Aiven for Apache Kafka Developer tier now available

Aiven for Apache Kafka® now offers Developer tier for Classic Kafka services: a paid service tier between Free and Professional, with higher throughput, more topics, longer retention, and service integrations. Use it for development, testing, and production workloads that do not yet require Professional tier scale.

Key features

• Managed Kafka service with Schema Registry and REST Proxy
• Higher throughput than the Free tier
• Configurable message retention from 1 to 7 days
• Optional Kafka Connect add-on
• Integrations and monitoring

Pricing

• Starts at $29 USD/month
• Kafka Connect add-on starts at $20 USD/month
• Extending retention beyond the default increases the monthly cost

Limitations

• Intended for development and test workloads, not production
• Resource and usage limits apply
• Some advanced features are available only on the Professional tier

Upgrade to a Professional tier plan to remove limits and enable production features.

For more information, see the Aiven for Apache Kafka Developer tier documentation.