Log and Monitor in Confluent Cloud

You can monitor the health and performance of your Apache Kafka® clusters, connectors, and other resources in several ways:

Feature	Description	Available through
Monitor tab in the Confluent Cloud Console	Gives you an at-a-glance view of a cluster’s resources and performance.	Cloud Console
Confluent Cloud Metrics	Time-series metrics you can query directly or send to third-party monitoring platforms like Datadog, Prometheus, and Grafana.	Confluent Cloud APIs
Notifications	Alert you to events that need your attention.	Cloud Console and Confluent Cloud APIs
Consumer lag monitoring	Helps you track how far behind your consumers are.	Cloud Console, Confluent Cloud APIs, and Confluent CLI
Dedicated cluster monitoring	Covers performance and expansion for Dedicated clusters specifically.	Cloud Console
Log export to third-party tools	Sends Confluent Cloud audit and usage logs to your own observability stack.	Cloud Console

Cloud Console Monitor tab, by cluster type

The Monitor tab on a cluster’s page in the Cloud Console shows a set of cards and charts that summarize the cluster’s resources and performance. Which components appear, and how much detail they show, depends on the cluster type and networking configuration. This section covers Basic, Standard, Dedicated, Enterprise, and Freight clusters. For a Confluent Platform cluster registered with Unified Stream Manager, see Monitor Confluent Platform Resources in Confluent Cloud.

The following components appear for every cluster type:

Connectors card

Shows a count of connectors. Select it to view the full connectors list.

Throughput chart

Shows produce and consume throughput.

Topics card

Shows a count of topics. Select it to view the full topics list.

Clients card

Shows a count of clients. Select it to view the full clients list.

Cluster Demand chart

Shows cluster demand, based on client connections.

Connection Behavior chart

Shows client connection behavior, such as accepted connections.

Partition Topology by Compaction Strategy chart

Shows the number of compacted and non-compacted partitions.

The following components vary by cluster type:

Cluster type	Private networking card	Cluster load chart	eCKU Usage chart
Basic	Not applicable	Not applicable	Yes, if eCKU pricing is enabled
Standard	Not applicable	Not applicable	Yes, if eCKU pricing is enabled
Dedicated	Yes, if using private networking (simple status)	Yes	Not applicable. Dedicated clusters use Confluent Unit for Kafka (CKU) capacity instead.
Enterprise	Yes (count of configured networks)	Not applicable	Yes
Freight	Yes (count of configured networks)	Not applicable	Yes