Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka
Apache Kafka made easy
Apache Kafka you know, now managed, without the need to worry about version upgrades, rebalancing, and other operational headaches. The managed Apache Kafka service is in preview.
Apache Kafka® is a trademark owned by the Apache Software Foundation.
Features
Compatible and portable
Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka works with your existing Kafka applications, for both Google Cloud and Google Distributed Cloud. You can easily integrate with existing Kafka clusters for hybrid deployments and migrations with a single service. Use the managed Kafka service with the new BigQuery Engine for Apache Flink for end-to-end streaming analytics with the flexibility of open source.
Easy to operate
Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka is easy to operate. It handles cluster creation with automatic broker sizing and rebalancing to save time and control costs. It offers automatic version upgrades so it is up to date on a recent version of Apache Kafka, comes with out-of-the-box Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, and Identity and Access Management (IAM), and creates all deployments to be highly available by default.
Secure
Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka is secure out of the box. It is integrated with and supports Google Cloud IAM, customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK), and Virtual Private Cloud (VPC).
How It Works
Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka operates highly available Apache Kafka clusters. It is compatible with open source versions of Apache Kafka and includes first-party Google Cloud IAM, monitoring, logging, key management, organization policy, networking, and more.
Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka operates highly available Apache Kafka clusters. It is compatible with open source versions of Apache Kafka and includes first-party Google Cloud IAM, monitoring, logging, key management, organization policy, networking, and more.
Common Uses
Stream analytics
Collect analytics data for streaming into BigQuery
Collect analytics data for streaming into BigQuery
Apache Kafka is a technology that often underlies data and AI platforms. Data engineers often rely on Apache Kafka to build pipelines that stream data into BigQuery and other analytics systems. Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka can be used for real-time and batch use cases like operational monitoring, fraud detection, payment processing, and product recommendations.
Tutorials, quickstarts, & labs
Collect analytics data for streaming into BigQuery
Collect analytics data for streaming into BigQuery
Apache Kafka is a technology that often underlies data and AI platforms. Data engineers often rely on Apache Kafka to build pipelines that stream data into BigQuery and other analytics systems. Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka can be used for real-time and batch use cases like operational monitoring, fraud detection, payment processing, and product recommendations.
Build event-driven microservices
Build event-driven microservices
Build event-driven microservices
Build event-driven microservices like:
- ecommerce order processing: An "order placed" event triggers inventory checks, payment processing, and shipping notifications
- Real-time notifications: Events can trigger push notifications, social feed updates, and other immediate actions
- IoT systems: Handle a large volume of sensor data as events, reacting to specific conditions
Tutorials, quickstarts, & labs
Build event-driven microservices
Build event-driven microservices
Build event-driven microservices like:
- ecommerce order processing: An "order placed" event triggers inventory checks, payment processing, and shipping notifications
- Real-time notifications: Events can trigger push notifications, social feed updates, and other immediate actions
- IoT systems: Handle a large volume of sensor data as events, reacting to specific conditions
Pricing
| Managed Service for Apache Kafka pricing | Apache Kafka pricing is based on pay-as-you-go pricing for compute, storage, and networking. | |
|---|---|---|
| Services and usage | Description | Price (USD) |
Compute | Compute charges will cover CPU and RAM | Starting at $0.09 per CPU hour |
Storage | Local storage Broker SSD | Starting at $0.17 per GiB per month |
Persistent storage Remote storage backed by Google Cloud Storage | Starting at $0.10 per GiB per month | |
Data transfer | Inter-zone data transfer within the cluster | Starting at $0.01 per GiB |
For full pricing details, visit the Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka pricing page.
Managed Service for Apache Kafka pricing
Apache Kafka pricing is based on pay-as-you-go pricing for compute, storage, and networking.
Compute
Compute charges will cover CPU and RAM
Starting at
$0.09
per CPU hour
Storage
Local storage
Broker SSD
Starting at
$0.17
per GiB per month
Persistent storage
Remote storage backed by Google Cloud Storage
Starting at
$0.10
per GiB per month
Data transfer
Inter-zone data transfer within the cluster
Starting at
$0.01
per GiB
For full pricing details, visit the Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka pricing page.
PRICING CALCULATOR
Custom quote
Getting started
Sign up to access in Preview
Learn more about Apache Kafka
Explore streaming analytics solutions
2023 Forrester Wave: Streaming Data Platforms
