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Aiven for Apache Kafka®

Apache Kafka managed service, deployed in the cloud of your choice with a full set of capabilities to build your event-driven architecture and streaming data pipelines.

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How it works

A complete open source ecosystem for Apache Kafka®

Aiven is one of the leading Apache Kafka providers for streaming solutions, and we're experts in the Kafka architecture. We bring together all the elements needed for you to move massive amounts of data with very low latency. Our streaming platform is ideal for event-driven architectures, streaming data pipelines, fine-tuning AI models, real-time analytics, and more.

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Manage with the tools you want:

Terraform

Kubernetes

GUI

CLI

API

Aiven for Apache Kafka® with Tiered Storage

Move older, less frequently accessed data to a lower cost object storage tier within Kafka. Tiered Storage reduces storage costs, increases operational flexibility, and provides unlimited data retention scalability.

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Benefits

Benefits of Aiven for Apache Kafka as-a-service

Set up clusters, deploy new nodes, migrate clouds and upgrade existing versions with Aiven’s managed Apache Kafka as a service. It takes just a few clicks before you can start monitoring through a simple dashboard.

Focus on creating and implementing applications, without the worry of managing and maintaining Apache Kafka yourself.

Automatic updates and upgrades. Zero stress.

Stressing about applying Kafka maintenance updates or version upgrades to your clusters? Handle updates and upgrades with just a few clicks with Aiven's managed Kafka service. Enjoy near-zero interruptions or downtime.

99.99% uptime. 100% human support.

Downtime is a disaster for streaming pipelines and microservices. That’s why Aiven makes sure you get 99.99% uptime. Plus, you get access to a 100% human support team — in case you need a helping hand.

Super-transparent Kafka pricing. No networking costs.

If you are asking "How much does Kafka cost?" check out our all-inclusive pricing with Tiered Storage to reduce storage costs while providing unlimited data retention scalability. No hidden fees or charges, just one payment that covers networking to data storage, and everything in-between.

New clusters. More nodes. More storage. Go multi-cloud.

Setting up Kafka has never been easier. Just a few clicks in our Kafka UI and you are up and running. Aiven for Apache Kafka is fully self-driving with automatic provisioning, cluster expansion, storage and capacity management, monitoring, upgrades, and security patches.

Customer stories

How our customers use Apache Kafka

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"Aiven’s solutions architecture group fully focused on finding the best solution for us."

Sachin Menon

VP of Data & Marketing

"We were able to deliver databases in the cloud and set the entire transformation process within 2-3 months."

Julien Charlot

Head of Databases

"We’re really, really happy with the approach that we took and that we chose Aiven as the provider."

Nicolas Chiu

Lead Software Developer

Features

Key features of Aiven for Apache Kafka

Setting up Kafka

How to set up Apache Kafka

  • Watch the video to see how to get started with Kafka
  • Deploy Kafka on AWS, GCP, Azure, Digital Ocean, or UpCloud
  • Select the Kafka pricing plan that best fits your needs
  • Create a production-ready, hosted Apache Kafka cluster in 10 minutes
  • Leverage your cloud account discounts with our Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) deployment model
  • Use Tiered Storage to reduce storage costs, increase operational flexibility, and provide unlimited data retention scalability

Connect to Kafka

Integrate with your infrastructure

  • Use your existing SAML or Google OAuth for Kafka authentication
  • Connect external data sources with Aiven’s managed Kafka Connect service and 30+ built-in connectors
  • Secure network connectivity using VPC peering, PrivateLink or TransitGateway
  • Store schemas in a central repository with Karapace.io, an open source REST API and Schema Registry for Kafka
  • Single-click portability to other cloud providers

Managing Kafka

How to manage Kafka

  • Use your favorite Kafka UI tool, e.g. Klaw, Conduktor, Kafdrop or kcat
  • Manage Kafka clusters through the Aiven Console (GUI), CLI, Terraform or Kubernetes tools
  • Manage users and access control lists (ACL) and inspect Kafka topics
  • Replicate Kafka clusters for disaster recovery or geographical proximity with the Aiven for Apache Kafka MirrorMaker 2 service
  • Integrate with your favorite observability tools including Datadog, Prometheus, Jolokia and more, or use Aiven observability tools for enhanced monitoring and logging

Operating Kafka

How to operate Kafka

  • Fully self-driving with automatic provisioning, cluster expansion, storage and capacity management, load balancing, monitoring, upgrades, and security patches
  • Self-healing automation with 99.99% uptime SLA through dedicated, cloud-native clusters deployed across three availability zones
  • Near-zero downtime during scaling, upgrading and other management operations
  • Secure and compliant Kafka managed service - ISO 27001:2013, SOC2, GDPR, HIPAA and PCI/DSS

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Aiven for Apache Kafka pricing plans

Enjoy high availability even with the smallest plan

All-inclusive Kafka pricing so you never get end of the month surprises. No add-on maintenance, networking or storage fees. Private networking (VPC), high availability, multi-AZ and single-tenant, dedicated clusters with each virtual machine placed in a different availability zone.

Scale up or down when needed and only pay for what you use with hosted Apache Kafka from Aiven. Use Tiered Storage to reduce storage costs, increase operational flexibility, and provide unlimited data retention scalability.

  • Startup

    starting from

    $290/month

    $0.40/hour
    • 3 dedicated VMs
    • 2 CPU per VM
    • 2 GB RAM per VM
    • 90 GB total cluster storage

    Add-ons

  • Business

    starting from

    $725/month

    $0.99/hour
    • 3 dedicated VMs
    • 2-8 CPU per VM
    • 4-32 GB RAM per VM
    • 600-4500 GB total cluster storage
    • Everything in Startup, plus support for Kafka Connect in the same cluster

    Add-ons

  • Premium

    starting from

    $2,800/month

    $3.84/hour
    • 6-30 dedicated VMs
    • 2-8 CPU per VM
    • 8-32 GB RAM per VM
    • 2250-45000 GB total cluster storage
    • Everything in Business, plus more compute and storage capacity

    Add-ons

Need help? Use our Kafka plan finder tool to get a recommended Kafka® plan based on your unique data needs and requirements.

Data retention is only limited by storage. For information about annual discount or plan capacity beyond the listed plans, please contact us

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