[Benthos](https://github.com/Jeffail/benthos) has some ties to the [[Vector]] project. It can pull data from [[Amazon Kinesis Data Streams]] (see [`aws_kinesis`](https://www.benthos.dev/docs/components/inputs/aws_kinesis)). It uses a [[Amazon DynamoDB]] to keep track of the last fetched data. It has similarities to a [[Extract, transform, load]] system. > Benthos is a high performance and resilient stream processor, able to connect various [sources](https://www.benthos.dev/docs/components/inputs/about) and [sinks](https://www.benthos.dev/docs/components/outputs/about) in a range of brokering patterns and perform [hydration, enrichments, transformations and filters](https://www.benthos.dev/docs/components/processors/about) on payloads. > Benthos refers to **organisms living on the bottom or associated with substrata**. ![[benthos.svg]]