Data Analysis and Visualization Services
Streaming ingest plus third-party data. (Analysis and visualization live in the subfolders.)
| Service | Job | Choose when | Key distinction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Kinesis | Real-time streaming family | AWS-native streaming | Data Streams, Firehose, Managed Flink |
| Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) | Managed Kafka | Existing Kafka / open-source compat | Portable, Kafka ecosystem |
| AWS Data Exchange | Third-party data sets | Subscribe to external data | Data delivered to your S3, on your bill |
- Kinesis (AWS-native) vs MSK (open-source Kafka) — same job, different ecosystem.