Aiven for Apache Kafka®

  • Now running 3.9
  • One cluster,
    infinite possibilities

    The future of Kafka is here: a single, cloud-native engine that instantly upgrades your cluster to run both sub-100 ms streams and 80% cheaper batch topics, eliminating silos and cluster sprawl without a migration.

    99.99% SLA

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    Includes $300 in free credits

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    Aiven in action

    From zero to first message in 2 minutes

    Don't just take our word for it. See how fast you can deploy a fully-managed Kafka cluster, produce your first message, and consume it in real time.

    Streaming platform

    Streamlined. Governed. Discoverable.

    The modern Kafka platform for developers.

    Streamlined topic ownership

    Enable application teams to request and own their Kafka topics directly, with built-in approval workflows that ensure governance without bottlenecks.

    Topic catalog for discovery

    Our comprehensive topic catalog makes it easy for teams across your organization to discover and reuse existing data streams, preventing duplication and increasing data reuse.

    Quality-first data streams, every time

    Our integrated Schema Registry automatically enforces data quality and consistency, preventing breaking changes and simplifying data evolution.

    Data flow visualizer

    Visually map your data flow across Aiven services and easily expand your pipelines.

    Connectors

    A unified platform for your entire data stack

    Connect services with a single click. Move data effortlessly between managed databases and streaming services to build powerful, integrated applications.

    Features

    Enterprise-grade Kafka, without the complexity

    Infinite scalability with tiered storage

    From real-time analytics to historical insights, build apps that handle it all. Aiven for Apache Kafka® can scale compute and storage independently with tiered storage.

    Built-in Schema Registry with Karapace

    Ensure data integrity and prevent breaking changes with our open-source, Karapace-powered Schema Registry. It's fully integrated and managed for you.

    Predictive consumer lag monitoring

    Get ahead of bottlenecks. Our platform provides insights to help you identify consumer lag issues early, crucial for auto-scaling consumers and ensuring smooth data flow.

    Automatic failure recovery

    Self-healing clusters with automatic failover ensure your services stay online. We run multi-node clusters across availability zones to guarantee our 99.99% uptime SLA.

    Effortless data replication

    Use our managed MirrorMaker 2 connector to easily replicate data across clusters for disaster recovery, geo-proximity, or hybrid cloud strategies.

    Follower fetcher

    Reduce network traffic and lower latency by allowing consumers to read data from replica brokers instead of only the leader broker, improving resource utilization.

    Safeguarded with Aiven Platform

    • HIPAA compliant
    • PCI-DSS compliant
    • GDPR & CCPA compliant
    • SOC2 compliant
    • ISO/IEC series compliant

    Use cases

    The engine for your real-time apps

    Stream directly into data lake

    Stream data directly into Iceberg tables and query it instantly, bringing database-like functionality to your data lake.

    • Real-time analytics
    • Streaming etl
    • Data pipelines

    Backed by open source committers

    We don't just run Kafka, we help build it. Our team includes dedicated Apache Kafka® open-source committers, ensuring deep expertise and a direct contribution to its evolution.

    Cloud providers

    Your data. Your cloud. Your choice

    Ease of a fully managed data service while giving you the cost benefits, security and data control of running in your own cloud account.

    Try Aiven for Kafka® for free