What is AutoMQ
AutoMQ is a next-generation Kafka built for the cloud. The source code for the community version is available on GitHub(https://github.com/AutoMQ/automq). With an innovative architecture based on S3 WAL and S3 shared storage, AutoMQ offers better cost efficiency, scalability, and performance compared to Kafka.
What is Confluent
Confluent is an enterprise-grade stream data platform built on Apache Kafka, created by the original development team of Kafka. It aims to extend Kafka's capabilities, providing a more comprehensive data stream processing solution. Its core products, Confluent Platform and Confluent Cloud, enhance the Kafka ecosystem by integrating features like the stream processing database ksqlDB, enterprise-grade connectors, Schema Registry, and support for multi-language development. Additionally, it offers elastic scalability and hybrid cloud deployment, while strengthening security controls (such as SSL and RBAC) and ensuring exactly-once processing semantics.
Pricing Comparison
The following diagram illustrates how AutoMQ leverages technical innovations to reduce costs by over 90% compared to Confluent, without any performance degradation, under typical production workloads. These technical innovations primarily include:
Computation (94.7% Cost Reduction)
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Stateless Brokers decouple computing from storage
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Resource optimization is achieved through elastic scaling or the use of spot instances.
Network (99% Cost Savings)
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Shared Storage eliminates cross AZ Traffic Fees
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Minimize network overhead with optimized S3 writes.
Storage (78.3% Reduction in Cost)
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Save time and money with Amazon S3 Write-Ahead Logging (WAL) and shared storage.
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It eliminates the need for costly local disks.
Operations
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Automated scaling eliminates over-provisioning.
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Simplified maintenance reduces operating overhead.
