Confluent Cloud
7.1#3 in schema registry softwareFrom $385 a monthFree planWebAPILinux
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Materialize
7.0#5 in streaming analytics softwareFrom $1.50 a yearFree planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
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| Fact | Confluent Cloud | Materialize |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud availability | Confluent says the service is available on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud across more than 100 regions. | Materialize Cloud says it deploys across multiple availability zones with automatic failover. |
| Founded | 2014 | 2019 |
| Headquarters | Mountain View, California, USA | New York City, United States |
| Integrations | Confluent Cloud offers pre-built and fully managed Kafka connectors for sources and sinks such as databases, data lakes, and data warehouses. | The integrations page lists PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, CockroachDB, Kafka, Model Context Protocol, dbt and webhooks, including EventBridge and Segment. |
| Product | Confluent Cloud is a fully managed deployment of Confluent’s data streaming platform, powered by a serverless Apache Kafka engine. | Materialize describes itself as a live data layer for apps and AI agents that creates up-to-the-second views using SQL. |
Confluent Cloud plans
- BasicFree
- Standard$385 a month
- Enterprise$895 a month
- Confluent CloudFree
Materialize plans
- Community LicenseFree
- Cloud Capacity$1.50 a year
- Cloud On-Demand$1.50 a month
- Enterprise License—
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 Materialize if…
Materialize suits developers and data teams that need SQL-based, continually updated views for applications or AI agents. Its deployment options accommodate managed cloud, Kubernetes self-management and local Docker development.