# Using Kafka Stream for data transform and enrichment

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-kafka-stream-for-data-transform-and-enrichment/283370
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [September 5, 2021, 11:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-kafka-stream-for-data-transform-and-enrichment/283370 "2021-09-05T11:40:04Z")
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### Author: ![mruthyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@mruthyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mruthyu)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2021, 11:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-kafka-stream-for-data-transform-and-enrichment/283370/1 "2021-09-05T11:40:04Z")

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Is it possible to use Kafka Streaming for data transform and enrichment instead of logstash? What are the advantages and disadvantages?

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2021, 11:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-kafka-stream-for-data-transform-and-enrichment/283370/2 "2021-10-03T11:40:11Z")

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