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
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Up to 10 years security maintenance
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Open source
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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.
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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