Fully managed Apache Kafka service available on GCP, Azure, and AWS.
Event streaming platform that enhances Apache Kafka with community and commercially licensed features.
Apache Kafka (latest stable version) i Storage compaction; exactly once guarantees; Connect API, and Streams API | ||
Data Balancing i Optimizes resource utilization through a rack-aware algorithm that rebalances partitions across a Kafka cluster. | ||
Encryption i Data at rest & in motion encryption | ||
Support | Included: Business SupportOptional add-ons: Compare Plans | |
Service Level Agreement | 99.95% Uptime | 99.95% Uptime |
Access Control Lists (ACLs) | ||
Throughput per Cluster | Elastic scaling between 0-100MBps Unlimited with dedicated cluster i Need to scale beyond 100MBps? Contact Sales | Unlimited |
Max Data Retention | 5TB Unlimited with dedicated cluster i Need to store beyond 5TB? Contact Sales | Unlimited |
Availability | Single & Multi zone replication | Mutli-zone, high availability & durability |
Private Network Connectivity | Available with dedicated cluster i Looking for VPC Peering or AWS Transit Gateway connectivity? Contact Sales | VPC Peering, AWS Transit Gateway |
Compliance | ||
SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3 | ||
PCI Phase 2 | ||
GDPR readiness | ||
ISO 27001 | ||
HIPAA readiness | Available with dedicated cluster i HIPAA compliance needed? Contact Sales | |
Features | ||
| Open Source | Community | |
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Apache Kafka 2.3 i Distributed event streaming platform capable of handling trillions of events a day. | Connectors i Offers community connectors developed and supported by Confluent. | |
Kafka Streams i Offers a simple library that enables streaming application development within the Kafka framework. | KSQL i Enables stream processing against Apache Kafka using SQL-like semantics. | |
Kafka Connect i Delivers an advanced API for connecting external sources and destinations into Kafka. | Schema Registry i Offers a central registry for the format of Kafka data to guarantee compatibility. | |
Clients i Supports Kafka integration using C++, Python, Go, and .NET | REST Proxy i Provides universal access to Kafka from any network connected device via HTTP. |
| Commercial | Free forever on a single kafka broker i Free 30 day trial on unlimited Kafka brokers The software will allow unlimited-time usage of commercial features on a single Kafka broker. Upon adding a second broker, a 30-day timer will automatically start on commercial features, which cannot be reset by moving back to one broker i After the 30 day trial expires on commercial features, you may continue to run Apache Kafka and any community feature in perpetuity, without any impact to your data. If you wish to license commercial features beyond the 30 day trial, contact Confluent to discuss a license subscription |
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| Support 24x7x365* i The software will allow unlimited-time usage of commercial features on a single Kafka broker. Upon adding a second broker, a 30-day timer will automatically start on commercial features, which cannot be reset by moving back to one broker | Operator i Automates provisioning and management of Confluent Platform as a cloud-native application on Kubernetes. |
| Control Center i Delivers a comprehensive monitoring and management system for both developers and operations teams. | MQTT Proxy i Provides access to Kafka from MQTT devices and gateways without the need for a MQTT Broker in the middle. |
| Replicator i Enables replication across data centers and public clouds for disaster recovery and distributed data pipelines. | Security Plugins i Enable pass through client credentials from REST Proxy / Schema Registry to Kafka broker. Map AD/LDAP groups to Kafka ACLs. |
| Auto Data Balancer i Optimizes resource utilization through a rack-aware algorithm that rebalances partitions across a Kafka cluster. | Role-Based Access Control (Preview) i
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| Connectors i Offers commercially licensed connectors developed and supported by Confluent. |
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