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New in Confluent Cloud: Making Data & Pipelines Accessible for AI-Ready Streaming | Learn More Login Contact Sales * Why Confluent * Products * Pricing * Solutions * Resources * Try Confluent * US English # Build Faster. Scale Smarter. With the World's Data Streaming Platform, by the original co-creators of Apache Kafka® Start for FreeExplore the Platform * Eliminate costly data infrastructure Replace point-to-point, batch, and streaming pipelines with one platform. See how SAS saved 69% * Clean data at the source Prevent downstream data delays and quality issues. See how Notion powers 100M+ users daily * Be ready for AI now Ensure AI/ML apps, agents & systems access the right data in real time. 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Event-Driven Apps & AgentsReal-Time Data for AIShift-Left Data ProcessingHybrid Cloud IntegrationAny Use Case ### Power Resilient Apps & Agents With Event-Driven Design With Confluent, you can build fault-tolerant apps and microservices that respond to business events in real time. **Stream** real-time events, setting data in motion across your entire business. **Connect** legacy databases, modern SaaS apps, and more with pre-built integrations. **Govern** and process data streams so your apps act on trusted, secure, and compliant data. Get a Practical Guide Put your data monster to work ## Industry Solutions That Drive Results Financial ServicesRetail & eCommerce Manufacturing & AutomotiveTelecommunicationsAll Industries ### Financial Services Transform your business with real-time data that drives agility, security, and growth. #### Key Outcomes * Detect fraud in milliseconds. * Analyze risk in real time for smarter decisions. * Power real-time payments with speed and reliability. * Deliver regulatory reporting with trusted data. Explore FinServ Resources ## The Confluent Difference Confluent provides a cloud-native and complete data streaming platform that is available everywhere your business needs to be **at a cost less than open source Kafka and your favorite hyperscaler with transparent consumption-based pricing.** ### Cloud-Native Kafka completely re-architected for the cloud to create a 10X better cloud service, eliminating your Kafka ops burden. ### Complete A complete, enterprise-grade data streaming platform with all the essential tools enabling developers to build quickly, reliably, and securely. ### Everywhere Freedom of choice to deploy Kafka anywhere from on-prem to cloud and across clouds. Confluent vs. Apache KafkaEstimate Your Savings ## See Confluent In Action * ### Try Now for Free Start streaming your data in minutes. Explore Confluent today. Try for Free * ### Contact a Specialist Receive a tailored solution fit to your data streaming needs while receiving guidance every step of the way. Contact a Specialist * ### Visit the Demo Center Learn how to build real-time applications, data streaming pipelines, and much more. Explore Demos ## Frequently Asked Questions What is data streaming? Data streaming is the practice of treating information as a continuous flow of events rather than static batches. Instead of waiting for data to pile up before it’s processed, insights and actions can be triggered the moment new events occur. Apache Kafka® has become the standard technology that makes this possible. How does data streaming work on Confluent? Confluent takes Kafka further, rearchitecting it for the cloud. Both Confluent Cloud and Confluent Platform provide high-performance, enterprise-ready data streaming capabilities—built to scale seamlessly, reduce operations overhead, and deliver faster results. Confluent Cloud is powered by Kora, our cloud-native engine that provides autoscaling and 20-90%+ throughput savings. How is data streaming different from traditional APIs? Traditional APIs follow a request-response model, where apps must ask for data to receive it. Data streaming flips the model: producers continuously publish events to a central log, and consumers subscribe to whatever streams they need in real time. This event-driven approach enables more scalable, decoupled architectures. What is a data streaming platform? A data streaming platform enables organizations to stream data continuously in real time, connect systems across environments, process events as they happen, and govern data for reliability and compliance. It provides the foundation to power analytics, AI, and event-driven applications, all while ensuring trusted, scalable, and secure data flows across the business. Who benefits from Confluent’s cloud-native streaming capabilities? Organizations of all sizes—from startups to global enterprises—use Confluent to modernize their data foundations. It’s especially valuable for teams looking to build event-driven applications, leverage analytics and AI on live data, or replace brittle batch-based ETL pipelines with a more reliable, real-time approach. What kinds of applications thrive on Confluent? Any app that relies on fast, trustworthy data can benefit. Examples include streaming analytics dashboards, fraud detection engines, real-time personalization, cybersecurity systems, and event-driven AI like RAG or multi-agent systems. If your application needs to react instantly and reliably, Confluent provides the foundation. What use cases does Confluent enable? Confluent enables a wide range of industry-agnostic data streaming use cases, including: * **Real-time analytics and dashboards** to make faster, data-driven decisions. * **Event-driven applications** that react instantly to business events. * **AI and machine learning** powered by fresh, contextual, and trustworthy data. * **Data integration across hybrid and multi-cloud environments** for seamless operations. * **Data governance and reliability** to ensure compliance and accuracy across systems. * **And many more.** Industry-specific use cases that Confluent enables also include: * **Financial services:** Fraud detection, risk analysis, and real-time payments. * **Retail & ecommerce:** Inventory visibility, demand forecasting, and personalized recommendations. * **Manufacturing & automotive:** Predictive maintenance, intelligent production, and supply chain optimization. * **Telecommunications:** Network monitoring, IoT data integration, and 5G service optimization. * **Healthcare:** Patient monitoring, real-time clinical analytics, and data integration across systems. * **Software & technology:** Event-driven applications, SaaS integrations, and operational telemetry. * **And many more here as well.** What data formats and integrations does Confluent support? Confluent supports common formats like Avro, Protobuf, and JSON Schema through its Schema Registry, which is part of Stream Quality in Stream Governance (Confluent’s fully managed governance suite). With Confluent’s portfolio of 120+ pre-built connectors you can quickly connect to databases, data warehouses, SaaS apps, and cloud services—making it easy to integrate data across your entire ecosystem. Can I use Confluent with my existing Kafka topics? Yes. Confluent is fully compatible with Apache Kafka®. With features like Cluster Linking, you can mirror topics in real time, replicate data and metadata, or migrate existing workloads to Confluent—all without downtime. Is Confluent secure and scalable? Absolutely. Confluent Cloud’s Kora engine delivers massive scalability and reliability, backed by a 99.99% uptime SLA for production workloads. It can handle GBps+ workloads while scaling 10x faster than traditional Kafka. Confluent Platform also runs on a cloud-native distribution of Kafka and provides features for easier self-managed scaling, including Confluent for Kubernetes and Ansible playbooks. Security is built in, with enterprise-grade features and compliance certifications including SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS. How do I get started with Confluent? Sign up for Confluent Cloud and you’ll receive $400 in credits to start building right away. We’ll walk you through how to launch a cluster, connect a data source, and start using Schema Registry in minutes. Our Demo Center and Confluent Developer site also provide guided resources to help you build quickly and confidently. Wait, I thought Confluent and Confluence were the same thing? It’s a common mix-up! Confluent is all about real-time data streaming, helping businesses move, connect, process, and govern data at scale. Confluence, on the other hand, is a web-based workspace for team collaboration and documentation. 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