Kafka vs Azure Event Hubs: The Tradeoffs You Only See in Production

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/kafka-vs-azure-event-hubs-the-tradeoffs-you-only-see-in-production. Honest comparison of Kafka vs Azure Event Hubs from production experience. Learn about throttling, exactly-once semantics, and when each platform fits best. Check more stories related to data-science at: https://hackernoon.com/c/data-science. You can also check exclusive content about #apache-kafka, #eventbus, #data-engineering, #spark, #spark-streaming, #kafka-vs-azure-event-hubs, #azure-event-hubs, #real-time-data-pipelines, and more. This story was written by: @g1-paruchuri. Learn more about this writer by checking @g1-paruchuri's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Kafka offers control and exactly-once guarantees, while Event Hubs simplifies operations but introduces limits—real-world systems often use both.