Confluent Cloud
Fully managed Apache Kafka service with stream processing, connectors, and governance
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This pricing data is community-maintained and last verified 2026-10-11.
Pricing Tiers
| Tier | Price | Includes | Overage |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Basic
usage based
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Free
|
Max Partitions: 1,500
|
compute: $0.14 per eCKU-hours
data-in: $0.05 per GB
data-out: $0.05 per GB
storage: $0.08 per GB
|
|
Standard
usage based
|
$385/mo
|
Max Partitions: 2,500
|
compute: $0.75 per eCKU-hours
data-in: $0.05 per GB
data-out: $0.05 per GB
|
|
Enterprise
usage based
|
$895/mo
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Max Partitions: 96,000
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compute: $2 per eCKU-hours
data-in: $0.04 per GB
data-out: $0.04 per GB
|
Portability
Switching Cost
significant
Open Standard
Apache Kafka
What You Lose
Managed scaling, Confluent connectors, Flink integration, Schema Registry managed service, 99.99% SLA
Transparency Score
B
70/100
Pricing Transparency Score
Score breakdown
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Publishes pricing.md
0/30
✓
Free tier available
10/10
✓
All prices public
15/15
✓
Usage pricing documented
15/15
✓
Portability documented
10/10
✓
Open standard
10/10
✓
Recently verified
10/10