# Apache Pulsar alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 216 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Apache Pulsar holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/apache-pulsar/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Confluent Cloud: 76
- Redpanda: 26
- Apache Kafka: 13
- Aiven for Apache Kafka: 7
- Google Cloud Pub/Sub: 7
- Amazon Kinesis Data Streams: 6

## Streaming platforms

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Apache Pulsar (Apache Pulsar is #13 of 13 at 0%).

- Redpanda: first choice in 23 of those 82
- Confluent Cloud: first choice in 19 of those 82
- Aiven for Apache Kafka: first choice in 4 of those 82
- Dacast: first choice in 4 of those 82
- Google Cloud Pub/Sub: first choice in 4 of those 82
- Amazon Kinesis Data Streams: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Livestorm: first choice in 3 of those 82
- NATS JetStream: first choice in 3 of those 82

**Mid-market**: 67 of 84 answers did not name Apache Pulsar (Apache Pulsar is #12 of 12 at 0%).

- Confluent Cloud: first choice in 25 of those 67
- Apache Kafka: first choice in 5 of those 67
- Google Cloud Pub/Sub: first choice in 3 of those 67
- Redpanda: first choice in 3 of those 67
- Aiven for Apache Kafka: first choice in 2 of those 67
- Amazon Kinesis Data Streams: first choice in 2 of those 67
- Amazon MSK: first choice in 2 of those 67
- Facebook Live: first choice in 2 of those 67

**Enterprise**: 67 of 84 answers did not name Apache Pulsar (Apache Pulsar is #9 of 9 at 0%).

- Confluent Cloud: first choice in 32 of those 67
- Apache Kafka: first choice in 8 of those 67
- Amazon MSK: first choice in 2 of those 67
- ON24: first choice in 2 of those 67
- Aiven for Apache Kafka: first choice in 1 of those 67
- Amazon Kinesis Data Streams: first choice in 1 of those 67
- Amazon MSK Provisioned on AWS: first choice in 1 of those 67
- Azure Event Hubs: first choice in 1 of those 67

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