Instaclustr Kafka vs Confluent
See why Instaclustr offers the best Managed Apache Kafka and Kafka support solutions.
Benefits of Instaclustr Managed Kafka
The Instaclustr Managed Platform will not only let you build and deploy an open source Apache Kafka cluster in minutes, it also delivers a highly performant, reliable, and scalable solution with low latency. Instaclustr Managed Kafka is the best way to run Kafka in the cloud, providing you with a production-ready and fully supported Kafka cluster in minutes.
- 100% Open Source—Apache Kafka, Apache Cassandra, Apache Spark, OpenSearch
- Unified Managed Data Platform
- 24×7 Expert Support
- SOC 2 Security Certifications and PCI-DSS compliant
- Automated Health Checks
- Run-In-Your-Own-Account or Run-In-Instaclustr-Account
- 200 Million+ Node Hours
Our commitment to open source is based on the real benefits that we see on a daily basis. Developed by large communities, open source is delivering benefits such as cost, flexibility, transparency, security, and technology freedom.
As the open source-as-a-service company, we regularly commit patches and new features to the projects.
We provide fully managed Apache Kafka database clusters integrated with other core data layer open source technologies.
Instaclustr’s technical operations teams have extensive experience running, operating, and supporting open source software. Our support options give you round-the-clock access to expert technical support
Security has been baked into Instaclustr’s platform and operations since Day One. We understand that you trust us with your valuable data, and we take that responsibility very seriously. We are SOC 2 Certified and offer PCI-DSS as an option for our Managed Kafka service.
Kafka performs best when you use it intelligently.
Our system monitors your schema and Kafka usage and reports findings on a health check page to help you apply the best practice usage of Kafka.
We support both Run In Your Own Account (RIYOA) and Run In Instaclustr’s Account (RIIA) in the cloud for our Managed Kafka and other core open source technologies.
On our managed platform, Kafka can be provisioned on AWS, GCP, and Azure and is bundled up with a host of additional features ready for enterprise deployment.
200 million+ node hours under management and managing over 9PBs of data across a wide and diverse set of use cases and industries.