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Apache Spark Streaming vs SAS Event Stream Processing comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Apache Spark Streaming
Ranking in Streaming Analytics
9th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAS Event Stream Processing
Ranking in Streaming Analytics
28th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Streaming Analytics category, the mindshare of Apache Spark Streaming is 3.7%, down from 4.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAS Event Stream Processing is 0.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Streaming Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

Oscar Estorach - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 25, 2024
Versatile and flexible when dealing with large-scale data streams
What I like about Spark is its versatility in supporting multiple languages and that makes it my preferred choice for building scalable and efficient systems, whether it is hooking databases with web applications or handling large-scale data transformations. Apache Spark Streaming is versatile. You can use it for competitive intelligence, gathering data from competitors, or for internal tasks like monitoring workflows. It works well in the cloud, and you can structure data using Databricks or Spark, providing flexibility for different projects. Spark Streaming's flexibility shines when dealing with large-scale data streams. It caters to different needs, offering real-time insights for tasks like online sales analytics. The ability to prioritize data streams is valuable, especially for monitoring competitor prices online.
Roi Jason Buela - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 18, 2022
A solution with useful windowing features and great for operations and marketing
It is used for operations and marketing The most useful feature is the windowing feature because you can select how long to keep the record in the memory. For example, you can use windowing if you want to identify a transaction based on a two-second or five-second interval. The persistence could…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Apache Spark Streaming was straightforward in terms of maintenance. It was actively developed, and migrating from an older to a newer version was quite simple."
"Apache Spark's capabilities for machine learning are quite extensive and can be used in a low-code way."
"The solution is very stable and reliable."
"As an open-source solution, using it is basically free."
"The platform’s most valuable feature for processing real-time data is its ability to handle continuous data streams."
"The solution is better than average and some of the valuable features include efficiency and stability."
"Apache Spark Streaming is versatile. You can use it for competitive intelligence, gathering data from competitors, or for internal tasks like monitoring workflows."
"It's the fastest solution on the market with low latency data on data transformations."
"The solution is beneficial on an enterprise level."
 

Cons

"Integrating event-level streaming capabilities could be beneficial."
"The cost and load-related optimizations are areas where the tool lacks and needs improvement."
"In terms of improvement, the UI could be better."
"The solution itself could be easier to use."
"The debugging aspect could use some improvement."
"We would like to have the ability to do arbitrary stateful functions in Python."
"The service structure of Apache Spark Streaming can improve. There are a lot of issues with memory management and latency. There is no real-time analytics. We recommend it for the use cases where there is a five-second latency, but not for a millisecond, an IOT-based, or the detection anomaly-based. Flink as a service is much better."
"There could be an improvement in the area of the user configuration section, it should be less developer-focused and more business user-focused."
"The persistence could be better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I was using the open-source community version, which was self-hosted."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is expensive, or not cost-effective, and ten is cheap, I rate the price a seven."
"Spark is an affordable solution, especially considering its open-source nature."
"People pay for Apache Spark Streaming as a service."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
23%
Computer Software Company
20%
University
6%
Manufacturing Company
6%
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Apache Spark Streaming?
Apache Spark Streaming is versatile. You can use it for competitive intelligence, gathering data from competitors, or for internal tasks like monitoring workflows.
What needs improvement with Apache Spark Streaming?
The product's event handling capabilities, particularly compared to Kaspersky, need improvement. Integrating event-level streaming capabilities could be beneficial. This aligns with the idea of exp...
What is your primary use case for Apache Spark Streaming?
I've used it more for ETL. It's useful for creating data pipelines, streaming datasets, generating synthetic data, synchronizing data, creating data lakes, and loading and unloading data is fast an...
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Sample Customers

UC Berkeley AMPLab, Amazon, Alibaba Taobao, Kenshoo, eBay Inc.
Honda, HSBC, Lufthansa, Nestle, 89Degrees.
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