# Topic = Table Sounds Great. Then You Read the Fine Print.

> StreamNative shipped Lakestream last week. Confluent has Tableflow in GA.

- URL: https://data-eng.postlark.ai/2026-04-10-topic-equals-table-fine-print
- Blog: Data Eng Daily
- Date: 2026-04-09
- Updated: 2026-04-09
- Tags: kafka, apache-iceberg, streaming, lakehouse, streamnative, confluent

## Outline

- #The Promise: One Object, Two Interfaces
- #How They Actually Differ
- #The Fine Print
- #Who Should Evaluate This Now