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Instaclustr Managed Kafka Reviews & Product Details

NetApp Instaclustr for Apache Kafka is a managed event streaming platform that enables organizations to deploy, operate, and scale Apache Kafka clusters for distributed data processing. It is designed for IT operations teams, DevOps engineers, software architects, and businesses that require reliable, secure, and scalable streaming infrastructure without the complexity of self-managing open source technologies. NetApp Instaclustr for Apache Kafka supports enterprises and technology-driven organizations that need to ingest, process, and analyze large volumes of data in real time. Common use cases include log aggregation, real-time analytics, data pipeline orchestration, and event-driven application architectures. The platform provides automated provisioning, monitoring, scaling, and maintenance of Apache Kafka clusters across public cloud environments and on-premises data centers. Instaclustr offers multiple deployment models, including fully managed clusters, enterprise support, consulting, and training services. Key features and benefits: - Managed Kafka clusters with automated deployment, configuration, and scaling - 24x7 expert support backed by service level agreements (SLAs) - Professional services for architecture, migration, and optimization - Certified training for technical teams on Apache Kafka best practices - Security and compliance controls, including disaster recovery and backup NetApp Instaclustr for Apache Kafka helps organizations address challenges such as limited in-house expertise, integration complexity, and the need for reliable, scalable, and secure event streaming operations.

Seller

NetApp

Languages Supported

English

Product Description

Build your application on the fastest and most scalable distributed streaming platform with Instaclustr's Managed Kafka. Apache Kafka is the leading streaming and queuing technology for large-scale, always-on applications. Instaclustr's Managed Service for Apache Kafka is the best way to run Kafka in the cloud, providing you a production ready and fully supported Apache Kafka cluster in minutes.

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Michelle Yancey

Pricing

Pricing provided by Instaclustr Managed Kafka.

Developer

From $49

Per node/month

Production

From $400

Per node/month

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Instaclustr Managed Kafka Reviews (11)

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Nick M.

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Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/14/2021

"All the best bits of open source software without any of the bad bits"

5/5

What do you like best about Instaclustr Managed Kafka?

Kafka is an awesome piece of technology that we can use in production, at scale, with confidence because Instaclustr has taken the hard work of managing Kafka out of our hands. Things will always go wrong, but I have complete trust in Instaclustr to fix problems with our Kafka cluster before they hurt us, I have this trust, because they have saved us in the past and I know they will keep doing so into the future. Easily one of the best infrastructure decisions we've made. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Instaclustr Managed Kafka?

We've had a couple of issues hooking up Dynatrace (our monitoring tool). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/9/2021

"Excellent Kafka service provider"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Instaclustr Managed Kafka?

They are very quick to respond to issues and technical requests that we need performed on our Kafka clusters. They do a great job with our clusters as we have not had serious issues with it that wasn't our own doing.

We also heavily poll their metrics API for visibility on our end and it's all worked great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Instaclustr Managed Kafka?

None really - there's a small security risk in that we need to hand over IAM keys so they can perform things in our AWS account but that's something we can't work around. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/9/2021

"Apache Kafka review"

4/5

What do you like best about Instaclustr Managed Kafka?

Apache Kafka is very well suited where the deployment entails getting a very large number of small messages at extremely high rates—4 million-plus messages a secon Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Instaclustr Managed Kafka?

I have find anything for dislike yes sometimes due to my internet issue I face little problem while accessing kafka Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Instaclustr Managed Kafka solving and how is that benefiting you?

Kafka is considered to be in the class of applications known as message-oriented middleware

This are some of the benefits

Decouples producer applications from consumers, allowing each to operate at its own pace and without the awareness of the other.

An enabler for event-driven applications. These are applications that generate and/or react to domain-specific events. This is in contrast to the more traditional request-response style messaging patterns. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/9/2021

"Knowledge in Kafka management with the greatest possible security"

5/5

What do you like best about Instaclustr Managed Kafka?

Agility in customer service to solve customer problems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Instaclustr Managed Kafka?

Must to have a training area for Kafka and Cassandra Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Goods

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/16/2021

"Reliable service, some scope for improvement"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Instaclustr Managed Kafka?

The team supporting the service has a high level of expertise. Deep technical questions are answered without hassle, and communication is straightforward with them. There is a good level of trust to the Instaclustr team from the team I manage (technical consultants, architects). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Instaclustr Managed Kafka?

Availability of the team is not always good - hard to work between CET and AEST timezones. Sense of urgency is sometimes lacking as they are not exposed to the end users / client. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Events Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/27/2021

"I need more features for the service"

4/5

What do you like best about Instaclustr Managed Kafka?

Managed Queue with user friendly UIs to browse through the queues and know the status, congestion or issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Instaclustr Managed Kafka?

Not everything related to Kafka is provided out of the box from instaclustr. The documentations between Kafka and Instaclustr can be confusing since features do not sync 100%. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Instaclustr Managed Kafka:

If your business logic is simple straightforward like payment integrations, Instaclustr is an easy choice. In addition, your company should benefit a lot from the quick resolution of any events. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Instaclustr Managed Kafka solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are a web application with features like ticketing and payments, events and notifications. Instaclustr helps us deliver those events in a reliable way mostly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.