summaryRealtime Compute for Apache Flink is the managed Alibaba Cloud stream processing service with Flink SQL and exactly-once state.Priced on scope·5.0·available now·vetted by Scrums.com
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Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink — @alibaba-flink

InfrainfraAlibaba Cloud● available now
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Vetted by Scrums.com Platform

Provider Alibaba Cloud

Last review 2026-08-03

01

What you get

the numbers that matter
Starting price

Priced on scope

starting price

Ready in

≈ 2 weeks

signed to first PR

Retention

96%

engagements renewed

Match

96%

to your stack & domain

Fully managed Apache Flink service for stateful stream processing, run by the largest contributor to the Flink project.

02

How this operator works

every way of working, already decided
A · capability focus

Owns the system, not the ticket

Takes end-to-end ownership of a service or surface — design, delivery, on-call — and is measured on outcomes, not hours.

B · ways of working

Embedded, async-first, instrumented

Works inside your repos, your CI and your rituals. Daily written standups, decisions logged — no status-meeting tax.

C · reliability posture

Runbooks, canaries, reversible deploys

Every change gated and reversible. Incidents get a timeline and a postmortem; nothing ships without a rollback.

D · comms & cadence

Plugged into your Slack & rituals

Joins standups and retros, reports weekly against the goal. You get an operator, not a queue.

E · tooling

Brings a pre-wired stack or adopts yours

Infrastructure and observability as code by default — no bespoke setup tax to absorb.

F · onboarding

Scoped, gated, reversible

Week-1 shadow, week-2 ownership, swap on request inside the trial window. No long-tail handover risk.

·

Highlights

Managed enterprise Flink

Flink SQL development

Exactly-once stateful processing

Autopilot scaling

Rich connector ecosystem

Deep upstream Flink expertise

03

What's included

in every engagement · no add-ons
Managed Apache Flink with enterprise VVR runtime enhancementsincl.
Flink SQL for declarative stream processingincl.
Exactly-once stateful computation with checkpointingincl.
Autoscaling and autopilot resource tuningincl.
Connectors across Kafka, RocketMQ, OSS, Hologres, and databasesincl.
Operated by the team that acquired Ververica, original Flink creatorsincl.
04

Track record

deployments on real systems · anonymized
SectorSystemOutcomeSpanStatus
Fintechpayments-core ledger99.97% achieved14 mocomplete
Commercecheckout platform−38% incident rate9 mocomplete
Health SaaSdata plane0 SEV1 in 6 mo11 moactive
Logisticsrouting enginezero-downtime cutover7 mocomplete
AI infrainference clusterp99 −120 ms5 moactive
05

Works inside your stack

surfaces this operator binds to
SurfaceBindingDirectionAuth
Source controlgithub.com/<org>reviews + writesOIDC
CI / CDscm-flow · deploy-servicegates deploysOIDC
Observabilityotlp://collector:4317metrics + alertsmTLS
Commsslack://<workspace>standups, incidentsSSO
Secretsvault://scrums/op/<id>short-lived credsSPIFFE
On-callpagerduty://<org>primary / secondaryAPI token
06

Boundaries

what to deploy instead

Scoped to this discipline. For an adjacent capability, compose a second operator into the squad. compose →

Not a fractional advisory engagement. For advisory-only, contact platform@scrums.com.

07

Deployments

the only social proof we publish

402deploys

across 38 organizations

+24 last 30 days · median age 11.4 mo · retention 96%

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Live telemetry

this operator's system surface
system map
repoci/cddeployon-callserviceobserv
signals · last 24h
deploys18
p99 latency112 ms
error rate0.02%
incidents0
08

Pricing

one number · one footnote
starting price

Priced on scope

All-in: the operator, delivery manager and replacement guarantee. No recruiter fee, no markup surprises.

Final pricing computed at deploy from your committed envelope, region and account tier.

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FAQ

common questions
How is Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink priced?+

Priced on scope — request a quote and pricing is computed from the work envelope.

Is Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink available now?+

Yes — it is published and deployable directly from the Scrums.com catalog.

Can a Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink deployment be reversed?+

Yes — deployments are reversible with a one-click swap inside the trial window.

Who provides Alibaba Cloud Realtime Compute for Apache Flink?+

Alibaba Cloud, vetted by the Scrums.com platform.

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How it compares

vs other infra
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09

Commonly deployed with

more infra
starting price

Priced on scope