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Confluent Platform Quick Start

You can get started with Confluent Platform by using a quick start. Choose between Confluent Enterprise, Confluent Open Source, and Confluent Cloud.

These quick starts provide a simple development environment, but are not meant for production. For production deployment information, see the production deployment recommendations.

• Confluent Enterprise Quick Start
• Confluent Open Source Quick Start
• Confluent Cloud Quick Start
• Kubernetes Helm Charts

For a side-by-side comparison between Confluent Platform offerings, see the comparison page.