Confluent Platform
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An enterprise-grade distribution of Apache Kafka® that is available on-premises as self-managed software, complete with built-in security, stream processing, and governance tooling.
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Products
Store and retrieve Avro®, JSON Schema, and Protobuf schemas using a RESTful metadata interface.
Produce and consume Kafka messages efficiently using official Confluent clients for Java, librdkafka, and derived clients.
Stream data between Kafka and external sources or sinks using prebuilt connectors.
Administer your streaming service, including topics, clusters, schemas, connectors, security, and billing, directly from your terminal.
Automate configuration and deployment of Confluent Platform on multiple hosts.
Deploy, scale, and manage Confluent Platform as a cloud-native system on Kubernetes.
Build event-driven applications and microservices using the native Kafka Streams library.
Programmatically control Kafka using dedicated APIs for Producer, Consumer, Streams, Connect, and Admin operations.
Protect your mission-critical services and data, end-to-end across all Confluent Platform components.
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Core streaming platforms
Run a self-managed distribution of Kafka on-premises or in any cloud environment
Deploy Kafka brokers enhanced with advanced security, resilience, and commercial features
Stream and store real-time data using the open-source distributed event engine at the core of Confluent
Manage cluster metadata natively without Apache ZooKeeper™ using built-in KRaft consensus
Clusters and storage
Track consumer group membership and manage committed read offsets across topics
Offload historical topic data automatically to cost-effective object storage
Rebalance partitions automatically across brokers as cluster capacity scales up or down
Redistribute partitions to balance workload and disk usage evenly across brokers
Stream processing
Build stateful stream processing applications directly in Java
Process and query streaming data in real time using SQL directly against Kafka topics
Data integration
Stream data between Kafka and external systems using managed or self-managed infrastructure
Connect to databases, cloud storage, SaaS, and messaging systems using prebuilt connectors
Produce, consume, and manage Kafka resources over standard HTTP REST endpoints
Ingest MQTT message streams directly from IoT devices into Kafka without a standalone broker
Data governance
Centralize, version, and enforce compatibility rules across Avro, JSON Schema, and Protobuf schemas
Enforce schema rules, metadata standards, and quality guarantees on topic data
Multi-region and replication
Mirror topics across clusters and regions without deploying extra connector infrastructure
Span a single Kafka cluster across geographical regions for high availability and disaster recovery
Replicate topics, schema definitions, and cluster configurations across Kafka environments
Security and access control
Verify client and broker identities using SASL or mTLS authentication
Grant precise access permissions using role-based scopes across cluster resources
Define fine-grained allow rules per principal and resource
Encrypt client and broker network traffic over the wire using TLS
Record, monitor, and review authentication and authorization events for security compliance
Management and operations
Administer Confluent Cloud and Platform resources directly from your terminal
Monitor, manage, and inspect Confluent Platform clusters through a centralized web UI
Deploy, scale, and manage Confluent Platform natively on Kubernetes using declarative operators
Automate the installation, configuration, and provisioning of Confluent Platform across multiple hosts using Ansible
Monitoring and observability
Monitor cluster health and receive proactive alerts using Confluent Health+
Expose broker and client performance metrics using standard JMX endpoints
Publish cluster performance metrics directly to a dedicated Kafka topic for custom analysis
Track consumer lag to ensure applications process streaming data in real time
APIs and developer tools
Configure, monitor, and manage Kafka connectors programmatically using REST endpoints
Manage topics, schemas, and connectors directly from Visual Studio Code
Produce, consume, and inspect Kafka topics directly from the command line using kcat
Client libraries
Produce and consume Kafka events in native Java applications
Build high-performance C/C++ producers and consumers or power derived language libraries
Produce and consume Kafka events using native Python code
Build fast, concurrent Kafka producers and consumers in Go
Integrate Kafka messaging directly into .NET and C# applications
Produce and consume Kafka events in Node.js and JavaScript applications