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Apache Flink

byApache Software Foundation
in Event Stream Processing
4.2

Overview

Overall experience with Apache Flink

DATABASE ARCHITECT
50M - 250M USD, Telecommunication
FAVORABLE

“Apache Flink review”

4.0
Oct 30, 2023
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Consultant
Gov't/PS/ED 5,000 - 50,000 Employees, IT Services
CRITICAL

“Faster Real Time Processing”

3.0
May 28, 2019
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Apache Flink Reviews and Ratings

4.2

(11 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
27%
4 Star
64%
3 Star
9%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
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    Telecommunication
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    Apache Flink review

    4.0
    Oct 30, 2023
    Flink is easy to setup and use. Its data processing features are good, like real-time without storing data.
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    50M-1B USD
    Telecommunication
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    Apache Flink review

    4.0
    Oct 30, 2023
    Flink is easy to setup and use. Its data processing features are good, like real-time without storing data.
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Reviewer Insights for: Apache Flink
Performance of Apache Flink Across Market Features

Apache Flink Likes & Dislikes

Like

APIs provided by Flink. Easy to do simple transformations on top of kafka table via flink sql query. Its compatibility for kubernetes and bare-metal. Most importantly open-source.

Like

APIs provided by Flink. Easy to do simple transformations on top of kafka table via flink sql query. Its compatibility for kubernetes and bare-metal. Most importantly open-source.

Like

APIs provided by Flink. Easy to do simple transformations on top of kafka table via flink sql query. Its compatibility for kubernetes and bare-metal. Most importantly open-source.

Dislike

To update running topology existing needs to be destroyed and then new topology needs to created.

Dislike

To update running topology existing needs to be destroyed and then new topology needs to created.

Dislike

To update running topology existing needs to be destroyed and then new topology needs to created.