Comparing ksqlDB with Timeplus Proton

[Jove Zhong]

https://www.timeplus.com/post/proton-ksqldb-alternative

A deep dive from CTO of Timeplus.

ksqlDB is great for

• SQL Interface
• Real-Time Streaming Processing
• Integration with Kafka
• Stateful Processing
• Scalability
• Security

However, there are also limitations with ksqlDB:

• Deep Coupling with Kafka
• Heavy Resource Consumption
• Not Designed for Analytics
• Not True Open-Source

There are lots of similarities between Proton and ksqlDB. Both support: 

• Stateful streaming processing 
• Data persistence 
• Stream/table concept 
• Dual query mode, long running, unbounded push based query and bounded, pull base query 
• Query Kafka data and write analytic results back to Kafka 

Generally speaking, most features of ksqlDB can also be found in Proton.

Proton offers additional benefits:

• Proton demonstrates stronger performance
• Proton is more flexible when consuming Kafka data
• Proton is purpose designed for analytic workloads
• Support complex computing by JavaScript UDF (User Defined Function)
• Proton is more developer friendly

To explore Proton yourself, visit the Proton GitHub repo(https://github.com/timeplus-io/proton) or create your own workspace on https://timeplus.com with a free trial.

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