Apache Kafka and MQTT (Part 1 of 5) — Overview and Comparison

Kai Waehner
5 min readApr 16, 2021

Apache Kafka and MQTT are a perfect combination for many IoT use cases. This blog series covers the pros and cons of both technologies. Various use cases across industries, including connected vehicles, manufacturing, mobility services, and smart city are explored. The examples use different architectures, including lightweight edge scenarios, hybrid integrations, and serverless cloud solutions. This post is part one: Overview and Comparison.

(Originally posted on Kai Waehner’s blog: “Kafka and MQTT Part 1 of 5 — Comparison

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Kai Waehner

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