Introducing Aiven Apps: Applications next to your data, where they belong

We are excited to announce the Limited Availability (LA) launch of Aiven Apps!

For over a decade, Aiven has simplified how you store and stream data with an open-source foundation. Over that same time, data volumes have exploded, and so has the friction caused by the distance between where your data is stored and where your code runs.

Today, we are taking the next step: enabling you to deploy apps where data lives.

Aiven Apps lets teams deliver real-time applications faster, that scale, and are production ready. It provides a managed, stateless runtime that runs directly inside your data perimeter, allowing teams to deploy applications alongside open-source data services like PostgreSQL® and Apache Kafka®.

Developers can use familiar tools such as Docker Compose, AI Agents, and open standards to bypass the headache of complex infrastructure plumbing and the need to manage multiple providers, while avoiding vendor lock-in entirely.

The high price of fragmented infrastructure

Separating code from data creates friction, slowing development, increasing costs, and introducing security risks. Modern application development often feels like building a house of cards; fragile, overcomplicated, and constantly at risk of breaking.

Instead of shipping features, teams end up wrestling with expired tokens, VPC peering, IAM roles, networking setup, and cloud configurations just to keep basic systems connected, turning what should be a simple database query into a weeks-long engineering effort. Even then, moving data between services or regions introduces unpredictable costs and unnecessary security exposure. On top of that, every cloud provider brings its own rules and constraints. This fragmentation makes it difficult to move or evolve systems without rewriting large parts of the architecture.

Unify your code and data

By bringing code inside the same secure data perimeter, your applications gain the full benefits of Aiven’s managed services, removing the need to stitch together fragmented systems.

• Zero-configuration: Your apps automatically inherit the security and networking context of your data, allowing you to deploy in minutes.
• In-perimeter execution: By running your code within the same network boundary as your data, you minimize costly egress fees and maximize security.
• Git-to-Deploy: Connect your GitHub repositories and Aiven handles the build and deployment from standard Containerfiles. It’s enterprise-grade infrastructure without the DevOps overhead.
• No lock-in: Built on portable open standards like Docker Compose, you can build once and deploy to any cloud, retaining full control of your stack.

Stop stitching, start shipping

During our internal testing, our engineers have used Aiven Apps to solve a variety of real-world data problems. Initial focus areas for the LA phase include:

• LLMs & AI agents: Deploy AI models inside your data perimeter, secure and private.
• Data utility: Deploy logic to classify, filter, and sanitize data streams in real-time.
• Alert & monitoring: Build alerting, monitoring, or anomaly detection that triggers actions locally.
• Internal tools: Build secure dashboards, read-only notebooks, and APIs for immediate production insights.

Join the Limited Availability program

We are currently inviting customers to help us shape the future of data-native applications. During this phase, Aiven Apps supports seamless integration with Aiven for PostgreSQL®, Apache Kafka®, OpenSearch®, and Valkey™.

Request access to the Limited Availability program