Comparison

Hazelcast vs Timeplus Proton

On the evidence we track, Hazelcast leads this comparison with a composite score of 61/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Hazelcast61
Timeplus Proton51
Score
vioscaleAI score
Hazelcast61 / 100medium · 56%
Timeplus Proton51 / 100low · 5%
Pricing
Free tier
Hazelcast–
Timeplus Proton✓
Model
Hazelcastcommercial
Timeplus Protonopen_source
Price level
Hazelcastunknown
Timeplus Protonfree
Transparent
Hazelcast✗
Timeplus Proton✓
Integrations
Count
Hazelcast6
Timeplus Proton10
Reliability
Status page
Hazelcast✓
Timeplus Proton–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Hazelcast10,433
Timeplus Proton–
Github stars
Hazelcast6,620
Timeplus Proton–
Package downloads weekly
Hazelcast3,112
Timeplus Proton–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Hazelcast80
Timeplus Proton–
Release
Cadence days
Hazelcast15
Timeplus Proton–
History
Hazelcast20 items
Timeplus Proton–
License
Spdx
HazelcastApache-2.0
Timeplus Proton–
Language
Primary
HazelcastJava
Timeplus Proton–
Market
Availability
Hazelcast–
Timeplus ProtonAvailable worldwide
Content
Faq
Hazelcast5 items
Timeplus Proton5 items

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Processing model
Hazelcast-
Timeplus Proton-
Delivery guarantee
HazelcastExactly once
Timeplus Proton-
Streaming sql
Hazelcast✓
Timeplus Proton✓
Event time watermarks
Hazelcast-
Timeplus Proton✓
Stateful processing
Hazelcast✓
Timeplus Proton✓
Cdc support
Hazelcast-
Timeplus Proton✓
Deployment model
HazelcastSelf hosted
Timeplus ProtonSelf hosted
Autoscaling
Hazelcast✓
Timeplus Proton-
Connector breadth
Hazelcast-
Timeplus Proton-
Latency class
HazelcastSub second
Timeplus ProtonSub second
Open source
Hazelcast✓
Timeplus Proton✓
SOC2
Hazelcast-
Timeplus Proton-
Pricing model
HazelcastOpen source self host
Timeplus ProtonOpen source self host

What each one is

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

Hazelcast

Leader

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.

Independently observed

Timeplus Proton

Timeplus Proton is an open-source streaming SQL engine that processes real-time data from various sources, enabling fast analytics, complex event processing, and feature engineering with millisecond latency in a lightweight, single-binary deployment.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Hazelcast

Leader
Quote-based
as of verify ↗

Timeplus Proton

30-day trial
  • Enterprise Self-HostedContact sales
  • Enterprise CloudContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Hazelcast✗
Timeplus Proton✓
Linux
Hazelcast✓
Timeplus Proton✗
CLI
Hazelcast✓
Timeplus Proton✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Hazelcast✓
Timeplus Proton✓
Self-hosted
Hazelcast✓
Timeplus Proton✓
Hybrid
Hazelcast✓
Timeplus Proton✓

Integrations

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

In common (3)
  • MongoDB
  • Kafka
  • S3

Hazelcast

Leader
10 total - 7 not shared
  • Spring Integration
  • Hadoop
  • RDBMS
  • JMS
  • Oracle Database
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • JDBC
Independently observed

Timeplus Proton

20 total - 17 not shared
  • ClickHouse
  • MySQL
  • Postgres
  • Iceberg
  • OpenSearch
  • Redpanda Connect
  • Splunk
  • Elastic
  • Slack
  • Python SDK
  • Java SDK
  • Go SDK
  • Apache Kafka
  • PostgreSQL
  • Amazon S3
  • Apache Iceberg
  • Redpanda
Independently observed
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Hazelcast or Timeplus Proton: which one depends on you

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