We performed a comparison between Confluent and Qlik Replicate based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Streaming Analytics solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."A person with a good IT background and HTML will not have any trouble with Confluent."
"With Confluent Cloud we no longer need to handle the infrastructure and the plumbing, which is a concern for Confluent. The other advantage is that all portfolios have access to the data that is being shared."
"One of the best features of Confluent is that it's very easy to search and have a live status with Jira."
"Kafka Connect framework is valuable for connecting to the various source systems where code doesn't need to be written."
"The documentation process is fast with the tool."
"Confluence's greatest asset is its user-friendly interface, coupled with its remarkable ability to seamlessly integrate with a vast range of other solutions."
"Their tech support is amazing; they are very good, both on and off-site."
"The benefit is escaping email communication. Sometimes people ignore emails or put them into spam, but with Confluence, everyone sees the same text at the same time."
"It's very user-friendly when it comes to settings and configuration. It also offers very detailed logging about warnings and errors."
"We use Qlik Replicate to change data capture of databases in production environments."
"The CDC and the flexibility to use QVD as a source are the most valuable features of Qlik Replicate."
"Qlik Replicate stands out with its cutting-edge technology and its ability to handle diverse data management tasks. This powerful tool allows us to efficiently and swiftly load data into various data stores or destinations, while also enabling easy distribution across different endpoints. A notable feature is its capability to reload data from multiple sources by creating multiple tasks within a brief timeframe of fifteen to twenty minutes. This eliminates the need for manual intervention and ensures quick data loading from different tables."
"Low-priced reporting and analytics solution, with good scalability and stability. It has on-premises and cloud versions that are cohesive and can integrate well."
"From a technical perspective, this is an excellent product."
"Great with replicating and updating records."
"Support has been great."
"It could have more integration with different platforms."
"Confluent has a good monitoring tool, but it's not customizable."
"It could be more user-friendly and centralized. A way to reduce redundancy would be helpful."
"Currently, in the early stages, I see a gap on the security side. If you are using the SaaS version, we would like to get a fuller, more secure solution that can be adopted right out of the box. Confluence could do a better job sharing best practices or a reusable pattern that others have used, especially for companies that can not afford to hire professional services from Confluent."
"there is room for improvement in the visualization."
"The formatting aspect within the page can be improved and more powerful."
"It would help if the knowledge based documents in the support portal could be available for public use as well."
"Confluence could improve the server version of the solution. However, most companies are going to the cloud."
"In the next release, I would like to see closer integration with data catalyst."
"We'd like better connectivity."
"Some features can also be overly dependent on each other. So, there is room for improvement."
"The UI and data version control can be improved."
"Support for this product is not great. It needs to be improved."
"Support-wise, this solution is in need of improvement."
"This product could be improved by providing more insight regarding errors. One of our customers that uses Qlik Replicate has had an issue. We tried to debug it, but we could not trace the error message. The infrastructure site should give us more insight about errors. Qlik Replicate is not a business solution, it's an IT solution. The reporting tools and bug site should be improved."
"We would like to see more details in messages about errors with the system."
Confluent is ranked 4th in Streaming Analytics with 20 reviews while Qlik Replicate is ranked 16th in Data Integration with 13 reviews. Confluent is rated 8.4, while Qlik Replicate is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Confluent writes "Has good technical support services and a valuable feature for real-time data streaming ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Qlik Replicate writes " Performs well with batch-wise data applications but some features can also be overly dependent on each other". Confluent is most compared with Amazon MSK, Amazon Kinesis, Databricks, AWS Glue and IBM Streams, whereas Qlik Replicate is most compared with Oracle GoldenGate, AWS Database Migration Service, Qlik Compose, Azure Data Factory and AWS Glue. See our Confluent vs. Qlik Replicate report.
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