# Tinybird: A ksqlDB alternative for stateful stream processing

DevFeed: [Tinybird: A ksqlDB alternative for stateful stream processing](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/tinybird-a-ksqldb-alternative-for-stateful-stream-processing-18552.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.tinybird.co/blog/ksqldb-alternative>)

Author: Alasdair Brown

Published: 2023-07-27T00:00:00Z

Content type: comparison

Language: en

Sources: [Tinybird](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tinybird.md>)

Topics: [streaming-data-processing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/streaming-data-processing.md>), [stream-processing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/stream-processing.md>), [Kafka](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kafka.md>)

Tags: [compare](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compare.md>), [kafka](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kafka.md>), [scalable-analytics-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scalable-analytics-architecture.md>), [stateful](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/stateful.md>), [stream-processing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/stream-processing.md>), [streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/streaming.md>)

## AI overview

This comparison presents Tinybird as an alternative to ksqlDB for stateful stream processing and streaming SQL, emphasizing an approach intended to avoid the complexity associated with Kafka Streams.

## Source excerpt

Looking for a ksqlDB alternative? Tinybird gives you streaming SQL without the Kafka Streams complexity. Compare the approaches.