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Introduction to StreamNative

StreamNative is a modern data streaming platform that offers Kafka and Pulsar compatibility with a cloud-native, leaderless architecture—enabling scalable, secure, and cost-efficient real-time data infrastructure.

🚀 What is StreamNative?Copied!

StreamNative provides a unified platform for real-time messaging and streaming, allowing organizations to ingest, process, and deliver data at scale. It supports multiple protocols (Kafka, Pulsar, MQTT), integrates seamlessly with popular processing engines (Flink, Spark, Trino), and embraces Lakehouse-native storage formats like Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, and Hudi.

With its Ursa Engine, StreamNative reimagines how Kafka-compatible systems operate—moving from legacy, leader-based replication to a leaderless, cloud-native architecture.

🧠 Why StreamNative?Copied!

Traditional Kafka architectures were designed for on-premise systems and rely on expensive inter-AZ replication, local disks, and complex coordination between brokers. StreamNative solves these challenges with:

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  • Leaderless Architecture: Any broker can serve any partition. No leader election, no broker-to-broker replication.
  • Object Storage as Primary Storage: Eliminates local disk dependency, reducing costs and simplifying operations.
  • Elastic Throughput Billing (ETUs): Transparent, fair pricing based on actual usage.
  • Full Kafka Compatibility: Retain Kafka APIs while benefiting from Pulsar’s native capabilities.
  • Lakehouse Integration: Native support for streaming to and from data lakes like Iceberg, with both streaming and batch read access.

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In a 5 GB/s sustained workload benchmark, StreamNative Ursa:

  • Achieved the lowest data plane cost at $40/hour.
  • Delivered the lowest overall TCO, outperforming MSK, Redpanda, and Confluent Warpstream by up to 50%.

This is possible by eliminating:

  • Inter-AZ traffic via object storage replication.
  • Local storage costs via cloud-native design.
  • Expensive leader election and replication mechanisms.

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StreamNative includes enterprise-grade features out of the box:

  • Role-based access control (RBAC)
  • Multi-tenant architecture
  • Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) encryption
  • Full audit logging
  • Compliance with SOC 2 Type 2, ISO27001, GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI.

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  • Data Lakehouse Streaming: Real-time ingestion into Iceberg/Delta Lake tables.
  • IoT and Edge Messaging: Supports MQTT, Kafka, and Pulsar for sensor data.
  • High-Volume Applications: Trusted by gaming, financial services, and automotive leaders for sub-second latency and resilience.
  • Enterprise Modernization: Migrate legacy Kafka clusters to a scalable, cloud-native platform with no downtime.

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🧭 SummaryCopied!

StreamNative brings together the best of Kafka and Pulsar with a serverless, leaderless architecture optimized for the cloud. It reduces costs, simplifies operations, and powers high-performance real-time analytics at enterprise scale.