In this Azure article, we will discuss Event Hub vs. Event Grid and the key differences between them.
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Azure Event Hub vs Event Grid
Well, let’s do a tabular comparison between the Azure event grid and the event hub.
| Based On | Azure Event Hub | Event Grid |
| Azure Event Hub is responsible for the ingestion of data without sending data back to the publishers. | Responsible for notifying the events that occurred on the publisher’s end with the help of HTTP requests. | |
| Handles a massive number of events along with data. | Handles the events. No data. | |
| Order of events | You can get the order of events inside the partitions. | There is no guarantee on the order of events. |
| Pricing | A bit costly compared to Event Grid. | Event Grid is cheaper as compared to Azure event hubs. |
| In terms of Usage | It’s a bit costly compared to Event Grid. | Go for the event grid when you don’t have the requirement to deal with massive data. |
Azure Event Grid vs Event Hub Pricing Comparision
Let’s compare the pricing structure for Azure Event Hub vs Event Grid.
Check out Azure event hub pricing for more details. Now, let’s quickly discuss the Azure Event Grid pricing model.
Azure Event Grid Pricing
Let’s discuss the pricing model of Azure Event Grid. There are different tiers you will come across while using Azure Event Grid in terms of pricing.
Event Grid (Basic tier)
You need to pay based on the pay-per-use model.
You need to pay $0.60/million for operations. However, you will receive 100,000 operations/month free of cost.
For the complete information, check out Event Grid Pricing now.
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Wrapping Up
In this article, we discussed the key differences between Azure Event Hub and Azure Event Grid. After comparing Event Hub vs Event Grid, the takeaway from here is that when you have the requirement to deal with more data along with events, go with Azure Event Hub, and if you have the requirement to deal with only events and no requirement dealing with data, then in that case, go with Event Grid. Now the choice is yours. Thanks for reading this article !!!
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