Confluent Cloud for Government
This documentation provides broad comparisons between Confluent Cloud for Government and commercial Confluent Cloud. Many procedures and references for the two services are identical. Consider using this approach with this documentation:
Use this documentation to discover unique information about Confluent Cloud for Government
Use Confluent Cloud documentation to manage Confluent Cloud for Government
This guide assumes your familiarity with Confluent Cloud.
What is Confluent Cloud for Government?
Confluent Cloud for Government is a fully-managed event streaming service for the U.S. government, developed by the same people that built Confluent Cloud. This topic provides an overview of the supported Confluent Cloud for Government features and the available cloud providers and regions. For information about billing and support, see Support and Billing.
Supported Features for Confluent Cloud for Government
Confluent Cloud for Government supports a subset of Confluent Cloud features.
API availability comparison table
The following table identifies the APIs supported for Confluent Cloud for Government.
Feature |
API |
Commercial supports |
Confluent Cloud for Government supports |
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Billing |
Latest version |
Latest version |
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Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) |
Latest version |
Latest version |
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Cluster management |
Latest version |
Latest version [*] |
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Identity and Access Management (IAM) |
Latest version |
Latest version |
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Latest version |
Latest version |
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Latest version |
Latest version |
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Latest version |
Latest version |
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Latest version |
Latest version |
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Latest version |
Latest version |
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Latest version |
Latest version |
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Latest version |
Latest version |
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Kafka API |
Latest version |
Latest version |
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Latest version |
Latest version |
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Latest version |
Latest version |
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Latest version |
Latest version |
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Latest version |
Latest version |
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Latest version |
Latest version |
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Latest version |
Latest version |
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Latest version |
Latest version |
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Metrics |
Latest version |
Latest version |
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Networking |
Latest version |
Latest version |
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Latest version |
Latest version |
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Latest version |
No support |
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Latest version |
Latest version |
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Latest version |
Latest version |
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Latest version |
Latest version |
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Latest version |
Latest version |
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Notifications |
Latest version |
Latest version |
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Latest version |
Latest version |
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Latest version |
Latest version |
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Organizations |
Latest version |
Latest version |
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Latest version |
Latest version |
Kafka cluster types
Confluent Cloud for Government supports Dedicated Kafka cluster types.
No support for any other Kafka cluster types. For more information on Kafka cluster types, see Confluent Cloud Cluster Types in the commercial Confluent Cloud documentation.
Self-hosted options
Some Confluent Cloud features are not supported in a fully-managed fashion in Confluent Cloud for Government. You can self-host these features. For more information, see Confluent Cloud for Government and Self-managed Components.
Kafka Connect
Confluent Cloud Schema Registry
Flink jobs
Confluent Replicator
Confluent Cluster Linking
Supported Cloud Providers and Regions for Confluent Cloud for Government
When you create a Kafka cluster in Confluent Cloud for Government, you must designate a government (gov) region. You cannot deploy clusters across government and standard regions. AWS is the only cloud provider for Confluent Cloud for Government.
AWS GovCloud
AWS GovCloud regions meet stringent U.S. government security requirements. To learn more, see the AWS GovCloud documentation.
You can deploy Kafka clusters in the following government regions:
us-gov-west-1 (AWS GovCloud US-West)
us-gov-east-1 (AWS GovCloud US-East)