/GB-month storage. Usage-based pricing, billed in one-second increments.","currency":"USD","sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/managed-service-apache-flink/pricing/?nc=sn&loc=3","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T21:36:26.545Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"gb","amount":0.1,"currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"quote","sourceUrl":"https://hazelcast.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T21:11:26.502Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | unknown |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":0.1,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | no | no |
| release.cadence_days | - | 15 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast/releases/tag/v5.7.0","date":"2026-05-13T10:46:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast/releases/tag/v5.6.0","date":"2025-10-15T14:47:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast/releases/tag/v5.5.0","date":"2024-07-26T17:03:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast/releases/tag/v5.3.8","date":"2024-07-17T14:13:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.3.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast/releases/tag/v5.4.0","date":"2024-04-15T17:55:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast/releases/tag/v5.3.7","date":"2024-04-03T10:23:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.3.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast/releases/tag/v5.2.5","date":"2024-02-26T14:47:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.2.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast/releases/tag/v5.3.6","date":"2023-11-09T14:00:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.3.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast/releases/tag/v5.3.5","date":"2023-10-24T14:59:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.3.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast/releases/tag/v5.3.2","date":"2023-08-21T15:41:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.3.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast/releases/tag/v5.0.5","date":"2023-06-28T13:47:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.0.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast/releases/tag/v5.1.7","date":"2023-06-19T14:02:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.1.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast/releases/tag/v5.2.4","date":"2023-06-13T12:40:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.2.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast/releases/tag/v5.3.1","date":"2023-06-09T09:24:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast/releases/tag/v4.2.8","date":"2023-05-29T09:56:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast/releases/tag/v5.3.0","date":"2023-05-19T06:32:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast/releases/tag/v5.1.6","date":"2023-05-10T10:55:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.1.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast/releases/tag/v5.3.0-BETA-2","date":"2023-04-12T10:58:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.3.0-BETA-2"},{"url":"https://github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast/releases/tag/v5.2.3","date":"2023-03-23T13:28:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.2.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast/releases/tag/v5.3.0-BETA-1","date":"2023-03-17T06:49:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.3.0-BETA-1"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 4.2 |
| security.trust_center | https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/?nc2=h_dsc_aa_cmp | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":10,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=com.hazelcast%3Ahazelcast&per_page=100","last_12m":2,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` |

## Capabilities (Streaming Analytics)

| Capability | Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink | Hazelcast |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Processing model | - | - |
| Delivery guarantee | Exactly once | Exactly once |
| Streaming sql | ✓ | ✓ |
| Event time watermarks | - | - |
| Stateful processing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cdc support | - | - |
| Deployment model | Managed saas | Self hosted |
| Autoscaling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Connector breadth | - | - |
| Latency class | Sub second | Sub second |
| Open source | ✗ | ✓ |
| SOC2 | - | - |
| Pricing model | Usage based saas | Open source self host |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:19:06.331Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*