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  url: "https://apex.apache.org"
- title: Flink
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  url: "https://flink.apache.org"
- title: Spark
  image_url: /images/logo_spark.png
  url: https://spark.apache.org/
- title: Google Cloud Dataflow
  image_url: /images/logo_google_cloud.png
  url: https://cloud.google.com/dataflow/
- title: Gearpump
  image_url: /images/logo_gearpump.png
  url: https://gearpump.apache.org/
- title: Samza
  image_url: /images/logo_samza.png
  url: https://samza.apache.org/

pillars:
- title: Unified
  body: Use a single programming model for both batch and streaming use cases.
- title: Portable
  body: Execute pipelines on multiple execution environments.
- title: Extensible
  body: Write and share new SDKs, IO connectors, and transformation libraries.

cards:
- quote: "A framework that delivers the flexibility and advanced functionality our customers need."
  name: –Talend
- quote: "Apache Beam has powerful semantics that solve real-world challenges of stream processing."
  name: –PayPal
- quote: "Apache Beam represents a principled approach for analyzing data streams."
  name: –data Artisans
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