Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink
Legacy names Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics, Amazon Kinesis Analytics
Fully managed serverless streaming data processing service for authoring and running Apache Flink applications using Java, Scala, Python, and SQL.
Naming timeline
- Amazon Kinesis Analytics
Launched as a managed service for processing real-time streaming data using standard SQL queries.
- Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics
Added native Apache Flink application support via the kinesisanalyticsv2 API alongside legacy SQL applications.
- Amazon Managed Service for Apache FlinkCurrent name
Rebranded in console and docs to reflect its native Apache Flink runtime while preserving kinesisanalyticsv2 APIs, CLI, and IAM identifiers.
What is Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics called now?
Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics is now called Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink, with the latest change on 30 August 2023 (Product Rebrand). Earlier names covered by this entry also include Amazon Kinesis Analytics. Fully managed serverless streaming data processing service for authoring and running Apache Flink applications using Java, Scala, Python, and SQL. Only the customer-facing name changed; the underlying technical identifiers remain backward compatible.
Also known as
- Amazon MSF
- Kinesis Data Analytics for Apache Flink
Technical identifiers
Technical identifiers unchanged. Only the customer-facing product name changed; the APIs, CLI commands, IAM roles and Terraform resources below keep their legacy identifiers for backward compatibility.
| AWS Service APIs / SDKs | kinesisanalyticsv2 |
|---|---|
| AWS CLI Commands | aws kinesisanalyticsv2 |
| IAM Actions & Policies | kinesisanalytics:* |
| Terraform Resources (aws_*) | aws_kinesisanalyticsv2_application aws_kinesisanalyticsv2_application_snapshot |
The kinesisanalyticsv2 API, AWS CLI subcommand, kinesisanalytics:* IAM actions, and aws_kinesisanalyticsv2_application Terraform resource remain active and unchanged.
Notes & disambiguation
- On August 30, 2023, AWS officially renamed Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics to Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink in the AWS Management Console, documentation, and service webpages.
- There are zero breaking changes to underlying technical primitives: service endpoints, APIs (kinesisanalyticsv2), AWS CLI commands (aws kinesisanalyticsv2), IAM action prefixes (kinesisanalytics:*), and Terraform resources (aws_kinesisanalyticsv2_application) remain unchanged.
- The legacy SQL-only runtime (Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics for SQL on the v1 kinesisanalytics API) was deprecated and reached end of support on January 27, 2026 in favor of Apache Flink SQL and Table APIs.
Sources & official documentation
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