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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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Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/19/2023

"Quick Connect to Kafka"

4/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

The setup was very easy and quick. It even provide integration snippets that re very helpfull and the support team is one of the quickest to respond. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

The pricing can be more competitive and the loging can be improved. The RBAC and dashboard stability has to be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Goods

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/6/2023

"I find it very useful to quickly check the sample messages from topics"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Simplicity of use and ease to search for topics nd projects that I want to view Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

The UI can be confusing at times, but we get used to it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/26/2023

"Aiven for Apache Kafka"

4/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

The UI is comprehensive, and the support responsive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

We've had a few bugs in the UI, which when raised took some time to fix (depending on roadmap). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Djamel H.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/26/2023

"work with Aiven"

4/5

What do you like best about Aiven Platform?

you can create a service very easy way

manage kafka is really easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven Platform?

the global search on all projects it is really a lack Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/17/2023

"Great"

5/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

It is a great way to cluster and organize your kafka topics, implement authentication and easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

I can not find anything at the moment... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Michael Z.

Chief Technology Officer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/31/2023

"Fantastic product"

5/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Great UI, we migrated from another vendor completely in 4 hours!! upgrades are touchless, we can see how everything is setup and running. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Challenging to implement exactly once processing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/6/2023

"Good stuff"

5/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Easy to maintain. Always new versions. Good stuff Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Managing certificates is painful when you have > 200 servces Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Package/Freight Delivery

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/7/2023

"Robust event platform"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

From my experience the platform has been very robust and efficient. I do not remember ever, even during some exceptional situations a single event being lost or undelivered. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Learning curve for kafka has been quite steep at least form. But that is probably more related to the kafka itself than Aiven. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/6/2023

"Reliable"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

The best thing about Aiven for Apache Kafka has been it's reliability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

That there is no backup option for data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Gambling & Casinos

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/9/2023

"Happy Aiven Kafka user"

5/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

- Great customer support

- Product of good quality

- High availablity Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

I did not encouter anything I dislike about Aiven in particular. However, I think that the Aiven console is not too user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Markos Sfikas of Aiven for Apache Kafka

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Thanks for your review and trust in Aiven for Apache Kafka.

We will be introducing some updates to the Aiven Console that you can already test out here: https://console.aiven.io/profile/feature-preview.

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