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Confluent Platform

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4.3
Market Presence: Event Stream Processing, Data Integration Tools

Overview

Product Information on Confluent Platform

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Confluent Platform?

Confluent Platform is a software designed to manage and process real-time data streams using Apache Kafka as its core engine. It provides tools and features for data integration, stream processing, and event-driven architecture. The software allows organizations to build, deploy, and operate scalable and reliable distributed event streaming solutions. Confluent Platform includes components such as connectors for data movement, schema management for data consistency, and security features for access control and data protection. Its stream processing capabilities help businesses aggregate, transform, and analyze data as it flows through different systems, addressing challenges related to real-time analytics, operational monitoring, and event-driven applications. Confluent Platform supports integration with cloud and on-premises environments, providing flexibility for diverse infrastructure needs.

Confluent Platform Pricing

Confluent Platform software offers a subscription-based pricing model that is structured by factors such as deployment type, support level, and usage metrics including the number of nodes or cores. Pricing varies based on the selected plan and enterprise features, with options available for both on-premises and cloud deployments.

Overall experience with Confluent Platform

SQUAD TECHNICAL LEAD
500M - 1B USD, Consumer Goods
FAVORABLE

“Enterprise-Grade Event Streaming Platform Built on Apache Kafka Offers Robust Data Tools”

5.0
Jun 17, 2025
It offers a leading-enterprise-grade event streaming platform built around the industry's de-facto standard Apache Kafka. It offers a robust set of tools for real-time data streaming, integration, and processing at scale, and in the latest versions it has incorporated data quality and data contracts with a rule engine to ease the data quality processes.
Solutions Architect
30B + USD, Transportation
CRITICAL

“Confluent Platform's Challenges with Implementation & upgrades”

2.0
Apr 11, 2025
Confluent platform looked promising at first glance but many problems (bugs, limitations) happened during implementation phase even with professional services.

About Company

Company Description

Updated 7th December 2023

Confluent operates as a data infrastructure entity with a distinct emphasis on data in motion. Offering a cloud-native platform, the company works to support continuous streaming of real-time data from various sources across organizations. Confluent assists businesses to meet the demand of delivering digital customer experiences and immediate operational proceedings. The company's primary objective is to aid all organizations in leveraging data in motion, providing them with competitive edge to flourish in today's fast-paced environment.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Public
Year Founded
2014
Head office location
Mountain View, United States
Number of employees
1001 - 5000
Website
http://confluent.io/

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Confluent Platform Likes & Dislikes

Like

The Confluent team helps you out with your case, providing solutions and alternatives to adapt the Confluent services to your business case. In our case, we have implemented alternatives to architectures with other vendors, with very good results for Confluent Platform.

Like

Good collaboration with Confluence people, willing to support their customers. It is an active product, with many new releases. Ability to request new features Good quality of the documentation

Like

easy to deploy and use with an intuitive interface.

Dislike

Pricing, when compared to solutions based on other cloud-vendor components. Confluent could be perceived as expensive, particularly for small to mid-sized organizations. Web UI Experience can sometimes be slow or lacking in customization, especially for large-scale operations.

Dislike

The premium Splunk connector that simply did not work except for very simple use cases. It required 8 months of confluent support and task force to get it working properly. Many unexpected issues during upgrades, migration from zookeeper to kraft, very time consuming even with professional services.

Dislike

Sometimes the interface can be laggy, also missing features for cloud providers

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Confluent Platform Reviews and Ratings

4.3

(162 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
53%
4 Star
41%
3 Star
5%
2 Star
1%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

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Evaluation & Contracting

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4.5

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  • SQUAD TECHNICAL LEAD
    50M-1B USD
    Consumer Goods
    Review Source

    Enterprise-Grade Event Streaming Platform Built on Apache Kafka Offers Robust Data Tools

    5.0
    Jun 17, 2025
    It offers a leading-enterprise-grade event streaming platform built around the industry's de-facto standard Apache Kafka. It offers a robust set of tools for real-time data streaming, integration, and processing at scale, and in the latest versions it has incorporated data quality and data contracts with a rule engine to ease the data quality processes.
  • Solutions Architect
    10B+ USD
    Transportation
    Review Source

    Confluent Platform's Challenges with Implementation & upgrades

    2.0
    Apr 11, 2025
    Confluent platform looked promising at first glance but many problems (bugs, limitations) happened during implementation phase even with professional services.
  • IT SECURITY & RISK MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATE
    50M-1B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Leveraging Real Time Streaming with Powerful Data Integration Tool

    4.0
    Jan 16, 2025
    It's a powerful tool for data integration and real time streaming.
  • Software developer
    50M-1B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Streamlined Real-Time Data Analysis Experience with Robust Platforms

    5.0
    Dec 9, 2024
    It improved ability to handle real time data streams with robust and scalable platform. overall positive experience.
  • IT architect
    10B+ USD
    Transportation
    Review Source

    Robust and but complex

    3.0
    Jan 23, 2024
    The solution is very robust but lacks some observability module and development is not simple
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