Apache Kafka is an open-source distributed streaming platform that enables you to build real-time streaming data pipelines and applications. It is a high-throughput, low-latency platform that can handle hundreds of megabytes of reads and writes per second from thousands of clients.
For example, a company may use Apache Kafka to build a real-time data pipeline to collect and analyze customer data from multiple sources. The data can then be used to create personalized recommendations, trigger automated actions, or power a dashboard.