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Scalable pricing for every budget

Set your data in motion with Confluent Cloud, available on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Begin development with scale-to-zero Kafka pricing in Basic clusters and move to Standard or Dedicated as use cases evolve.

Basic
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- Single AZ Replication
- Stream Governance suite with Schema Registry, stream catalog, and interactive stream lineage maps
- At-rest & in-transit data encryption, Kafka ACLs, SAML/SSO
- Available add-ons:
  Managed Connectors
  Real-time stream processing
- 1 task per Connector
- First 10 partitions free
- Up to 100MBps throughput
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Standard
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Everything in Basic, plus:
- 99.95% Uptime SLA
- Single & Multi AZ Replication
- Unlimited tasks per Connector
- First 500 partitions free
- Infinite Storage (AWS & Google Cloud)
- Audit Logs
Dedicated
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Everything in Standard, plus:
- Single-tenant environment with GBps scale
- Private networking via VPC/VNet peering, AWS PrivateLink, Azure Private Link, and AWS Transit Gateway
- Encryption options with AWS and Google Cloud Customer Managed Keys (BYOK)
- Broker-side Schema ID Validation
- No charge for partitions

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Simple, transparent, usage-based pricing for use cases large and small. New signups receive $400 to spend within Confluent Cloud during their first 60 days.

Step 1 - Select Usage Estimate

Write	0.1 MBps
Read	0.3 MBps
Retention	7 days
Partitions	50

Common with launch of a first use case leveraging data in motion.

Write	0.5 MBps
Read	1.5 MBps
Retention	7 days
Partitions	50

Common with expansion to multiple use cases running in production.

Write	1.0 MBps
Read	3.0 MBps
Retention	7 days
Partitions	50

Common with adoption across new teams or additional product lines.

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Write	0.1 MBps
Read	0.3 MBps
Retention	7 days
Partitions	50

Common with launch of a first use case leveraging data in motion.

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Step 2 - Select Provider and Region

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Step 3 - Monthly Bill Estimate

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	Unit Prices	Estimate
Base Cost	-.-- USD/hour	$-.--
Write USD/GB	-.-- USD/GB	$-.--
Read USD/GB	-.-- USD/GB	$-.--
Retention USD/GB-hour	-.-- USD/GB-hour	$-.--
Partitions USD/hour	-.-- USD/hour	$-.--
	Subtotal	$-.--
	Free Trial Offer	-$400.00
	Total Monthly Estimate	$-.--

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New signups receive $400 to spend within Confluent Cloud during their first 60 days.

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*Monthly estimates based on 720 hours per month. Storage charges based on default topic replication factor of 3. Contact sales for more information.

Easy, line-by-line account management

Confluent monthly bills are based upon resource consumption:

Kafka clusters are billed for Networking ($/GB), Partitions ($/partition/hour), and Storage ($/GB-hour). Standard clusters also include a fixed base cost ($/hour).
Add-on use of Connectors is billed based upon throughput ($/GB) and a connector task base price for Dedicated clusters ($/task/hour).
Add-on use of ksqlDB is billed based upon Confluent streaming units ($/unit/hour).
Add-on use of Cluster Linking is billed at an hourly rate per link ($/Hour/Link) and by the data sent/received over all links ($/GB).
Add-on use of Audit Logs is billed based upon data read ($/GB).

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Cluster Details

Features

Pricing

Features

Service

Uptime SLA
Single AZ clusters
Multi AZ clusters


99.5%	99.95%	99.95%

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Scale

Throughput limit
Storage limit
Partition limit
Auto data balancing


100MBps	100MBps	Unlimited Based on custom provisioning
5 TB	Infinite Storage (AWS, Google CLoud) \| 5 TB (Azure)	Infinite Storage (AWS, Google Cloud) \| 10 TB (Azure)
2048	2048	Unlimited Based on custom provisioning

Managed Components

Stream Governance
ksqlDB
Connectors




1 task limit per connector

Private Network Connectivity

VPC/Vnet Peering
AWS PrivateLink
Azure Private Link
AWS Transit Gateway


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Cloud Providers

AWS
Azure
GCP

Monitoring & Visibility

Stream lineage
Metrics API

Security

Data encryption
Kafka ACLs
SAML/SSO
Audit Logs
Customer managed keys (BYOK)
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)





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-	-	AWS, Google Cloud

Compliance

SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3
ISO 27001
PCI
GDPR readiness
HIPAA readiness






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Basic

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Service
Uptime SLA	99.5%
Single AZ clusters
Multi AZ clusters	-
Scale
Throughput limit	100MBps
Storage limit	5 TB
Partition limit	2048
Auto data balancing
Managed Components
Stream Governance
ksqlDB
Connectors	1 task limit per connector
Private Network Connectivity
VPC/Vnet Peering	-
AWS PrivateLink	-
Azure Private Link	-
AWS Transit Gateway	-
Cloud Providers
AWS
Azure
GCP
Monitoring & Visibility
Stream lineage
Metrics API
Security
Data encryption
Kafka ACLs
SAML/SSO
Audit Logs	-
Customer managed keys (BYOK)	-
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Compliance
SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3
ISO 27001
PCI
GDPR readiness
HIPAA readiness	-

Standard

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Service
Uptime SLA	99.95%
Single AZ clusters
Multi AZ clusters
Scale
Throughput limit	100MBps
Storage limit	Infinite Storage (AWS, Google CLoud) \| 5 TB (Azure)
Partition limit	2048
Auto data balancing
Managed Components
Stream Governance
ksqlDB
Connectors
Private Network Connectivity
VPC/Vnet Peering	-
AWS PrivateLink	-
Azure Private Link	-
AWS Transit Gateway	-
Cloud Providers
AWS
Azure
GCP
Monitoring & Visibility
Stream lineage
Metrics API
Security
Data encryption
Kafka ACLs
SAML/SSO
Audit Logs
Customer managed keys (BYOK)	-
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Compliance
SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3
ISO 27001
PCI
GDPR readiness
HIPAA readiness	-

Dedicated

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Service
Uptime SLA	99.95%
Single AZ clusters
Multi AZ clusters
Scale
Throughput limit	Unlimited Based on custom provisioning
Storage limit	Infinite Storage (AWS, Google Cloud) \| 10 TB (Azure)
Partition limit	Unlimited Based on custom provisioning
Auto data balancing
Managed Components
Stream Governance
ksqlDB
Connectors
Private Network Connectivity
VPC/Vnet Peering
AWS PrivateLink
Azure Private Link
AWS Transit Gateway
Cloud Providers
AWS
Azure
GCP
Monitoring & Visibility
Stream lineage
Metrics API
Security
Data encryption
Kafka ACLs
SAML/SSO
Audit Logs
Customer managed keys (BYOK)	AWS, Google Cloud
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Compliance
SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3
ISO 27001
PCI
GDPR readiness
HIPAA readiness

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Base Cost	$ / Hour

	$0.00

	$1.50

Data in	$ / GB write


AWS	$0.13
AZURE	$0.12
GCP	$0.11

	SZ	MZ
AWS	$0.06	$0.13
AZURE	$0.05	$0.12
GCP	$0.04	$0.11

Data Out	$ / GB read

AWS	$0.13
AZURE	$0.12
GCP	$0.11

AWS	$0.06
AZURE	$0.05
GCP	$0.04

Partitions	$ / Partitions / Hour

	First 10 included
	(Hard limit of 2048) $0.004 thereafter

	First 500 included
	(Hard limit of 2048) $0.0015 thereafter

Data Stored	$ / GB-Month
Billing occurs by hour. Prices displayed based on 720 hours per month.

AWS	$0.10
AZURE	$0.10
GCP	$0.10

AWS	$0.10
AZURE	$0.10
GCP	$0.10

Connect

View Connect Pricing for Basic & Standard clusters.

Billing is based upon a connector task price ($/task/hour) and data transfer throughput ($/GB). A task is the capacity unit for fully managed connectors.

ksqlDB CSU	$ / CSU-Hour
A CSU (Confluent Streaming Unit) is the compute unit for fully managed ksqlDB. Min cluster starts at 4 CSUs.

	$0.23

	$0.23

Cluster Linking

Cluster Linking is billed at an hourly rate per link ($/Hour/Link) and by the data sent/received over all links ($/GB).

Link: $0.50/Hour/Link split evenly across the source and destination clusters
Data sent : $0.25/GB (in place of “Data Out”/Kafka Egress rate for the cluster)
Data received: Covered by ”Data In”/Kafka Ingress rate for the cluster; no additional charge

Audit Logs	$ / GB
Billed based upon data read from audit log topics

	n/a

	$0.13

Base Cost

$ / Hour

Basic

$0.00

Standard

$1.50

Data in

$ / GB write

Basic

AWS	$0.13
AZURE	$0.12
GCP	$0.11

Standard

	SZ	MZ
AWS	$0.06	$0.13
AZURE	$0.05	$0.12
GCP	$0.04	$0.11

Data Out

$ / GB read

Basic

AWS	$0.13
AZURE	$0.12
GCP	$0.11

Standard

AWS	$0.06
AZURE	$0.05
GCP	$0.04

Partitions

$ / Partitions / Hour

Basic

First 10 included

(Hard limit of 2048) $0.004 thereafter

Standard

First 500 included
(Hard limit of 2048) $0.0015 thereafter

Data Stored

$ / GB-Month

Basic

AWS	$0.10
AZURE	$0.10
GCP	$0.10

Standard

AWS	$0.10
AZURE	$0.10
GCP	$0.10

Connect

View Connect Pricing for Basic & Standard clusters.

Billing is based upon a connector task price ($/task/hour) and data transfer throughput ($/GB). A task is the capacity unit for fully managed connectors.

ksqlDB CSU

$ / CSU-Hour

Basic

$0.23

Standard

$0.23

Cluster Linking

Cluster Linking is billed at an hourly rate per link ($/Hour/Link) and by the data sent/received over all links ($/GB).

Link: $0.50/Hour/Link split evenly across the source and destination clusters
Data sent : $0.25/GB (in place of “Data Out”/Kafka Egress rate for the cluster)
Data received: Covered by ”Data In”/Kafka Ingress rate for the cluster; no additional charge

Audit Logs

$ / GB

Basic

n/a

Standard

$0.13

Prices vary by cloud region and are subject to change.

Pricing FAQ’s

How is my monthly bill calculated?

Confluent monthly bills are based upon resource consumption:

Kafka clusters are billed for Networking ($/GB), Storage ($/hour), and fixed costs including Partitions ($/hour).
Add-on use of Connectors is billed based upon throughput ($/GB) and a task base price for Dedicated clusters ($/task/hour).
Add-on use of stream processing with ksqlDB is billed based upon Confluent streaming units ($/unit/hour).
Add-on use of Cluster Linking is billed at an hourly rate per link ($/Hour/Link) and by the data sent/received over all links ($/GB).
Add-on use of Audit Logs is billed based upon data read ($/GB).

How can I get Confluent discounts?

When you commit to an annual plan, you can get discounts based on your usage.

What are annual commitments?

Confluent Cloud offers the ability to make a 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, ksqlDB, Connect 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.

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