# 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](/cloud/current/overview.html) 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, cloud-native Kafka service for connecting and processing data in a cloud computing environment, developed by the same people that built Confluent Cloud. You can focus on business needs instead of managing the underlying infrastructure that supports your Kafka instances. Confluent Cloud for Government is available to federal, state, local, and tribal governments; research institutions; and government contractors. Confluent Cloud for Government comprises two components: the Cloud Control Plane and the Data Plane (Kafka clusters). The Cloud Control Plane runs in AWS GovCloud and Google Cloud. You use the Control Plane to select and deploy managed Kafka resources to a satellite cluster. A satellite cluster consists of one or more Kubernetes nodes running Kafka, with one or more availability zones deployed based on customer-selected options. You can deploy a satellite cluster to AWS GovCloud. The Control Plane manages resources in satellite clusters using the Control Pipeline. All customer data remains in satellite clusters, isolated from the Control Plane. 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 [Billing](billing/billing.md#gov-cloud-billing) and [Support](support/support.md#gov-cloud-support). For FedRAMP authorization information, see [FedRAMP Authorization Information for Confluent Cloud for Government](fedramp-authorization.md#gov-cloud-fedramp-authorization). ## 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 | |--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------| | Billing | [Costs-(billingv1)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Costs-(billingv1)) | Latest version | Latest version | | Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) | [Keys-(byokv1)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Keys-(byokv1)) | Latest version | Latest version | | Cluster management | [Clusters-(cmkv2)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Clusters-(cmkv2)) | Latest version | Latest version ^[\*](#id2) | | Identity and Access Management (IAM) | [API-Keys-(iamv2)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/API-Keys-(iamv2)) | Latest version | Latest version | | | [Users-(iamv2)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Users-(iamv2)) | Latest version | Latest version | | | [Service-Accounts-(iamv2)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Service-Accounts-(iamv2)) | Latest version | Latest version | | | [Invitations-(iamv2)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Invitations-(iamv2)) | Latest version | Latest version | | | [Role-Bindings-(iamv2)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Role-Bindings-(iamv2)) | Latest version | Latest version | | | [Identity-Providers-(iamv2)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Identity-Providers-(iamv2)) | Latest version | Latest version | | | [Jwks-(iamv2)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Jwks-(iamv2)) | Latest version | Latest version | | | [Identity-Pools-(iamv2)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Identity-Pools-(iamv2)) | Latest version | Latest version | | Kafka API | [Cluster-(v3)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Cluster-(v3)) | Latest version | Latest version | | | [Configs-(v3)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Configs-(v3)) | Latest version | Latest version | | | [ACL-(v3)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/ACL-(v3)) | Latest version | Latest version | | | [Consumer-Group-(v3)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Consumer-Group-(v3)) | Latest version | Latest version | | | [Partition-(v3)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Partition-(v3)) | Latest version | Latest version | | | [Topic-(v3)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Topic-(v3)) | Latest version | Latest version | | | [Records-(v3)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Records-(v3)) | Latest version | Latest version | | | [Cluster-Linking-(v3)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Cluster-Linking-(v3)) | Latest version | Latest version | | Metrics | [Version-2](https://api.telemetry.confluent.cloud/docs#tag/Version-2) | Latest version | Latest version | | Networking | [Networks-(networkingv1)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Networks-(networkingv1)) | Latest version | Latest version | | | [Peerings-(networkingv1)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Peerings-(networkingv1)) | Latest version | Latest version | | | [Transit-Gateway-Attachments-(networkingv1)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Transit-Gateway-Attachments-(networkingv1)) | Latest version | No support | | | [Private-Link-Accesses-(networkingv1)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Private-Link-Accesses-(networkingv1)) | Latest version | Latest version | | | [Network-Link-Services-(networkingv1)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Network-Link-Services-(networkingv1)) | Latest version | Latest version | | | [Network-Link-Endpoints-(networkingv1)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Network-Link-Endpoints-(networkingv1)) | Latest version | Latest version | | | [Network-Link-Service-Associations-(networkingv1)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Network-Link-Service-Associations-(networkingv1)) | Latest version | Latest version | | Notifications | [Subscriptions-(notificationsv1)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Subscriptions-(notificationsv1)) | Latest version | Latest version | | | [Integrations-(notificationsv1)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Integrations-(notificationsv1)) | Latest version | Latest version | | | [Notification-Types-(notificationsv1)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Notification-Types-(notificationsv1)) | Latest version | Latest version | | Organizations | [Organizations-(orgv2)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Organizations-(orgv2)) | Latest version | Latest version | | | [Environments-(orgv2)](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#tag/Environments-(orgv2)) | Latest version | Latest version | * **[\*]** Not all cluster types are supported. ### 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](/cloud/current/clusters/cluster-types.html) in the commercial Confluent Cloud documentation. ### Self-hosted options Some Confluent Cloud features are not fully managed in Confluent Cloud for Government: - Kafka Connect - Confluent Cloud Schema Registry - Flink jobs - Confluent Replicator - Confluent Cluster Linking You can self-host these features. For more information, see [Confluent Cloud for Government and Self-Managed Components](api/add-self-managed.md#gov-cloud-self-host). ## 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](https://aws.amazon.com/govcloud-us/). You can deploy Kafka clusters in the following government regions: - AWS GovCloud US-West: us-gov-west-1 - AWS GovCloud US-East: us-gov-east-1 ## Related content - [Confluent Cloud documentation](/cloud/current/overview.html) - [Confluent Cloud Cluster Types](/cloud/current/clusters/cluster-types.html) - [Confluent Cloud APIs](https://docs.confluent.io/cloud/current/api.html#section/Introduction) - [Cloud Providers and Regions for Confluent Cloud](/cloud/current/clusters/regions.html) - [AWS GovCloud documentation](https://aws.amazon.com/govcloud-us/) - [Confluent Replicator to Confluent Cloud Configurations](/cloud/current/get-started/examples/ccloud/docs/replicator-to-cloud-configuration-types.html#ccloud-to-ccloud-with-connect-backed-to-origin) - [Confluent for Kubernetes and Replicator GitHub Example](https://github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kubernetes-examples/tree/master/hybrid/replicator-cloud2cloud) - [Confluent for Kubernetes](https://docs.confluent.io/operator/current/overview.html)