# Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink vs Apache Storm

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink

| Attribute | Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink | Apache Storm |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 65 (42% (low)) | 55.2 (28% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 78 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 1,756 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 6,698 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | An open-source system designed to handle continuous streams of information quickly and reliably, without stopping, with built-in protections against data loss. |
| integrations.count | 8 | 2 |
| 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":"Hadoop"},{"name":"Kafka"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Java |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | - | `{"cli":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":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://storm.apache.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T22:48:57.139Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":0.1,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 26 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/apache/storm/releases/tag/v3.0.0","date":"2026-07-22T22:27:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/storm/releases/tag/v2.8.9","date":"2026-07-22T22:24:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/storm/releases/tag/v2.8.8","date":"2026-05-18T22:03:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/storm/releases/tag/v2.8.7","date":"2026-04-19T17:26:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/storm/releases/tag/v2.8.6","date":"2026-04-07T18:11:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/storm/releases/tag/v2.8.5","date":"2026-03-25T00:05:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/storm/releases/tag/v2.8.4","date":"2026-03-02T15:29:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/storm/releases/tag/v2.8.3","date":"2025-11-02T17:42:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/storm/releases/tag/v2.8.2","date":"2025-08-03T20:48:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/storm/releases/tag/v2.8.1","date":"2025-06-03T00:05:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/storm/releases/tag/v2.8.0","date":"2025-01-24T12:36:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/storm/releases/tag/v2.7.1","date":"2025-01-09T14:24:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/storm/releases/tag/v2.7.0","date":"2025-01-09T14:24:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.0"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 6.8 |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":6,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.apache.storm%3Astorm-core&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` |

## Capabilities (Streaming Analytics)

| Capability | Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink | Apache Storm |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Processing model | - | - |
| Delivery guarantee | - | - |
| Streaming sql | - | - |
| Event time watermarks | - | - |
| Stateful processing | - | - |
| Cdc support | - | - |
| Deployment model | - | - |
| Autoscaling | - | - |
| Connector breadth | - | - |
| Latency class | - | - |
| Open source | - | - |
| SOC2 | - | - |
| Pricing model | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:18:49.212Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*