Apache Kafka Pricing

Rating: 8.5 out of 10

Score

8.5 out of 10

Apache Kafka Pricing Plan Options

Apache Kafka does not currently have any pricing plans listed at this time. No free version or trial is available for Apache Kafka.

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What customers say about Apache Kafka pricing

Real feedback from verified users about Apache Kafka's pricing and value

Rating: 10 out of 10

“It is open-source so there are no licenses or subscription fees reducing the cost of deployment. … Confluent Cloud is still based on Apache Kafka but it has a subscription fee so, from a long term perspective, it is wiser to deploy your own Kafka instance that spans public and private cloud.”

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Verified User

November 7, 2019Incentivized

Rating: 8 out of 10

“Having used Apache Kafka for years in this company, I can only say without Apache Kafka, my company would not be cost-efficient and would be much more costlier to sell to customers if we were paying...”

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Victor Tay

Engineer in Product Management at IronNet CyberSecurity (51-200 employees, 5 years experience)

August 23, 2023

Rating: 6 out of 10

“The solution costs quite a lot for basic usage (for example: for 3 clusters, pricing is above 100k$ a year).”

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Verified User

May 22, 2023Incentivized