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Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics

byAmazon Web Services (AWS)
in Event Stream Processing
4.4

Overview

Product Information on Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics?

Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics is a software designed for processing and analyzing streaming data in real time. It enables users to build applications and perform continuous queries using SQL or Apache Flink on data from sources such as Amazon Kinesis Data Streams and Amazon MSK. The software supports capabilities for filtering, aggregating, and transforming data, helping organizations detect trends, generate alerts, and derive actionable insights from large volumes of data as it arrives. It addresses the business problem of managing and extracting timely intelligence from dynamic streams, facilitating decision-making and operational efficiency.

Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics Pricing

Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics is a software that uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model based on the volume of data processed and resources consumed, with charges depending on factors such as application runtime, input and output data, and processing capacity used during analyses.

Overall experience with Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
<50M USD, Software
FAVORABLE

“Fully Managed Infrastructure Contributes to Positive Experience With Amazon Kinesis”

5.0
Sep 23, 2025
My experience with Amazon Kinesis Data Analystics has been really good and positive, thanks to the community of amazon that help me with the setup
DATA OPERATOR
50M - 250M USD, Real Estate
CRITICAL

“Enhancing Data Operations with Amazon kinesis Data Analytics: A Data Operator Perspective”

3.0
Sep 7, 2023
Sharing my overall my experience with Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics is positive and quite good. The ease of use and integration with AWS services make it practical choice for an organization. It's essential to plan and understand the pricing structure to manage costs effectively.

About Company

Company Description

Updated 6th March 2025

Amazon Web Services (AWS), established in 2006, is focused on providing essential infrastructure services to businesses globally in the form of cloud computing. The key advantage offered through cloud computing, particularly via AWS, is its capacity to shift fixed infrastructure expenses into flexible costs. Businesses have been able to forgo extensive planning and procurement of servers and other Information Technology (IT) resources, owing to AWS. AWS seeks to provide businesses with prompt and cost-effective access to resources using Amazon's expertise and economies of scale, as and when their business requires. Currently, AWS offers a robust, scalable, economic infrastructure platform on the cloud powering an extensive array of businesses worldwide. It operates across numerous industries with data center locations in various parts of the globe including U.S., Europe, Singapore, and Japan.

Company Details

Updated 23rd December 2024
Company type
Public
Year Founded
2006
Head office location
Seattle, United States
Number of employees
10001+
Website
http://aws.amazon.com

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Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics Likes & Dislikes

Like

What I really appreciate is the scalability that a giant like Amazon can offer, the low latency, the infrastructure management by Amazon, which is therefore fully managed, and finally the integration with the AWS ecosystem.

Like

It is having seamless integration with other all services. I find the ease of use to be a significant advantage. The product's scalability and flexibility are highly commendable. It simplifies our workflow by seamlessly connect with services like Lambda and Amazon S3 etc..

Like

Real-time analytics for instant insights with Apache Flink or SQL. Additionally, it provides smooth connectivity with AWS services like redshifts, s3, and kinesis streams

Dislike

Some things I didn't fully appreciate are that, since it's AWS, integration with other systems won't be as clean as with integration with an AWS ecosystem product. The costs can be significant for large volumes of data, and sometimes in advanced cases, things can become really complicated. However, everything remains an excellent service.

Dislike

The pricing structure is huge compared to other platform. Providing more transparent cost monitoring tools would be beneficial. It requires careful monitoring of usage to avoid unexpected expenses.

Dislike

Learning curve is longer

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Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics Reviews and Ratings

4.4

(216 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
44%
4 Star
51%
3 Star
4%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.4

Integration & Deployment

4.4

Service & Support

4.5

Product Capabilities

4.5

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  • SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
    <50M USD
    Software
    Review Source

    Fully Managed Infrastructure Contributes to Positive Experience With Amazon Kinesis

    5.0
    Sep 23, 2025
    My experience with Amazon Kinesis Data Analystics has been really good and positive, thanks to the community of amazon that help me with the setup
  • MARKETING MANAGER
    1B-10B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Amazon Kinesis Delivers Real-Time Stream Processing With Smooth Deployment and Integration

    4.0
    Sep 22, 2025
    Amazon Kinesis is a strong and expandable option for real-time stream processing is Amazon Kinesis. Because it supports both sql and apache flink and interfaces with other AWS services a broad spectrum of consumers can utilize.
  • SENIOR
    10B+ USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    Strong Auditing and Integration Features Offset by Calls for Better Pricing

    5.0
    Aug 25, 2025
    Ease of Deployment & Good Auditing Tool in the market with overall great experience of seamless integration with AWS Services
  • SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
    50M-1B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Seamless AWS Integration Enables Easy Scaling but It may be costly

    4.0
    Jun 24, 2025
    It works pretty well, because we were already on AWS tech stack.
  • SEO MANAGER
    <50M USD
    Real Estate
    Review Source

    Auto-Scaling Ensures Reliable Performance During High Data Loads

    5.0
    Jun 7, 2025
    My overall experience with Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics has been very good 1) Easy to Get Started: It integrates well with other AWS tools which makes it simple to setup real time data processing. 2) Real-Time Insight : I was able to analyze streaming data on the fly, which helped improved decision-making and reduced our system lag. 3)reliable : It handle high volume of data and has never faced any major downtime issues.
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