Apache Beam vs. Apache Kafka vs. Google Cloud Dataflow vs. Python Comparison Chart

The easiest way to do batch and streaming data processing. Write once, run anywhere data processing for mission-critical production workloads. Beam reads your data from a diverse set of supported sources, no matter if it’s on-prem or in the cloud. Beam executes your business logic for both batch and streaming use cases. Beam writes the results of your data processing logic to the most popular data sinks in the industry. A simplified, single programming model for both batch and streaming use cases for every member of your data and application teams. Apache Beam is extensible, with projects such as TensorFlow Extended and Apache Hop built on top of Apache Beam. Execute pipelines on multiple execution environments (runners), providing flexibility and avoiding lock-in. Open, community-based development and support to help evolve your application and meet the needs of your specific use cases.

Unified stream and batch data processing that's serverless, fast, and cost-effective. Fully managed data processing service. Automated provisioning and management of processing resources. Horizontal autoscaling of worker resources to maximize resource utilization. OSS community-driven innovation with Apache Beam SDK. Reliable and consistent exactly-once processing. Streaming data analytics with speed. Dataflow enables fast, simplified streaming data pipeline development with lower data latency. Allow teams to focus on programming instead of managing server clusters as Dataflow’s serverless approach removes operational overhead from data engineering workloads. Allow teams to focus on programming instead of managing server clusters as Dataflow’s serverless approach removes operational overhead from data engineering workloads. Dataflow automates provisioning and management of processing resources to minimize latency and maximize utilization.