10x lower cost. No vendor lock-in. Open table formats. Your data stays in your cloud.
No per-GB processing fees. No egress charges. Just compute and storage.
Open formats (Iceberg, Parquet). Query with any engine. Move clouds anytime.
Your data never leaves your infrastructure. Full control over security.
Deploy on AWS, GCP, Azure, or on-prem. Same experience everywhere.
See how costs stack up for a typical 100M events/day workload with 30-day retention.
100M events/day, 30-day retention
Lower is better
Including storage and compute
Lower is better
Managed Kafka with ksqlDB for stream processing
AWS managed service for loading streaming data
GCP managed Apache Beam runner
Spark Structured Streaming on Databricks
How Laminar compares to managed streaming and ingestion services
| Feature | LaminarRecommended | Confluent Cloud | Kinesis Firehose | Dataflow | Databricks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open table format output | |||||
| No vendor lock-in | |||||
| Data stays in your cloud | |||||
| Built-in compaction | |||||
| Full SQL support | |||||
| Aggregations before sink | |||||
| Sub-second latency | |||||
| Native CDC support | |||||
| Transparent pricing | |||||
| Self-hosted option | |||||
| No egress fees | |||||
| Pay per use |
Estimate your savings by switching to Laminar
Estimated annual savings
$85K
99% reduction
No credit card required
Assumptions: Average event size of 1KB. Costs include compute, storage, and data transfer. Actual costs may vary based on your specific workload and configuration. Contact us for a detailed cost analysis.
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