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SELF-MANAGED | CONFLUENT PLATFORM
Manage & Integrate Data Streams From Edge to Cloud
Confluent Platform is the self-managed deployment of our data streaming platform, powered by a cloud-native, enterprise-grade distribution of Apache Kafka®.
Like our cloud deployment, Confluent Platform fully equips you to streamline operations, cut costs, and unlock data value. But it also ensures you have complete control and customization when and where you need it. See how we make self-managed Kafka deployments work for you.
Cloud-Native Savings & Automation for Self-Managed Data Streaming
When you're deploying on-premises, at the edge, or across hybrid cloud environments, self-managing Kafka isn’t optional. But that doesn’t mean you have to scale, secure, and act on real-time data streams the hard way.
Confluent Platform gives you cloud-native scalability, DevOps automation, and robust security features that make Kafka operations easier and more cost-efficient. Plus, you’ll have pre-built Kafka connectors, built-in governance, and advanced stream processing capabilities to unlock new use cases faster.
One Mount Group Gains Flexibility and Scalability
Vietnam's largest technological ecosystem, One Mount originally built its financial services solutions on legacy technology. Now, One Mount self-manages Confluent Platform on Google Cloud, gaining greater flexibility and customization for its entire portfolio.
Globe Group Cuts Infrastructure Costs With Cloud Migration
Globe Group chose Confluent Platform to migrate to an event-driven architecture. When the time was right, Globe Group moved workloads from Confluent Platform to Confluent Cloud in AWS, further reducing infrastructure spend and offloading day-to-day operations.
8x8 Accelerates Service Delivery With Multi-Tenant Architecture on Confluent
The 8x8 team needed a way to rapidly and cost-effectively add new customers to its contact center solution. Choosing Confluent gave their architecture reliable compliance, security, and resiliency and unlocked predictive analytics their customers can trust.
Apache Kafka® Rebuilt for Scalability That Saves You Time & Money
With Confluent Platform, you can have the best of both worlds: cloud-native architecture and automated orchestration combined with the control and choice of self-managed deployments.
Take advantage of powerful automation and orchestration features like Confluent for Kubernetes and Ansible Playbooks, Confluent Replicator and Cluster Linking for data syncing and replication, and Auto Data Balancer for optimized resource utilization.
Simplify Kafka Management With Self-Balancing Clusters
Confluent Platform's Self-Balancing Clusters automate partition distribution across your Kafka brokers. This significantly reduces your operational burden so you can spend less time on manual rebalancing and focus on building with Kafka instead of full-time management.
Automate Day-2 Operations With Confluent for Kubernetes
Confluent for Kubernetes automates the complex Day-2 operations of your Kafka deployments, streamlining tasks like scaling, upgrades, and disaster recovery. This cloud-native operator significantly reduces operational overhead and minimizes human error.
Optimize Resource Utilization With Tiered Storage
Confluent Platform simplifies setup for Tiered Storage, making it easier and faster for you to automate offloading of latency-insentive workloads to cost-effective object storage. Combined with Self-Balancing Clusters, this allowsConfluent Platform to significantly reduces your operational costs.
Streamline Monitoring With Control Center
Control Center is a graphical UI for managing Kafka operations and data pipelines. With our 2025 performance and UX improvements, you can scale up to 400K partitions, refresh end-to-end metrics within 2-3 minutes, and cut start-up times to just 1 minute.
Secure, Connect, Govern, Process Your Data Streams
Confluent Platform doesn’t just give you the tools to streamline Kafka operations and reduce your Kafka costs—it also equips your organization to transition away from fragile, point-to-point integrations.
This complete data streaming platform equips you to secure data streams and democratize access to reliable, high-quality real-time data. See how its enterprise-grade capabilities help you future-proof your data architecture and unlock analytics and AI use cases.
Secure Your Workloads, Wherever They Live
Ensure your data is accessible only to authorized users and applications with granular role-based access control and access control lists. And use OAuth/OIDC authentication via leading identity providers to integrate your existing security infrastructure, with TLS and mTLS encryption for data in transit.
Easily Integrate Existing Data Systems With Pre-Built Connectors
Easily integrate your existing data systems with Confluent Platform's extensive library of pre-built connectors, enabling seamless data flow between Kafka and 120+ data sources or sinks.
Govern Data to Streamline Data Integration, Processing, and Reuse
Govern your data streams with Schema Registry, a centralized repository that enforces data contracts, manages schema evolution with compatibility checks, and ensures data quality and compatibility across your Kafka ecosystem.
Filter, Enrich & Query Data With Confluent Platform for Apache Flink®
Confluent Platform for Apache Flink® empowers you to build powerful, real-time data applications by providing a robust, scalable engine for continuous data processing. Use its low-latency, high-throughput capabilities to transform, enrich, and analyze your data streams and deliver immediate insights.
OEM Program: Bring Real-Time Products to Market Faster With Enterprise-Grade Data Streaming
Integrate On-Prem Data With the Cloud, Even at the Edge
Use the data streaming platform wherever your data lives—self-managed in on-premises and private cloud environments, fully managed on any public cloud with Confluent Cloud, or managed within your own cloud account via WarpStream.
And you can integrate data across your Confluent Platform and Confluent Cloud clusters with Cluster Linking. We provide a unified data plane that eliminates the need for point-to-point connections and data synchronization for:
- Linking Confluent Platform and Confluent Cloud clusters
- Migrating data across Confluent Platform and Confluent Cloud clusters
- Sharing data across clusters, regions, and clouds on Confluent Cloud
Self-Managed Product & Feature Deep Dives
For on-prem Kafka use cases, download Confluent Platform—the Kafka distribution for enterprises. Use its built-in management, integration, governance, and processing features for free on a single broker or for 30 days on unlimited brokers.
Confluent Platform
Eine selbstverwaltete Apache-Kafka®-Distribution auf Enterprise-Niveau
Confluent Platform FAQs
What is Confluent Platform?
Confluent Platform is the self-managed deployment of our data streaming platform, allowing you to leverage data streaming, pre-built Kafka connectors, Confluent Schema Registry, and Confluent Platform for Apache Flink® across on-premises and hybrid cloud environments.
How is Confluent Platform different from open source Kafka?
Apache Kafka® is a distributed streaming system used for building real-time data pipelines, stream processing, and event-driven applications. Confluent Platform is a complete data streaming platform that goes beyond Kafka to when it comes to securing, connecting, governing, and processing data streams.
At its core, Confluent Platform is powered by an enterprise-grade distribution of open source Kafka. But Confluent Platform’s Kafka engine has been rebuilt with a cloud-native architecture for optimal resource utilization, load autobalancing, and other improvements that make it easier and more cost effective to securely manage and scale. See the complete comparison of Confluent vs. Apache Kafka.
Can I run Kafka on-premises and in the cloud with Confluent Platform?
Yes, Confluent Platform is designed to be deployed across environments. You can run Confluent Platform on-premises in your own data centers, deploy it in private clouds, or deploy it in public cloud environments like AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure. Many Confluent customers use our self-managed data streaming platform for hybrid cloud integration, whether between multiple Confluent Platform deployments or between Confluent Platform and Confluent Cloud.
Does Confluent Platform support Kubernetes deployments?
Yes, Confluent Platform fully supports Kubernetes deployments with Confluent for Kubernetes, a cloud-native control plane for deployment and managing Confluent Platform in any Kubernetes environment. Confluent for Kubernetes is specifically designed to automate the deployment and management of Confluent Platform components on Kubernetes, allowing you to more easily take advantage of the orchestration capabilities for managing your Kafka clusters, Kafka Streams, Schema Registry, and other Confluent Platform services, on-premises or in private or public cloud environments.