pulsar

The premium Open Source alternative to Amazon Kinesis

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What is pulsar?

A cloud-native, distributed messaging and streaming platform designed for multi-tenancy and geo-replication. It utilizes a tiered architecture that separates compute from storage via Apache BookKeeper for independent scaling.

Tech Stack
JavaBackend & Auth

Why pulsar?

  • Native multi-tenancy support
  • Decoupled storage and compute
  • Built-in geo-replication

Limitations

  • High operational complexity
  • Requires ZooKeeper and BookKeeper
  • Steep learning curve
3/5/2026
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-$1,440
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