StreamNative is a streaming platform built on Apache Pulsar by Pulsar's creators, offering managed messaging and event streaming. It targets teams adopting Pulsar who want a managed, serverless option, and provides Kafka compatibility through the Kafka-on-Pulsar (KoP) protocol. Apache Pulsar is open-source under Apache 2.0 and free to self-host, while StreamNative Cloud is a managed service with a free tier and usage-based pricing beyond it. This lets teams self-host Pulsar or consume the managed service. StreamNative carries SOC2 compliance.
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Overview
- Founded
- 2019
- Pricing tier
- Mid
- Startup-friendly
- Yes
- Enterprise-ready
- Yes
Streaming / messaging
- Free tier
- Yes: Free tier on StreamNative Cloud; Pulsar is free to self-host.
- Open-source
- Yes
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Managed service
- Yes
- Kafka-compatible
- Yes
- Serverless
- Yes