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Aiven for Apache Kafka vs. Confluent

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAiven for Apache Kafka

by Aiven

Confluent

by IBM

Overall rating4.34.4
Review count245117
Ease of use8.88.6
Ease of setup8.78.3
Quality of support8.78.5
Meets requirements8.68.9
NPS47.69874559.292035
Small Business30.6%34.2%
Mid-Market46.6%29.9%
Enterprise22.8%35.9%
Total page views379757
Total LLM citations3,1127,445

Aiven for Apache Kafka

Aiven for Apache Kafka® is a fully managed distributed event streaming service, that can be deployed in the cloud of your choice. Aiven for Apache Kafka is ideal for event-driven applications, near-real-time data transfer and data pipelines, streaming analytics, and any use case that requires moving huge amounts of real-time data between applications and systems. With Aiven for Apache Kafka you can set up fully managed Kafka clusters in less than 10 minutes — using the Aiven web console or programmatically via Aiven’s API, CLI, Terraform provider or Kubernetes operator.

Pros

  • Setup Ease
  • Ease of Use
  • Scaling
  • Management Ease
  • Reliability
  • Customer Support

Confluent

Today’s customers expect every digital experience to be immediate, connected, and personalized. That takes more than data at rest - it takes trusted data in motion. Confluent is the complete Data Streaming Platform for keeping data in motion from the moment business change occurs through processing, governance, and serving. Built by the original creators of Apache Kafka®, Confluent connects applications, services, and systems; processes streams in real time with Apache Flink®; and serves trusted, always-current data wherever it is needed across cloud, hybrid, and self-managed environments.

Pros

  • Streaming
  • Scaling
  • Data Integration
  • Easy Integrations
  • Features
  • User Interface