Beyond ZooKeeper: The Fast Track to KRaft with Confluent Cloud

ZooKeeper is ending. Don’t get left behind.

ZooKeeper’s end-of-life forces costly, manual data migration and constant patching on hosted Kafka services. Confluent Cloud provides the only KRaft-native, fully managed platform with built-in automation to cut risk, accelerate deployment, and eliminate operational toil. Discover how Confluent Cloud simplifies and automates your move from ZooKeeper to KRaft so you can focus on innovation, not infrastructure. De-risk your migration to KRaft with a fully managed data streaming platform—no downtime, no manual migrations, no hidden costs.

Your KRaft fast-track guide

Using this guide, platform teams and architects will find a clear path to transition without the downtime or manual effort, including:

• ZooKeeper Exit Strategy: Learn about the operational risks and hidden costs of staying on ZooKeeper-based clusters
• The Migration Gap: Discover why hosted Kafka alternatives mandate manual data migration and patch management
• Automated KRaft Transition: Explore how the KCP planner cuts provisioning time and cost-estimation from weeks to minutes
• Future-Proof Streaming: Unlock KRaft-native benefits like faster failover, simpler architecture, and 99.99% uptime SLA
• The Cost Advantage: Learn how to save 40–70% over hosted Kafka alternatives

Why it matters KRaft is the next evolution of Apache Kafka—offering a simpler, more scalable, and more resilient architecture. But migrating isn’t trivial. Confluent Cloud is the easy button for your transition, so your team can stay focused on delivering value, not firefighting infrastructure.