Chris Bartholomew | The Blog Pros

July 7, 2022

7 Reasons to Choose Apache Pulsar over Apache Kafka

So why did we build our messaging service using Apache Pulsar?

At DataStax, our mission is to empower developers to build cloud-native distributed applications by making cloud-agnostic, high-performance messaging technology easily available to everyone. Developers want to write distributed applications or microservices but don’t want the hassle of managing complex message infrastructure or getting locked into a particular cloud vendor. They need a solution that just works. Everywhere.

October 29, 2019

5 More Reasons to Choose Apache Pulsar Over Kafka

Awhile back I wrote a post about the 7 Reasons We Choose Apache Pulsar over Apache Kafka. Since then, I have been working on a detailed report comparing Kafka and Pulsar, talking to users of the open-source Pulsar project, and talking to users of our managed Pulsar service, Kafkaesque. What I’ve realized that I missed some reasons in that first post. So, I thought I’d do a follow-up post that adds to the list.

Before diving into the new reasons, let’s quickly recap the seven reasons mentioned in the previous post:

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