Yes, Kinesis can be thought as a non-hosted version of Kafka. To me , using either of them is a cost versus benefits trade-off i.e. if you are willing to pay th

Yes, Kinesis can be thought as a non-hosted version of Kafka. To me , using either of them is a cost versus benefits trade-off i.e. if you are willing to pay the cost of using Kinesis to get a hosted solution where-in the operational burden is greatly reduced or vice-versa.