What is difference between flume and kafka?



What is difference between flume and kafka?..

Answer / Swatantra Gupta

While both Flume and Kafka are used for data ingestion, they differ in several aspects. Flume is more focused on log collection, offers a broader range of sources and sinks, and provides more extensive transformation capabilities. Kafka, on the other hand, emphasizes real-time streaming data processing with lower latency and higher throughput.

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