-$225,994
Network
Aiven Inkless
Open source Apache Kafka®, now diskless
Cut your TCO by up to 80%
Unify real-time streaming and the Lakehouse
Experience the power of Inkless™
Diskless topics for Apache Kafka®
Cut your TCO by up to 80%
Unify real-time streaming and the Lakehouse
Experience the power of Inkless™
Diskless topics for Apache Kafka®
Cut your TCO by up to 80%
Unify real-time streaming and the Lakehouse
Experience the power of Inkless™
Diskless topics for Apache Kafka®
Bring your own cloud (BYOC) deployed as stateless service, directly in your VPC with no disks to manage.
Inkless implements diskless topics that write data directly to object storage, like AWS S3, using a leaderless architecture where any broker can handle any partition. This eliminates expensive local disk replication for topic data, though brokers still leverage small amounts of disk for metadata.
Apache Kafka stores and replicates data across multiple broker servers using local disks, with a designated leader broker handling writes to each partition while follower brokers maintain copies. This architecture requires cross-zone disk replication for high availability, which generates expensive network traffic as data is duplicated across different cloud availability zones.
Tired of unpredictable Kafka bills and the high cost of data retention? Your traditional Kafka setup is costing you more than you think. Use our interactive calculator to see how Aiven's diskless architecture can dramatically reduce your TCO. Input your current usage and discover your potential savings in minutes.
-$538,492 /month
Compared to Kafka 3AZ
-$225,994
Network
-$221,486
Storage
-$51,138
Broker
-$39,875
Personnel
One Kafka cluster to rule all streams, slashing TCO by up to 80 %, and staying 100% compatible with every client, connector and tool you already use.
Run sub‑100 ms streams and 80 % cheaper batch topics in the same cluster. No silos, no cluster sprawl — just one cloud‑native engine for every workload
Leaderless architecture writes straight to S3/GCS, erasing cross‑AZ fees and disks. Scale storage and compute independently, and pay only for what you actually use.
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Metric | Max seen in production | Production limits (tested) | Production limits (future) |
|---|---|---|---|
Data In | 1.8 GB/sec | 10 GB/sec | Unlimited |
P99 Diskless Latency | 1500ms | 2000ms | 800ms |
Partitions | 68,000 | 154,000 | Unlimited |
Connections | 120,000 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
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Bring your own cloud (BYOC) deployed as stateless service, directly in your VPC with no disks to manage.
Inkless implements diskless topics that write data directly to object storage, like AWS S3, using a leaderless architecture where any broker can handle any partition. This eliminates expensive local disk replication for topic data, though brokers still leverage small amounts of disk for metadata.
Apache Kafka stores and replicates data across multiple broker servers using local disks, with a designated leader broker handling writes to each partition while follower brokers maintain copies. This architecture requires cross-zone disk replication for high availability, which generates expensive network traffic as data is duplicated across different cloud availability zones.
Tired of unpredictable Kafka bills and the high cost of data retention? Your traditional Kafka setup is costing you more than you think. Use our interactive calculator to see how Aiven's diskless architecture can dramatically reduce your TCO. Input your current usage and discover your potential savings in minutes.
-$538,492 /month
Compared to Kafka 3AZ
-$225,994
Network
-$221,486
Storage
-$51,138
Broker
-$39,875
Personnel
One Kafka cluster to rule all streams, slashing TCO by up to 80 %, and staying 100% compatible with every client, connector and tool you already use.
Run sub‑100 ms streams and 80 % cheaper batch topics in the same cluster. No silos, no cluster sprawl — just one cloud‑native engine for every workload
Leaderless architecture writes straight to S3/GCS, erasing cross‑AZ fees and disks. Scale storage and compute independently, and pay only for what you actually use.
Can't find what you are looking for? Chat with us
Metric | Max seen in production | Production limits (tested) | Production limits (future) |
|---|---|---|---|
Data In | 1.8 GB/sec | 10 GB/sec | Unlimited |
P99 Diskless Latency | 1500ms | 2000ms | 800ms |
Partitions | 68,000 | 154,000 | Unlimited |
Connections | 120,000 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Can't find what you are looking for? Chat with us
Keep every client, connector, and tool — just upgrade and go. It’s upstream-aligned, fully open source, and offers zero lock-in. Kafka, reimagined.
Keep every client, connector, and tool — just upgrade and go. It’s upstream-aligned, fully open source, and offers zero lock-in. Kafka, reimagined.
