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Ready to stream, connect, process, and govern your data in real time with the enterprise-grade distribution of Apache Kafka? Experience the battle-tested Confluent Platform with many cloud-native benefits for your self-managed environments.

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The Serverless Difference

Instant scaling, instant savings.

Serverless clusters instantaneously autoscale to your workloads without user intervention. Skip over-provisioning (and over-paying), and skip capacity planning and management – pay only for what you use when you actually need it.

Stream with Apache Kafka

Experience Kafka reinvented for the cloud as an elastically scalable and globally available service ready to deploy, operate, and scale in a matter of minutes.
General Purpose Clusters

Basic

Starting at
$0/Month
Start small with no risk. Easily get started with your test cases.
Get started free
  • Serverless, fully managed clusters with zero ops
  • Autoscaling Kafka resources
  • 80+ fully managed connectors
  • Security and governance essentials
  • Multicloud across AWS, Azure, and GCP
Estimate your cost

Standard

Starting at
~$385/Month
Great for most production-ready use cases with an extended feature set.
Get started free
  • Everything in Basic
  • High availability with 99.99% uptime SLA
  • Infinite storage
  • Audit logs to detect security threats
Estimate your cost

Enterprise

Starting at
~$1,150/Month
Ideal for mission-critical use cases and sensitive data at GBps+ scale.
Get started free
  • Everything in Basic and Standard
  • Private networking
  • GBps+ autoscaling
  • Enhanced partition limits
Estimate your cost
Discounts scale with usage – the more you use, the more you save.
Pricing & Features
Powered by Elastic Confluent Units for Kafka (eCKUs), our serverless clusters autoscale instantaneously to demand without user intervention to save you time and money.

Tier

Basic

Standard

Enterprise

eCKU
$/eCKU-hour

eCKUs or Elastic CKUs are units of horizontal scalability in Confluent Cloud which autoscale to meet demand. eCKU limits vary by cluster type. Learn more.

First eCKU free,
then $0.14
$0.75
$2.25
Data In/Out (Ingress/Egress)
$/GB
$0.05
$0.040 - $0.050
$0.034 - $0.050
Data Stored
$/GB-month
$0.08
$0.08
$0.08
Estimated Monthly
Starting Cost

Assumes 70% utilization, i.e., clusters are active ~70% of the time.

$0/Month
$385/Month
$1,150/Month
FeaturesBasic
eCKU
$/eCKU-hour
First eCKU free,
then $0.14
Data In/Out (Ingress/Egress)
$/GB
$0.05
Data Stored
$/GB-month
$0.08
Estimated Monthly
Starting Cost
$0/Month
FeaturesStandard
eCKU
$/eCKU-hour
$0.75
Data In/Out (Ingress/Egress)
$/GB
$0.040 - $0.050
Data Stored
$/GB-month
$0.08
Estimated Monthly
Starting Cost
$385/Month
FeaturesEnterprise
eCKU
$/eCKU-hour
$2.25
Data In/Out (Ingress/Egress)
$/GB
$0.034 - $0.050
Data Stored
$/GB-month
$0.08
Estimated Monthly
Starting Cost
$1,150/Month

Features

Below is a breakdown of key features across our serverless clusters. We also have Dedicated clusters available by pre-provisioned capacity for use cases with distinct networking and throughput requirements – contact us to learn more about Dedicated cluster pricing.

Tiers

Basic

Standard

Enterprise

Service
Uptime SLA

SLAs cover both infrastructure and software including Apache Kafka bug fixes on-demand.

99.5%
99.9% 1 eCKU
99.99% Min 2 eCKUs
99.9% 1 eCKU
99.99% Min 2 eCKUs
Scale
Scaling
Autoscaling
Autoscaling
Autoscaling
Throughput limit
(ingress/egress)

Click here for a more detailed cluster limit comparison.

250/750 MBps
250/750 MBps
600/1,800 MBps
Partition limit

Click here for a more detailed cluster limit comparison.

4,096
4,096
30,000
Storage limit

Click here for a more detailed cluster limit comparison.

5 TB
Infinite Storage
Infinite Storage
Self-balancing clusters

Optimize resource utilization through a rack-aware algorithm that rebalances partitions across a Kafka cluster.

Managed Components
Connectors

Easily stream data from/to common apps & data systems. View list of fully managed connectors.

Apache Flink

Filter, join, and enrich data streams with simple, serverless stream processing

ksqlDB

Build event streaming applications that use stream processing with a lightweight SQL syntax.

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Stream Governance

Industry's only governance suite purpose-built for data in motion, including Schema Registry, Stream Catalog, and Stream Lineage.

Network Connectivity
Secure public endpoints
Private networking only
Private Link/Private Service Connect
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-
VPC/VNet peering

Connect up to 5 VPCs/VNets to Confluent Cloud.

AWS Transit Gateway
Monitoring & Visibility
Metrics API

Consume pre-aggregated Kafka cluster and topic level metrics through an API interface.

Security
Data encryption

TLS v1.2 for in-transit data & native cloud provider disk encryption for data at-rest.

Kafka ACLs

Enforce granular controls over Kafka topic access.

SAML/SSO

Leverage existing Identity Provider (e.g. Okta, OneLogin, AD, Ping) for managing user authentication.

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

Granular, resource-level authorization of access across user groups.

Audit logs

User action logs to detect security threats & anomalies.

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Customer managed
keys (BYOK)

Bring your own key (BYOK) for an additional layer of security for at-rest data with support for cloud provider’s native key management service.

Compliance
SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3
ISO 27001, ISO 27701
PCI
GDPR readiness
HITRUST CSF certified, HIPAA-ready
FeaturesBasic
Service
Uptime SLA
99.5%
Scale
Scaling
Autoscaling
Throughput limit
(ingress/egress)
250/750 MBps
Partition limit
4,096
Storage limit
5 TB
Self-balancing clusters
Managed Components
Connectors
Apache Flink
ksqlDB
Stream Governance
Network Connectivity
Secure public endpoints
Private Link/Private Service Connect
-
VPC/VNet peering
AWS Transit Gateway
Monitoring & Visibility
Metrics API
Security
Data encryption
Kafka ACLs
SAML/SSO
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Audit logs
-
Customer managed
keys (BYOK)
Compliance
SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3
ISO 27001, ISO 27701
PCI
GDPR readiness
HITRUST CSF certified, HIPAA-ready
FeaturesStandard
Service
Uptime SLA
99.9% 1 eCKU
99.99% Min 2 eCKUs
Scale
Scaling
Autoscaling
Throughput limit
(ingress/egress)
250/750 MBps
Partition limit
4,096
Storage limit
Infinite Storage
Self-balancing clusters
Managed Components
Connectors
Apache Flink
ksqlDB
Stream Governance
Network Connectivity
Secure public endpoints
Private Link/Private Service Connect
-
VPC/VNet peering
AWS Transit Gateway
Monitoring & Visibility
Metrics API
Security
Data encryption
Kafka ACLs
SAML/SSO
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Audit logs
Customer managed
keys (BYOK)
Compliance
SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3
ISO 27001, ISO 27701
PCI
GDPR readiness
HITRUST CSF certified, HIPAA-ready
FeaturesEnterprise
Service
Uptime SLA
99.9% 1 eCKU
99.99% Min 2 eCKUs
Scale
Scaling
Autoscaling
Throughput limit
(ingress/egress)
600/1,800 MBps
Partition limit
30,000
Storage limit
Infinite Storage
Self-balancing clusters
Managed Components
Connectors
Apache Flink
ksqlDB
-
Stream Governance
Network Connectivity
Secure public endpoints
Private networking only
Private Link/Private Service Connect
VPC/VNet peering
AWS Transit Gateway
Monitoring & Visibility
Metrics API
Security
Data encryption
Kafka ACLs
SAML/SSO
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Audit logs
Customer managed
keys (BYOK)
Compliance
SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3
ISO 27001, ISO 27701
PCI
GDPR readiness
HITRUST CSF certified, HIPAA-ready
Features may vary by cloud service provider. Please refer to our docs for the latest.

FAQ

What are Elastic CKUs (eCKUs) and why are they important?

Elastic Confluent Units for Kafka (eCKUs) are a unit of horizontal scalability in Confluent Cloud. eCKUs autoscale up to meet spikes in demand and back down based on workload with no user intervention required, and you only pay for the resources you use when you actually need them. Never worry about cluster sizing and provisioning or overpaying for resources again. Autoscaling eCKUs provide a truly serverless experience to save you time and money, enabling you to focus on innovation and business logic while simultaneously lowering costs.

How is my monthly bill calculated?

Confluent monthly bills are based upon resource consumption, i.e., you are only charged for the resources you use when you actually use them:

  • Stream: Kafka clusters are billed for eCKUs/CKUs ($/hour), networking ($/GB), and storage ($/GB-hour).
  • Connect: Use of connectors is billed based on throughput ($/GB) and a task base price ($/task/hour).
  • Process: Use of stream processing with Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink is calculated based on CFUs ($/minute).
  • Govern: Use of Stream Governance is billed based on environment ($/hour).

Confluent storage and throughput is calculated in binary gigabytes (GB), where 1 GB is 2^30 bytes. This unit of measurement is also known as a gibibyte (GiB). Please also note that all prices are stated in United States Dollars unless specifically stated otherwise.

All billing computations are conducted in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

Prices vary by cloud region. Learn more about Confluent Cloud Billing.

How can I get Confluent discounts?

Confluent offers volume discounts based on usage. Please contact us or your Confluent account team for more details.

What are annual commitments?

Confluent Cloud offers the ability to make an annual commitment to a minimum amount of spend. This commitment gives you access to discounts and provides the flexibility to use this commitment across the entire Confluent Cloud stack, including any Kafka cluster type, Connect, Flink, Stream Governance, and Support. With self-serve provisioning and expansion, you have the freedom to consume only what you need from a commitment at any point in time. For more information about annual commitments, contact us.