G2

Prasanth K.

Enterprise Architect | Cloud Transformation Leader | Driving Multi-Cloud Strategy, Solutions | DevSecOps Excellence | Innovation Resilient Infrastructure at Scale

Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/24/2026

"Aiven Keeps Us on Top with Fast Setup, Terraform Support, and Zero-Downtime Upgrades"

5/5

What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

There are multiple things about Aiven that keeps at the top of the game.

1. Everything is under one hood liek Connect & Schema registry.

2. Terraform Support (where out multi cloud infrastructure is build around and we rely heavily on this) with very simple code.

3. It has zero downtime upgrades and clean (ohers also has same by rolling upgrade)

4. Set up extremely quick and is production ready in minutes.

Pls note, my comparision is purely based on our previous setup - AWS MSK Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Not an ideal product for multi cloud connectivity (We have AWS & Azure but we are dealing it seperately).

Cost is a genuinely High (but sort of okay with it considering the business impact) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Aiven for Apache Kafka solving and how is that benefiting you?

Aiven has been a huge improvement over our previous AWS MSK setup, which required managing a long list of AWS components just to keep Kafka running. With Aiven, we can spin up a production‑ready cluster in under 10 minutes with far more simplicity and control.

The platform removes the need to manage VPCs, IAM policies, security groups, and VPC endpoints, all while offering cleaner Terraform configuration with minimal boilerplate. It directly solves the operational pain points we faced with MSK. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.