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Calculate exactly how much you will save with Aiven and find an Aiven for Apache Kafka® plan that fits your data requirements.
The complete Aiven platform
Startup
starting from$200/month
$0.274/hour- 3 dedicated VMs
- 1 CPU per VM
- 2 GB RAM per VM
- 90 GB total cluster storage
Business
starting from$500/month
$0.685/hour- 3 dedicated VMs
- 1-8 CPU per VM
- 4-32 GB RAM per VM
- Up to 4500 GB total cluster storage
- Everything in Startup, plus support for Kafka Connect in the same cluster
Premium
starting from$1900/month
$2.603/hour- 6-30 dedicated VMs
- 2-8 CPU per VM
- 8-32 GB RAM per VM
- Up to 45000 GB total cluster storage
- Everything in Business, plus eligible to run under your cloud account (BYOA)
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. Contact us for information about annual discount or plan capacity beyond the listed plans.
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 Aiven for Apache Kafka® | Startup starting from $200/month | Business starting from $500/month | Premium starting from $1900/month |
|---|---|---|---|
Dedicated VMs | 3 | 3 | 6-30 |
CPU per VM | 1 | 1-8 | 2-8 |
RAM per VM | 2 GB | 4-32 GB | 8-32 GB |
Total cluster storage | 90 GB | Up to 4500 GB | Up to 45000 GB |
Clouds | AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Digital Ocean, UpCloud | AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Digital Ocean, UpCloud | AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Digital Ocean, UpCloud |
Data retention | Limited only by diskspace | Limited only by diskspace | Limited only by diskspace |
All networking cost included | |||
Seamless upgrade/downgrade to other plans | |||
One-click version upgrade | |||
Performance graphs | |||
Data encrypted on disk and network | |||
VPC peering in AWS, GCP, and Microsoft Azure | |||
Kafka REST HTTP access to sending and receiving messages | |||
Schema Registry Registry for storing Kafka message schemas | |||
99.99% availability Percentage of time the service is guaranteed to be available and operational | |||
High availability Automatic failover to another node in case of a node failure | |||
Kafka Connect Included in the base Kafka cluster. A separate Kafka Connect service is available to all plans | |||
Run under your own cloud account (BYOA) | Available at an additional cost | ||
Dynamic disk sizing Add or remove additional storage to meet your growing business needs | Available at an additional cost | Available at an additional cost | Available at an additional cost |
Support Offers three additional support tiers with separate charge that include faster response times and phone support | Support through email with best-effort responses during the same or next business day | Support through email with best-effort responses during the same or next business day | Support through email with best-effort responses during the same or next business day |
Get started for free | Get started for free | Get started for free |
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Yes, we offer a Bring Your Own Account (BYOA) model for larger setups. Please contact sales for more information, or check out our BYOA documentation.
Aiven categorises plans into 4 different tiers. These are Hobbyist, Startup, Business and Premium. The differences between tiers are service specific so we encourage you to choose the service you are interested in from the plan finder on the pricing page and then click "Plan Comparison".
Most technical features are available in all tiers. One key difference between the tiers can be the number of dedicated VMs. The more VMs there are, the more resistant the service is for any anomalies. Our Hobbyist/Startup tiers are typically recommended for test environments, Business for production environments and Premium for enterprise-level production environments.
All Aiven for Apache Kafka and Aiven for Apache Cassandra plans offer high-availability (minimum 3 nodes), private networking (VPC) and single-tenant, dedicated clusters where each virtual machine is in a different availability zone. With our Apache Kafka service, Kafka Connect is included only in Business and Premium plans.
See plan comparison to check what's included in different tiers of Kafka plans. Also, you can use our Kafka plan finder tool to get a recommended Kafka plan based on your unique data needs and requirements.
Aiven for PostgreSQL offers high Availability for Business (2 nodes) and Premium (3 nodes) plans. Backup Retention Time varies per plan: 0 days for Hobbyist, 2 days for Startup, 14 days for Business, and 30 days for Premium plan. On premium level plans, you can optionally enable synchronous replication for higher reliability
See plan comparison for more details on PostgreSQL plans.
We proactively monitor all services 24/7/365. Our personnel are automatically alerted on any service anomalies for immediate resolution. Additionally, your account includes email and chat support. Three additional support tiers are available for an added fee. Learn more about support response times and plans.
Discounts are available for organizations willing to make annual minimum-spend commitments. For more information, contact sales.
Yes, with Aiven’s Dynamic Disk Sizing you can freely adjust the disk space allocation for Aiven for PostgreSQL, Aiven for MySQL, Aiven for Apache Kafka, Aiven for Cassandra, Aiven for M3 and Aiven for OpenSearch plans. Adjust the amount of disk space you use in the Aiven Console. You can go all the way up to three times the amount defined in your plan. The price of the additional storage also covers the additional backup storage needed to handle the increased disk size.
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