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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
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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Aiven for Apache Kafka® leads with an impressive 71% Momentum score, plus:
98%
satisfaction - the highest of
all streaming services
88%
of reviewers would recommend
Aiven for Apache Kafka®
2.14
months average
time to go live
Benefits
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"Aiven’s solutions architecture group fully focused on finding the best solution for us."
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VP of Data & Marketing
"We were able to deliver databases in the cloud and set the entire transformation process within 2-3 months."
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Lead Software Developer
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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Aiven for Apache Kafka pricing plans
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.
$290/month
$0.40/hourAdd-ons
$725/month
$0.99/hourAdd-ons
$2,800/month
$3.84/hourAdd-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
Using a managed Apache Kafka service like Aiven for Apache Kafka, allows data teams to overcome the challenges of building, maintaining, and operating the Apache Kafka infrastructure while at the same time leveraging the elasticity, scalability, and global availability of the cloud.
Yes, we offer a Bring-your-own-cloud (BYOC) deployment model for strict control requirements or to take advantage of your cloud provider discounts. Please contact sales for more information, or check out our BYOC documentation.
Easily connect to your data producers and data consumers with 30+ pre-built Kafka connectors. Click here to view the full list.
Tiered Storage reduces storage costs, increases operational flexibility, and provides unlimited data retention scalability.
During any upgrade process, new Kafka nodes are started alongside your existing nodes.
They join the Kafka cluster, now a mixture of old and new nodes. Aiven code coordinates streaming data from old to new nodes and moves partition leadership to new nodes. Old nodes with no more data are then retired from the cluster. Read more for a detailed step-by-step explanation of how this works.
Scaling options are available for all Aiven for Apache Kafka customers and require near-zero downtime, keeping your cluster up and running during the upgrade. Learn how you can increase the capacity of an existing Kafka cluster.
We proactively monitor all services 24/7/365. Our personnel are automatically alerted to any service anomalies for immediate resolution. Additionally, your account includes email and chat support. Three additional support tiers are available for a fee. Learn more about support response times and plans.
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