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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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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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Verified User in Airlines/Aviation

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/28/2022

"Manager"

3/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Best tool and all environment info at one place and easy to maintain Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Nothing found as of now. Nothing found as of now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Retail

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/2/2022

"Hassle-free Kafka"

4/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Easily get started. Smooth scaling (switching instance types) and lots of integration options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Only static credentials. Rotation needs to be applied. UI could offer more tooling. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Retail

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/22/2022

"Does the job its asked"

2.5/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

The service is available from anywhere, does provide all the options you need. Documentation seems to cover most cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

As a service, it could offer more, there could be more options to customize services and a way to actually see data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Gambling & Casinos

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/1/2022

"Very useful with lot of features"

3/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

It is easy to use and very user-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Pricing of the products is a little bit high for small companies and startups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Import and Export

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/21/2022

"Aiven Kafka Review"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

I like the User Interface of Aiven the most. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Nothing as such, most of the features of Aiven are working fine and all the information in one place helps a lot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Muhammad Z.

Software Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/11/2021

"Aiven makes Apache Kafka simple!"

4/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Using AIven is the easiest way to try Apache Kafka. It saves me a lot of time and money, without thinking of setuping infrastructure and maintain it. It also has many integration, thanks to Kafka Connect. The cloud provider support is also really good. The interface is also really good and it is really easy to manage it by just using web interface. The 30 days trial is also really good and the credits is more than enough for playing around and trying Apache Kafka before using it in production, even though Aiven for Kafka is production ready. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

For some advanced usage, some features might not be available in Aiven. There is no way to integrate or connect to RabbitMQ. There is no storage addition to the service, make it hard to upgrade the storage without upgrading the service. I hope this feature will be supported soon. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Aiven for Apache Kafka:

If you're looking for easy-to-use and has good support, Aiven for Apache Kafka is your best choice. The service has many features; even though you don't need all of them, it would be beneficial in the future. The pricing is also really fair, compared to the service they offer. You don't even need to think about your infrastructure. It offers you 30 day free trial without credit card, and I think it's really good offer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Aiven for Apache Kafka solving and how is that benefiting you?

I think Aiven make it easy for me to learn and experience the Apache Kafka itself. It helps me to understand more how things work. We are migrating from RabbitMQ to Kafka, and using Aiven is giving us many benefits. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Roberto A.

Information Security Architect

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/6/2021

"Very smart implementation of Kafka"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Aiven managed to do an amicable and efficient cloud-based solution. In our company, we particularly liked the simplicity of the implementation and the low latency, which allowed us to operate with minimal overhead. The technical support is also quite good and very attentive to the details. Being a cloud native company Aiven manages to integrate seamelessly with most of our infrastructure without major issues.

We also particularly like their security, as they have demonstrated to be on top of their game regarding regarding patching, secure configuration and also with their own cloud infrastructure.The fact that they are inside the European Union also facilitates GDPR compliance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

We didn't like (initially) that we couldn't roll it out in our GCP installation as that was our preferred solution. This was widely discussed internally as the main drawback compared to competitors.

However, after balancing the pros and cons, the managed cloud ended up being just fine for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Aiven for Apache Kafka:

Check the market to make sure it fits with your current infrastructure. Although it worked fine for all of us, it can be a different situation if you have a hybrid infrastructure or some other specific requirements. Fortunately, the Aiven team is very capable of doing this kind of assessment with you very honestly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Aiven for Apache Kafka solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are a very high traffic site with millions of restaurant reservations. We needed a stream solution that could elegantly handle this volume while simplifying our setup. We have found Kafka to cover most of our requirements which allowed us to scale up quite quickly without the traditional limitations of RDBMS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/28/2021

"Best way to manage your kafka infra"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

I like how aiven provides a very simple platform and UX for the Kafka console to be able to access it with ease. As Aiven is managing Kafka for us we don't need to worry about downtime of any case, Our whole infrastructure is built around Kafka and aiven is making sure that it's working 24x7. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

No far I haven't had any issues with Aiven Kafka. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Harshil K.

Software Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/22/2021

"Aiven for apache kafka is a fully managed service which you can deploy in the cloud of your choice."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

You can integrate this easily into the existing workflows. It helps to automate the daily tasks and rather helps you focus on building the core applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

It can get slightly expensive specially if you want to store a lot of data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Aiven for Apache Kafka:

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. It is a fast and reliable solution for companies who want to stream real time data and gather information to make meaningful decisions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Aiven for Apache Kafka solving and how is that benefiting you?

Apache Kafka is an open-source platform for building real-time streaming data pipelines and applications. You can have applications produce data to some topic and then some applications which consume the data to perform more complex operations and business logic on to it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/19/2021

"Good Kafka+Connect interface"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Easy configuration interface, Kafka & connect integration feels seamless Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Loading times seem high at times.

For example, creating a new Kafka connect connector prompt takes a while sometimes.

Plus, topic deletion sometimes takes a while without changing anything UI wise, so the user presses the delete button several times Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.