Market Perspectives

We are happy to share some insights about StreamSets drawn from our latest market research, Ventana Research Buyers Guide: DataOps, which assesses how well vendors’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements.  

We recently published four Ventana Research 2023 DataOps Buyers Guides, an assessment of technology vendors and products that provide individual and combined DataOps, data observability, data orchestration and data pipeline platform support.  

At Ventana Research, we continue to believe that, for most use-cases, there is a clear choice for DataOps platforms for any use in your organization. We developed four technology assessments and buyers guides to focus on overall DataOps requirements as well as specific data observability, data orchestration and data pipeline platform use-cases. 

In all of our Buyers Guides, we utilize a structured research methodology called the Value Index that includes evaluation categories designed to reflect real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal (RFP) and vendor selection process for DataOps. We evaluated StreamSets and 17 other vendors in seven categories, five relevant to the product (adaptability, capability, manageability, reliability and usability) and two related to the vendor (TCO/ROI and vendor validation). 

In the overall DataOps Buyers Guide, our analysis classified StreamSets as a vendor of Merit, receiving an overall grade of C++ with a 54.2% performance. StreamSets’s best grouped results came in Customer Experience at 59.5% performance and B- grade due in part to its B+ in Validation. In Product Experience, StreamSets received a C++ grade with a 53.3% performance due to its 48.8% performance in Capability. StreamSets received a B+ in Adaptability and a B in Manageability. StreamSets did not participate in the RFI process. 

StreamSets’s C++ grade in Product Experience was impacted by its C+ in Capability where it could add functionality to address data observability. Customer Experience was impacted by its C+ grade in TCO/ROI where it could better articulate its strategic value and costs.  

StreamSets performed best in Customer Experience, notably in Validation with a B+ grade due to its support and product roadmap. In Adaptability, customization and APIs are strengths, earning a B+ grade. StreamSets’ security focus led to its decent performance and B grade in Manageability. 

In the Data Orchestration Buyers Guide, our analysis classified StreamSets as a vendor of Merit, receiving an overall grade of B with a 62.9% performance. StreamSets’ best grouped results came in Product Experience at 63.8% performance and a B grade due in part to its B+ in Adaptability. In Customer Experience, StreamSets received a B- grade with a 59.5% performance due to its 70.7% performance in Validation. StreamSets achieved a B in Capability and Manageability. StreamSets did not participate in the RFI process. 

StreamSets’ B grade in Product Experience was impacted by its C++ in Reliability where it could provide more information about performance and scalability. Customer Experience was impacted by its C+ grade in TCO/ROI where it could better articulate its strategic value.  

StreamSets performed best in Product Experience with a B grade, notably in Adaptability where it received a B+ due to its configuration, customization and APIs. StreamSets’ support and product roadmaps contributed to its B+ grade in Validation. 

In the Data Pipelines Buyers Guide, our analysis classified StreamSets as a vendor of Merit, receiving an overall grade of B- with a 61.9% performance. StreamSets’ best grouped results came in Product Experience at 62.6% performance and B grade due in part to its B+ in Adaptability. In Customer Experience, StreamSets received a B- with a 59.5% performance due to its 70.7% performance in Validation. StreamSets received a B in both Capability and Manageability. StreamSets did not participate in the RFI process. 

StreamSets’ B grade in Product Experience was impacted by its C++ grade in Reliability where it could improve its information related to performance and scalability. Customer Experience was impacted by its C+ grade in TCO/ROI where it could better articulate strategic value and provide documentation and tools to help customers calculate costs.  

StreamSets performed best in Product Experience with a B grade, notably in Adaptability, where it received a B+ due to its configuration, customization and APIs. In Validation, support and product roadmap are strengths and led to a grade of B+. StreamSets’ focus on technology administration and security led to its B in Manageability. 

StreamSets did not meet the inclusion criteria for the Data Observability Buyers Guide and thus was not included.  

This assessment was based on StreamSets platform, Version June 2023, released June 2023.  

This research-based guide is the most comprehensive assessment of the value of DataOps software in the industry. Technology buyers can learn more about how to use our Buyers Guide by clicking here and included vendors that wish to learn more can click here. Click below to read the individual reports: 

DataOps Buyers Guide 

Data Observability Buyers Guide 

Data Orchestration Buyers Guide 

Data Pipelines Buyers Guide