Pros and cons

Pros

• Based on the rich features provided by prooph components
• Ready-to-use skeleton
• Less code to write
• Guided event sourcing
• extension points to inject custom logic
• Audit log from day one (no data loss)
• Replay functionality
• Projections based on domain events
• PSR friendly http message box
• OpenAPI v3 Swagger integration
• Message flow analyzer (work in progress)
• Event store HTTP API (work in progress)

Cons

• Not suitable for monolithic architectures

You may want to use Event Machine if:

• Your project is in an early stage and you need to try out different ideas or deliver features very fast
• You want to establish a Microservices architecture rather than building a monolithic system
• You want to automate business processes
• You have to develop a workflow-oriented service
• You're new to the concepts of CQRS and Event Sourcing and want to learn them
• You want to try CQRS and Event Sourcing in a side project without spending too much time with the theory

Conclusion

Try the tutorial and build a prototype with Event Machine! (If you are interested, you can contact us for a guided workshop)