Forrester™ Names Confluent a Leader in Data Streaming Platforms, Q4 2025

Confluent named a Leader in Streaming Data Platforms

The Forrester report states: “Confluent’s strategy is to set the standard for what an enterprise-grade streaming data platform should be.”

Confluent has been recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Streaming Data Platforms, Q4 2025, receiving the highest marks possible in the innovation, roadmap, and partner ecosystem criteria within the strategy category, in addition to 9 of the 12 current offerings criteria evaluated in the report. We believe this recognition reflects our mission to help every organization stream data in real time—everywhere it’s needed.

The Forrester report states what we believe customers already know: “Confluent is an ideal fit for enterprises that wish to expand their streaming data use cases with enterprise-level governance, tooling, and ongoing innovation.”

In a world where every millisecond counts, Confluent provides the data streaming foundation for real-time intelligence, efficiency, and innovation.

Confluent’s vendor profile in the Forrester report states:

• Strategy: Confluent’s strategy is to set the standard for what an enterprise-grade streaming data platform should be. It provides consistent innovation, a superior roadmap, and an excellent vision for how real-time data is essential for enterprise AI.
• Capabilities: Confluent enables robust performance for real-time analytics and event-driven enterprise applications as well as the seamless management of large-scale, hybrid, andcloud-native deployments.
• Customer Feedback: Confluent customers appreciate our range of cloud-native deployment options, pace of innovation, and extensive tooling for governance, development, and management of large-scale deployments.

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