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Amazon Kinesis Data Streams

aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-streams

Managed AWS streaming service for real-time data ingestion from logs, IoT, and clickstreams

Active · verified June 2026

Categories Amazon Kinesis Data Streams serves

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Streaming / Event Processing Platform Pay-as-you-go; per shard/hour or per GB in on-demand mode
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