Ten reasons to choose Apache Pulsar over Apache Kafka for Event Sourcing (CQRS)

More and more developer want to build cloud-native distributed application or microservices by making use of high performing, cloud-agnostic messaging technology for maximum decoupling.

The only thing we do not want is the hassle of managing the complex message infrasturcture needed for the job, or the risk of getting into a vendor lock-in.

Generally developers know Apache Kafka, but for event sourcing or the CQRS pattern Kafka is not really suitable. In this talk, I will give you at least ten reasons why to choose Pulsar over Kafka for event sourcing and data consensus.

[epicmap]

great talk! An interesting technology too.

[prmaster]

I could not understand what he tried to communicate, chill... you were all over the place, practice ahead of time..

[jeremystafford]

"Kafka only supports message registry for Avro Schema" -- Pretty sure it supports Avro, JSON, and Protobuf

[niclash]

What does Robert mean by "Kafka doesn't support shared consumption" ? I have many independent consumers on my topics, and I got consumer groups for load-sharing.