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Apache Spark

Apache Spark is an engine for big data processing, with built-in modules for streaming, SQL, machine learning and graph processing.

Some of the top features or benefits of Apache Spark are: Speed, Ease of Use, Advanced Analytics, Scalability, Support for Various Data Sources, and Active Community. You can visit the info page to learn more.

Best Apache Spark Alternatives & Competitors in 2025

The best Apache Spark alternatives based on verified products, community votes, reviews and other factors.
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    Flink is a streaming dataflow engine that provides data distribution, communication, and fault tolerance for distributed computations.

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  2. 31

    Open-source software for reliable, scalable, distributed computing

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    Apache Hive data warehouse software facilitates querying and managing large datasets residing in distributed storage.

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  5. 23

    Apache Storm is a free and open source distributed realtime computation system.

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  6. 14

    Apache Kafka is an open-source message broker project developed by the Apache Software Foundation written in Scala.

    Open Source

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  7. 13

    Airflow is a platform to programmaticaly author, schedule and monitor data pipelines.

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  8. Level up your Java code and explore what Spring can do for you.

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  9. 12

    Apache Beam provides an advanced unified programming model to implement batch and streaming data processing jobs.

    Open Source

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  10. 10

    PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system.

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  11. 16

    Distributed SQL Query Engine for Big Data (by Facebook)

    Open Source

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  12. Google Cloud Dataflow is a fully-managed cloud service and programming model for batch and streaming big data processing.

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  13. Redis is an open source in-memory data structure project implementing a distributed, in-memory key-value database with optional durability.

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  14. Amazon Elastic MapReduce is a web service that makes it easy to quickly process vast amounts of data.

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