--- title: Aiven for Apache Kafka Reviews meta\_title: 'Aiven for Apache Kafka Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 248 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Aiven for Apache Kafka works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.3 review\_count: 248 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Big Data url: https://www.g2.com/categories/big-data --- # Aiven for Apache Kafka Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Aiven for Apache Kafka but has limited features. Are you part of the Aiven for Apache Kafka team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! 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. You can easily connect it to your existing tech stack with a fully managed Apache Kafka Connect service with over 30+ connectors. Monitoring your clusters with logs and metrics is also available out of the box via multiple service integrations. Get access to a complete open source ecosystem of streaming technologies and tools around Apache Kafka to fully manage, and operate a real time data infrastructure at scale using: Aiven for Apache Kafka: the core event streaming framework allowing you to transport data within your organization Aiven for Apache Kafka Connect: a fully managed, fully open source, distributed service enabling you to integrate your existing data sources and sinks seamlessly with Aiven for Apache Kafka. Aiven for Apache Kafka MirrorMaker2: a fully managed, fully open source distributed data replication service for cluster to cluster data replication, disaster recovery and geo proximity across multiple regions. Karapace®: a fully open source Kafka Schema Registry that applications can access to serialize and deserialize messages with popular formats such as AVRO, Protobuf and JSON. 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Check our pricing and try our free 30-day trial at https://aiven.io/kafka. * * * Seller [Aiven](https://www.g2.com/sellers/aiven) Discussions [Aiven for Apache Kafka Community](https://www.g2.com/products/aiven-for-apache-kafka/discuss) Languages Supported English Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Tuomas Lounamaa Show More ## Pricing Pricing provided by Aiven for Apache Kafka. ### Startup Starting at $200.00 Per Month ### Business Starting at $500.00 Per Month [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/aiven-for-apache-kafka/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Confluent](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Confluent") Confluent 4.4/5(114) ](https://www.g2.com/products/confluent/reviews) [ ![Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)") Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) 4/5(24) ](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-managed-streaming-for-apache-kafka-amazon-msk/reviews) [ ![Lenses](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Lenses") Lenses 4.2/5(17) ](https://www.g2.com/products/lenses/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/aiven-for-apache-kafka/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 248 real user reviews. 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Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/27/2023 "it's reliable and upgrade process is safe without any side effect" 4/5 What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka? it's a really good service to use. fully compatible with terraform and we also have vpc peering for internal connection between services and kafka. they also provide kafka connector. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka? we use apache kafka for 3 years without downtime. but i think logs is not good enough to trouble shoot and they can provide better ui fo user to have a better logs Visualization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Aiven for Apache Kafka solving and how is that benefiting you? helped me to provide message streaming between backend services. i also use kafka to provide pubsub system between aiven and google. i use kafka connector wich is really good to communicate with kafka. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Response from Markos Sfikas of Aiven for Apache Kafka [Editedit](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/aiven-for-apache-kafka-review-8364816/official_response/edit) Hi Seyedesmaeil, Thanks for the review and trust in Aiven for Apache Kafka. Great to hear that you enjoy using Aiven for Apache Kafka with Terraform and you leverage our VPC peering. I will pass on your feedback regarding log visualization to our team and will inform you once there is an update available. Best Markos Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Upendra Rao V.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Upendra Rao V.") UV Upendra Rao V. Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/21/2023 "Managed Kafka solution for enterprise" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka? 1. Solution works right out of the box. Easy to setup and scale a cluster. 2. Better integrations for metrics and logs 3. Good technical and sales support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka? 1. Ability to manage users with more granular access abstractions 2. Ability to manage SSH client7server certificates to integrate with other systems 3. KafkaConnect monitoring and connector management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Aiven for Apache Kafka solving and how is that benefiting you? 1. Management of Kafka infrastructure 2. Keeping up with latest updates in Apache Kafka 3. We are more productive while focussing more on business specific problems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Response from Markos Sfikas of Aiven for Apache Kafka [Editedit](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/aiven-for-apache-kafka-review-8503287/official_response/edit) Thanks Upendra. Great to see you have a good experience with Aiven for Apache Kafka. You can directly submit your feedback regarding granular access control, client certificates and Kafka connect monitoring directly on Aiven Ideas so our product team can review and work on the relevant functionality. Here is the link for you: https://ideas.aiven.io/ Best Markos Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Gidon K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Gidon K.") GK Gidon K. Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/19/2023 "Dev team are pleased" 4/5 What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka? Managed solution, ease of use, delegated access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka? not much. most usage is by dev team which are happy. so happy in fact we are considering as the devops team to replace our log shipping tool to Aiven kafka as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Aiven for Apache Kafka solving and how is that benefiting you? currently we use FluentD for writing business logs to s3 buckets, and there are some limitations to this solution. we are interested in a more complete managed solution which Aiven Kafka might hold Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Response from Markos Sfikas of Aiven for Apache Kafka [Editedit](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/aiven-for-apache-kafka-review-8847417/official_response/edit) Hi Gidon, Thanks for your review and trust in Aiven for Apache Kafka! We are glad to hear your dev team is enjoying Aiven's fully managed solution for Apache Kafka! If you consider additional use cases for Apache Kafka, our solutions engineering team can be a great resource in figuring out the best way forward. You can contact our team directly here: https://aiven.io/contact Thanks again for your trust in Aiven! Markos [See how Aiven for Apache Kafka improved](https://aiven.io/contact) Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Yaozhi L.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Yaozhi L.") YL Yaozhi L. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/27/2023 "Software engineer" 4/5 What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka? I work with the aiven dashboard a lot to check the running status of our platform. I do like the UI a lot, very intuitive and easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka? We have a lot of topics, everytime there's something wrong and I feel its related to a topic been blocked for some reason. Its not easy to find that topic in Avien. Because it loads lags only if I click into the topic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Aiven for Apache Kafka solving and how is that benefiting you? Aiven hosts the kafka for us. So we don't need to spend time building and maintaining our own Kafka service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Response from Markos Sfikas of Aiven for Apache Kafka [Editedit](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/aiven-for-apache-kafka-review-8367262/official_response/edit) Hi Yaozhi, Thanks for the review and trust in Aiven for Apache Kafka. Great to see that your team can reduce the time to build and maintain your Kafka infrastructure with Aiven. I will share your feedback with our product organization and let you know when I hear back. Thank again Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Financial Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Financial Services") AF Verified User in Financial Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/8/2023 "SRE" 5/5 What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka? One of the most important features Aiven compares to other competitors: - Latest technology trend - Instantly customer support and guidance - Various services to offer - Fair pricing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka? - Some of the document is outdated or instruction unclear Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Aiven for Apache Kafka solving and how is that benefiting you? Aiven Kafka offer: - no downtime when upgrade or maintenance - lots of features like connector, vpc peering - fair pricing - support SSO Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") EC Verified User in Computer Software Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 3/4/2024 "Good for quick start, good as managed solution" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka? Managed solution, ease of use, delegated access. Good support. We used Kafka as a managed service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka? There is nothing. Engineers were happy, business objective were delivered. Now and then, you would need to report on SOC2 compliance, but this is expected for a PaaS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Aiven for Apache Kafka solving and how is that benefiting you? General purpose real-time queue solution. AWS style PaaS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Mental Health Care](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Mental Health Care") UM Verified User in Mental Health Care Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 8/17/2023 "Good solution for Streamlined Data Processing" 4/5 What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka? What I like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka is its remarkable ease of use and efficient management interface. Setting up and configuring Kafka clusters is a breeze, and the platform's user-friendly design simplifies complex processes, allowing me to focus on data processing rather than grappling with technical complexities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka? One aspect that I find somewhat challenging with Aiven for Apache Kafka is the pricing structure. While the service does offer great value, it could benefit from more transparent pricing tiers and clearer guidelines on how costs can scale as data demands increase. This would help users like me better anticipate and manage expenses as our data processing requirements grow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Aiven for Apache Kafka solving and how is that benefiting you? Scalability features enable seamless handling of increased data volumes. As my data processing needs grow, I can easily scale my Kafka clusters without the hassle of managing intricate scaling processes. This scalability ensures that my applications can handle spikes in demand and accommodate future growth. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic DW Dawid W. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/27/2023 "Great managed services for our organization" 5/5 What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka? Aiven for Apache Kafka helps our organization, and software team to forget about time-costly maintenance. Each upgrade to the LTS is effortless. Additionally, with the DataDog integration, our organization can collect all the necessary metrics and statistics that help us with maintaining our business in a healthy state. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka? - Missing MongoDB support, - Missing long-term contract option (With potential saving plans), - Missing plan between migration from Startup-2 to Business-4 (It's costly migration). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Aiven for Apache Kafka solving and how is that benefiting you? Streaming telemetry events from vehicles actually buses, across different kinds of microservices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Response from Markos Sfikas of Aiven for Apache Kafka [Editedit](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/aiven-for-apache-kafka-review-8364871/official_response/edit) Hi Dawid, Thanks for the review and trust in Aiven for Apache Kafka! Great to hear that maintaining your Kafka infrastructure is a lot easier with Aiven. Regarding MongoDB support, we provide both source and sink connectors from/to MongoDB. You can access the full list of connectors here: https://docs.aiven.io/docs/products/kafka/kafka-connect/concepts/list-of-connector-plugins Regarding long-term contract options as well as plan migration from Startup-2 to Business-4 you can reach out to our team and they will be able to help you. Feel free to submit this form here: https://aiven.io/contact Thanks again Best Markos [See how Aiven for Apache Kafka improved](https://aiven.io/contact) Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Financial Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Financial Services") UF Verified User in Financial Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/21/2023 "Works great for everything I need as a data engineer" 5/5 What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka? Simple and intuitive for what I need to do about 99% of the time. It doesn't take a tutorial to do the basics and necessary things required. Compared to confluent this was much easier to jump into and do what I need to do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka? It works well for simple things, but for more complex queries it does not. Searching for existing messages and being able to copy the message as a raw json would be a great addition. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Aiven for Apache Kafka solving and how is that benefiting you? Handling of our consumers for kafka. The issue is not hosting our own kafka clusters which is awful. This makes things far easier and more productive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic VH VAIBHAV H. Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/15/2023 "good platform user friendly" 4/5 What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka? grafana, prometeus and loki topics management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka? metrics that is use to measure some traffic and consumer lag Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Aiven for Apache Kafka solving and how is that benefiting you? helping us manage topics and kafka Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ## Questions about Aiven for Apache Kafka? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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