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Kafka for the enterprise

Secure and automate the deployment, maintenance and upgrades of your Kafka environments across private and public clouds.


Why choose Canonical's enterprise-grade Kafka

  • Up to 10 years security maintenance

  • Open source

  • Simple per node subscription


Run Kafka on any public, private or hybrid cloud

When you use Canonical's Kafka, you get the benefit of running on top of an operating system image that's optimised for every cloud. Run Kafka on Azure, AWS, on Kubernetes or your private data centre, with OpenStack or VMWare.


Easy to deploy and manage

Charmed Kafka is simply the best way to run Kafka, on the cloud or in your data centre. Runs directly on cloud infrastructure or on Kubernetes.

  • Automated security and configuration best practices built in
  • Integrated observability for monitoring, alerting and auditing
  • Multi-cloud support

Kafka security

Charmed Kafka simplifies security configuration with support for TLS and mTLS out of the box.


Kafka support

Get comprehensive, 24/7 or weekday support for Charmed Kafka, covering the entire solution for up to 10 years.


Predictable pricing for
enterprise-grade Kafka

Charmed Kafka support is priced per node, per year with no per-socket or per-core limitations, and no software licence fees.

Run solutions like Kafka with more control over your TCO. Budgeting and financial planning are straightforward and predictable.


Charmed Kafka services

Charmed Kafka is available self-managed or as a fully managed solution remotely delivered in your on-premise environment or cloud tenancy.


Managed

From $3099

per node, per year


Get there faster. Let us deploy and operate your Kafka cluster, in your cloud tenancy or in your data centre.


  • Backed by an SLA
  • MSP and SOC2 certified service
  • Low cost of ownership

Self-managed

From $500

per node, per year


24/7, weekday or advanced fire-fighting support for Kafka from Canonical for up to 10 years per release track.


  • Expert troubleshooting on hand
  • Security and bug fixes
  • Full stack coverage


Kafka use cases

Apache Kafka is the world's most popular open source streaming data platform.


Microservices architectures

Kafka makes for a high-performance, low latency middleware – ideal for intra-microservice communication in a modern microservices architecture, operating at scale.


Continuous business intelligence

Connect, combine and transform streaming data sources to build an up-to-the-minute view of your enterprise.


Data hub integration

Integrate event and machine data into a data hub for deeper processing.



Go further with Charmed Kafka

Read the documentation

Read the Installation guide to learn how to get started with Charmed Kafka, on cloud VMs or on Kubernetes.


Migrating enterprise Kafka workloads from RHEL to Ubuntu

Gain practical insights around planning and migrating enterprise Kafka workloads from Red Hat to Ubuntu.


Discuss your needs with our team

Contact an expert to find out how you can benefit from Canonical's solution for Apache Kafka.


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