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Amazon Kinesis

Composite Score

8.4 /10

CX Score

8.7 /10

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What is Amazon Kinesis?

Amazon Kinesis makes it easy to collect, process, and analyze real-time, streaming data so you can get timely insights and react quickly to new information. Amazon Kinesis offers key capabilities to cost-effectively process streaming data at any scale, along with the flexibility to choose the tools that best suit the requirements of your application. Amazon Kinesis enables you to process and analyze data as it arrives and respond instantly instead of having to wait until all your data is collected before the processing can begin.

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Awards & Recognition

Amazon Kinesis won the following awards in the Cloud Management category

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4 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

3 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2024

2 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2023

Amazon Kinesis Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

84 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Amazon Kinesis?

2% Negative

3% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Enables Productivity
Saves Time
Security Protects
Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Self Service Cloud Services

Cloud SLA Management Governance

Application Release Automation

Cloud Integration

Cloud Migration

Performance Monitoring Management

Configuration Validation

Capacity Management

Cloud Analytics and Reporting

Orchestration and Workflow Management

Automatic Resource Scaling Elasticity

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 85

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Amazon Kinesis Reviews

Srikar M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2023

Great Product

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Amazon Kinesis from other similar products?

Enhanced Security and Compliance: More advanced security features, encryption options, and compliance certifications for handling sensitive data.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Advanced Data Transformation: Additional features for data transformation and enrichment in the stream, making it easier to process and analyze data as it flows.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Lack of Built-in Analytics: While Amazon Kinesis offers streaming capabilities, users looking for advanced built-in analytics and machine learning features may need to integrate with other AWS services or third-party tools.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Easier Scaling: Simplified auto-scaling capabilities to handle varying workloads and spikes in data ingestion more efficiently.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

CYRIL O.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2025

A Scalable solution for real time data streaming.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Amazon Kinesis from other similar products?

kinesis is different from other products because of its fully managed services, scalability and tight AWS integration. Unlike some other products that requires manual configurations, Kinesis scale to manage varying data loads Kinesis works effortlessly with AWS services like S3 bucket, Cloudwatch, Lambda and Redshift making it ideal for users who already invested in AWS.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The fact that it can handle real-time data ingestion and analytics also process massive stream of data be it IoT telemetry, Log or Video and the same time integrating seamlessly with other AWS products makes it a game changer for me. I also love how kinesis data analytics tools helps users to run SQL queries on streaming data making insights available instantly without needing to much infractures.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Cost Scaling, Cost can escalate quickly with high workload. More transparent cost optimization tools would be useful For beginners Complex setup and Management can be overwhelming Most especially configuring streams and managing data retention policies.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are considering using AWS Kinesis, Define your use case clearly. Optimize cost early. Integrate with other AWS products or tools. Take advantage of the built-in data analytics tools.

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Unique Features

Awolu S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2025

Real-Time Data Streaming

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Amazon Kinesis from other similar products?

Its real-time data streaming is highly powerful for analysis, with excellent accessibility and support.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Amazon Kinesis easily scales to accommodate changing data loads, adapting to the growing demands of your business. It supports real-time streaming data processing, delivering timely insights and analytics for better decision-making. With smooth integration across other AWS services, it creates a unified cloud environment for diverse applications.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Data visibility and scalability could be further enhanced. With increased data throughput, it would be even more valuable if supported by improved data visualization capabilities.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I recommend evaluating your real-time data processing needs to ensure Amazon Kinesis aligns with your requirements.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Trustworthy

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

Amazon Kinesis Ratings

84 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Amazon Kinesis?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Self Service Cloud Services Self-service provisioning (infrastructure, middleware, application) automation, including a service catalog and policy-based life-cycle management capabilities

Cloud SLA Management Governance Collects, aggregates and manages data to ensure adherence to committed service levels.

Application Release Automation Continuously manage the release and maintenance of applications.

Cloud Integration Includes real-time data integration, APIs, and data quality.

Cloud Migration Migration of applications and workloads to cloud.

Performance Monitoring Management Provide visibility into & control over the performance of servers/VMs, network, storage

Configuration Validation Reviews resources within a cloud footprint to confirm required configurations and standards.

Capacity Management Monitor system utilization and provide alerts when pre-defined thresholds are reached.

Cloud Analytics and Reporting The ability to track, report and vizualize cloud resource consumption to support life-cycle management, capacity planning, and (optionally) chargeback/showback

Orchestration and Workflow Management Orchestrating IT Processes such as Provisioning and RunBook Automation across on-prem and cloud workloads

Automatic Resource Scaling Elasticity Ability to scale horizontally to more instances when extra throughput or storage is required.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Amazon Kinesis Reviews

Srikar M.

Great Product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

CYRIL O.

A Scalable solution for real time data streaming.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Awolu S.

Real-Time Data Streaming

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Self Service Cloud Services

Cloud SLA Management Governance

Application Release Automation

Cloud Integration

Cloud Migration

Performance Monitoring Management

Configuration Validation

Capacity Management

Cloud Analytics and Reporting

Orchestration and Workflow Management

Automatic Resource Scaling Elasticity

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization