Azure Stream Analytics
Azure Stream Analytics handles real-time processing of streaming data across cloud and edge environments. It lets you develop and run analytics directly on live data feeds, making it suitable for scenarios where immediate insights from continuous data streams are required rather than batch processing.
This service targets teams already operating within the Azure ecosystem who need native integration for their streaming workloads. The main friction point is the lack of a free tier; despite the vendor mentioning an Azure free account, the service itself operates strictly on a pay-as-you-go model, meaning there is no zero-cost entry point specifically for Stream Analytics usage.
- Free tier No
- Pricing Pay as you go
- Regions 12 · 6 continents
- SLA uptime 99.99%
- Compliance 13 certifications
- Provider health A
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- C5
- CSA STAR
- FedRAMP
- GDPR
- HIPAA
- ISO 27001
- ISO 27017
- ISO 27018
- ISO 9001
- PCI DSS
- SOC 1 Type II
- SOC 2 Type II
- compute99.99%
- database99.99%
- networking99.99%
- storage99.99%
12 regions across 6 continents
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
Alternatives on other providers
Equivalent services on other clouds:
- AWS Amazon Kinesis $0.0140 per 1M Put Requests Compare
- Google Cloud Platform Dataflow $54.00 per 1M GB/hours Compare