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What is Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Aiven for Apache Kafka® is a fully managed distributed event streaming service, that can be deployed in the cloud of your choice. Aiven for Apache Kafka is ideal for event-driven applications, near-real-time data transfer and data pipelines, streaming analytics, and any use case that requires moving huge amounts of real-time data between applications and systems. With Aiven for Apache Kafka you can set up fully managed Kafka clusters in less than 10 minutes — using the Aiven web console or programmatically via Aiven’s API, CLI, Terraform provider or Kubernetes operator. You can easily connect it to your existing tech stack with a fully managed Apache Kafka Connect service with over 30+ connectors. Monitoring your clusters with logs and metrics is also available out of the box via multiple service integrations. Get access to a complete open source ecosystem of streaming technologies and tools around Apache Kafka to fully manage, and operate a real time data infrastructure at scale using: Aiven for Apache Kafka: the core event streaming framework allowing you to transport data within your organization Aiven for Apache Kafka Connect: a fully managed, fully open source, distributed service enabling you to integrate your existing data sources and sinks seamlessly with Aiven for Apache Kafka. Aiven for Apache Kafka MirrorMaker2: a fully managed, fully open source distributed data replication service for cluster to cluster data replication, disaster recovery and geo proximity across multiple regions. Karapace®: a fully open source Kafka Schema Registry that applications can access to serialize and deserialize messages with popular formats such as AVRO, Protobuf and JSON. Aiven for Apache Flink®: a fully managed, fully open source streaming SQL engine for stateful stream processing over your data streams. Klaw: an open source data governance tool that helps enterprises exercise Apache Kafka® topic and schema governance. Aiven is ISO / IEC 27001: 2013, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, and CCPA compliant. Check our pricing and try our free 30-day trial at https://aiven.io/kafka.

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Product Description

Aiven for Apache Kafka is a fully managed streaming platform, deployable in the cloud of your choice. Snap it into your existing workflows with the click of a button, automate away the mundane tasks, and focus on building your core apps.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

NO VENDOR LOCK-IN
100% Open Source, you can take your cluster anywhere you want. Launch new clusters AND move clusters between different cloud providers with a few clicks.

BRING YOUR OWN CLOUD (BYOC)
For strict control requirements, you have the option to set up Aiven services within your own Cloud Provider account. The services can be managed through the Aiven console, and the user experience remains the same as with the regular Aiven service model.

LATEST KAFKA VERSION AND FEATURES
You’ll always get access to the latest Kafka version within a few weeks of release. We offer the most features of any solution on the market, so you have a lot of options with your deployment.

WORKFLOW AND COMPLIANCE
You can deploy our Kafka solution via our web console, API, CLI and Terraform. We’re compliant with all major governance standards, which makes things easier if your company has strict requirements.

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We help organizations fuel the continuous innovation needed to create awesome, data-intensive applications by using the leading open source technologies.

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Wu P.

software enginer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/28/2022

"Its easy to use.and documents are really detail"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

The stability of Aiven apache Kafka,really good Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

The trial period is too short,Can you provide free self-test service Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Insurance

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/12/2022

"Good offerings, very satisfied!"

5/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Easy of use, terraform provider, cli, ... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Everything is ok. I have nothing what I dislike Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/31/2022

"A zero downtime fully managed service, what's not to like? :D"

5/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

It's vendor-agnostic - I have been using AWS SQS, SNS and EventBridge for similar things before Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Managing topics and all the gritty details has a bit of a learning curve I guess Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Renewables & Environment

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/5/2022

"Does what it says on the tin - A managed Kafka service"

4/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

The avn CLI tool is very helpful for automating jobs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

I find the web UI is a little difficult to follow and it would be nice to have an obvious way of viewing topic schemas on here. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Retail

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/26/2022

"It just works!"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

The simplicity of CLI use and Terraform modules to provision and maintain the infrastructure. On the other hand, services are provisioned in a really quick and reliable way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Price? I am not sure, actually. I love the services provided. I would like to see more technologies inside Aiven ecosystem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Gambling & Casinos

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/23/2022

"Good tool for kafka things"

4/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Things I like about Aiven is that you can easily see all the necessary information about your kafka setup, like metrics, logs, topics and it is very intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

For now, I can't really think about anything that I dislike about Aiven. But new features are always welcomed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/29/2022

"Pretty good experience, easy to understand UI, stable uptime"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

I would say that having a stable and reliable service is the most important thing for Kafka, but clear billing info and a nice UI are a great addition. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Can't really think of anything. Perhaps could be a sign that I didn't use more advanced features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/17/2022

"Love it!"

5/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Very easy to use. The console UI is very clean and it's easy to find everything. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

I honestly don't think I dislike anything in particular. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bakul B.

Co-founder

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/13/2022

"Easily set up Kafka cluster in a matter of minutes"

4/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Simple, easly, and quick sign up. Getting started guides were great. Intuitive UI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

There's nothing that I didn't like. Having used Confluent in the past, it just took me a little learning to get used to the Aiven portall. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.