Forrester Wave™: Cloud Data Pipelines, Q4 2023

Data streaming platforms are the key to building cloud data pipelines. They are the key to turning your data mess of batch-oriented, point-to-point connections into data value. This isn’t just bolting on more tech or adding “streaming” as a feature to an existing data warehouse. Data streaming platforms connect all your applications, systems, and teams—across geographies and deployments—with a shared view of the most up-to-date, real-time data.

Forrester has named Confluent a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Cloud Data Pipelines, Q4 2023. This is in addition to the recent recognition of Confluent as a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Streaming Data Platforms, Q4 2023.

This evaluative report on cloud data pipelines reflects growing investments, interest, and innovation in the category. Confluent believes its position as a leader underscores that a data streaming platform is essential to building cloud data pipelines.

Read this report to see why:

• Confluent is a leader, with the highest score received across vendors in the Strategy category (tied).
• The Forrester report says Confluent has “exceptional deployment capabilities and a strong roadmap.” In the report, Confluent earned the highest possible score—five out of five points—in 13 criteria that Forrester evaluated on.
• The Forrester report says, “Confluent is an excellent fit for customers who need to support a high-performance, scalable, multi-cloud data pipeline with extreme resilience.”