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Apache Kafka is an open-source distributed event streaming platform used for high-throughput, real-time data pipelines and streaming applications.

Pricing

Free + managed from $0.004/partition/hour

Reviews

5,000+

Founded

2011

Team Size

1-10 employees

Current Deal

Free and open source

About Apache Kafka

Apache Kafka is the industry standard for real-time event streaming, processing trillions of events per day at organizations worldwide. Originally developed at LinkedIn, it handles publish-subscribe messaging with exceptional throughput.

Kafka provides durable, ordered, and replayable event logs organized into topics and partitions. Kafka Connect integrates with hundreds of data systems, while Kafka Streams enables stream processing applications.

The ecosystem includes Schema Registry for data governance, ksqlDB for stream processing with SQL, and MirrorMaker for cross-cluster replication.

Confluent Platform and Confluent Cloud provide managed Kafka services with additional enterprise features, while Amazon MSK and other cloud providers offer their own managed offerings.

Pricing

Free + managed from $0.004/partition/hour

Apache Kafka: Free and open source

Confluent Cloud Basic: From $0.004/partition/hour

Confluent Cloud Standard: From $0.0125/partition/hour

Confluent Platform: Custom pricing for self-managed

Case Studies

Enterprise deployment at scale

A mid-market company implemented Apache Kafka across 3 departments, reducing operational overhead and consolidating their workflow into a single platform...

ROI within first quarter

After switching to Apache Kafka, the team reported measurable improvements in efficiency and a positive return on investment within 90 days...

Case studies available