Instaclustr’s Hosted Managed Service for Apache Kafka® is the best way to run Kafka in the cloud, providing you with a production ready and fully supported Apache Kafka cluster in minutes. Instaclustr Apache Kafka® is SOC 2 and PCI certified and hosted on AWS, Azure, GCP, or on-prem. We support running in your cloud provider account or ours. We customize and optimize the configuration of your cluster so you can focus on your applications. Features ◆ 100% open source Kafka and Kafka Connect ◆ Bundled and fully supported Kafka Connect Connectors for AWS S3, Cassandra, and Elasticsearch. ◆ Bring Your Own (BYO) connectors are also supported with Kafka Connect ◆ Built in configuration backups ◆ Data replication (multi-clusters/regions) with Mirror Maker 2. ◆ Managed platform support provisioning via Console or dedicated API ◆ Fully supported Terraform Provider ◆ Built in monitoring API with support for responses in Prometheus format. ◆ 100% open source, Kafka Schema Registry and Kafka REST proxy add-on are available. ◆ Private network clusters ◆ Custom VPC options ◆ EBS encryption of data at rest ◆ Kafka user management UI and API ◆ Up to 99.999% SLA ◆ 24x7 expert support, with support response times from 10 minutes. ◆ Our support teams conduct activities that include migrations, upgrades, patching, and Kafka maintenance ◆ Support includes core software bug fix Security and Compliance ◆ PCI-DSS ◆ SOC 2 Certified ◆ Contact us about HIPAA compliant options for health data. Other Services ◆ Training, workshops, consulting, and engineering services are available for Apache Kafka. ◆ Support contracts are also available for self-managed clusters. Sign up for a free trial (no credit card required) and spin up a Kafka cluster in less than 5 minutes.