Data streaming emerged as a new software category. It complements traditional middleware, data warehouse, and data lakes. Apache Kafka became the de facto standard. New players enter the market because of Kafka’s success. One of those is Redpanda, a lightweight Kafka-compatible C++ implementation. This article explores the differences between Apache Kafka and Redpanda, when to choose which framework, and how the Kafka ecosystem, licensing, and community adoption impact a proper evaluation.
Data Streaming: A New Software Category
Data-driven applications are the new black. As part of this, data streaming is a new software category. If you don’t understand yet how it differs from other data management platforms like a data warehouse or data lake, check out the following article series: