# Azure Event Hubs alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 181 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Azure Event Hubs 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/azure-event-hubs/alternatives

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

- Confluent Cloud: 43
- Redpanda: 24
- Apache Kafka: 14
- Aiven for Apache Kafka: 7
- NATS JetStream: 6
- Dacast: 4

## Streaming platforms

**Small business**: 71 of 84 answers did not name Azure Event Hubs (Azure Event Hubs is #11 of 13 at 0%).

- Redpanda: first choice in 19 of those 71
- Confluent Cloud: first choice in 11 of those 71
- Aiven for Apache Kafka: first choice in 4 of those 71
- Dacast: first choice in 4 of those 71
- Livestorm: first choice in 3 of those 71
- NATS JetStream: first choice in 3 of those 71
- StreamYard: first choice in 3 of those 71
- Amazon Kinesis Data Streams: first choice in 2 of those 71

**Mid-market**: 63 of 84 answers did not name Azure Event Hubs (Azure Event Hubs is #10 of 12 at 2%).

- Confluent Cloud: first choice in 18 of those 63
- Apache Kafka: first choice in 9 of those 63
- Redpanda: first choice in 5 of those 63
- NATS JetStream: first choice in 3 of those 63
- Aiven for Apache Kafka: first choice in 2 of those 63
- Facebook Live: first choice in 2 of those 63
- YouTube Live: first choice in 2 of those 63
- Airmeet: first choice in 1 of those 63

**Enterprise**: 47 of 84 answers did not name Azure Event Hubs (Azure Event Hubs is #3 of 9 at 2%).

- Confluent Cloud: first choice in 14 of those 47
- Apache Kafka: first choice in 5 of those 47
- Amazon MSK: first choice in 2 of those 47
- Aiven for Apache Kafka: first choice in 1 of those 47
- Amazon Kinesis Data Streams: first choice in 1 of those 47
- Amazon MSK Provisioned on AWS: first choice in 1 of those 47
- Azure Event Hubs Dedicated: first choice in 1 of those 47
- Azure Event Hubs Premium or Dedicated: first choice in 1 of those 47

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