# Migrating from NATS to Redpanda: Evolve from messaging to streaming

DevFeed: [Migrating from NATS to Redpanda: Evolve from messaging to streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/migrating-from-nats-to-redpanda-evolve-from-messaging-to-streaming-12716.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.redpanda.com/blog/migrate-nats-jetstream-messaging-to-streaming>)

Author: Kavya Shivashankar

Published: 2025-11-18T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Redpanda](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/redpanda.md>)

Topics: [Messaging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/messaging.md>), [Event-Streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/event-streaming.md>), [jetstream](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jetstream.md>), [event driven](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/event-driven.md>), [data-platforms](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-platforms.md>), [Microservice](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microservice.md>), [Persistence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/persistence.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/real-time.md>), [Latency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/latency.md>), [personalization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/personalization.md>)

Tags: [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [event-driven](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/event-driven.md>), [event-streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/event-streaming.md>), [jetstream](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jetstream.md>), [latency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/latency.md>), [messaging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/messaging.md>), [microservices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microservices.md>), [persistence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/persistence.md>), [personalization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/personalization.md>), [pipelines](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pipelines.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-time.md>), [streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/streaming.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how organizations can migrate from NATS and JetStream messaging to Redpanda Streaming as their systems grow from low-latency message delivery toward durable event streaming. It compares messaging and streaming requirements and presents Redpanda Connect as a way to simplify the migration.

## Source excerpt

Organizations are moving from message delivery to data streaming, unlocking new capabilities, insights, and improved business value. Here's how to do the same.