Confluent Cloud
7.1#3 in schema registry softwareFrom $385 a monthFree planWebAPILinux
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What both publish
| Fact | Confluent Cloud | Karapace |
|---|---|---|
| Company headquarters | Confluent lists its headquarters at 899 West Evelyn, Mountain View, California 94041. | Aiven says it is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. |
| Founded | 2014 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | Mountain View, California, USA | Helsinki, Finland |
| Integrations | Confluent Cloud offers pre-built and fully managed Kafka connectors for sources and sinks such as databases, data lakes, and data warehouses. | The Aiven Terraform Provider supports managing Karapace Schema Registry authorization ACL entries. |
Confluent Cloud plans
- BasicFree
- Standard$385 a month
- Enterprise$895 a month
- Confluent CloudFree
Karapace plans
- FreeFree
- Developer$35 a month
Pick Confluent Cloud if…
Confluent Cloud suits teams building real-time streaming, event-driven, analytics, or AI/ML workflows. Its options include managed connectors, stream processing, and cross-cluster data sharing.
Pick Karapace if…
Karapace suits teams using Aiven for Apache Kafka that need schema management or HTTP-based event access. Its documented Docker and source installation options may also suit self-hosted deployments.