Aiven Platform pros and cons

Name: Aiven Platform
Brand: Aiven
Rating: 4.1 (5 reviews)

Vendor: Aiven

4.1 out of 5

5 reviews
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Aiven Platform Pros review quotes

Harsh Kaneria

SDE-2 at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

May 19, 2026

Aiven Platform has positively impacted my organization by reducing infrastructure management effort and improving reliability because services like Kafka and Postgres are fully managed, allowing my engineering team to spend less time on maintenance, scaling, upgrades, and troubleshooting servers.

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njadm

CTO and Co-Founder at PeerSpot

Mar 16, 2025

One of the most valuable features of Aiven Platform is that it handles the upgrades for us seamlessly, saving us time that would be spent on routine upgrades.

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reviewer2539719

System Engineer - Cloud Platform at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Aug 30, 2024

What I like best about the tool is that the process for the services is faster compared to other methods. It's easier to use because Aiven for Apache Kafka handles the maintenance, so we have less to manage. We only use Kafka to manage its connectivity.

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Aiven Platform Cons review quotes

Harsh Kaneria

SDE-2 at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

May 19, 2026

A few areas where Aiven Platform can be improved include pricing at scale, as many users feel that Kafka and storage costs grow quickly with increased workloads.

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njadm

CTO and Co-Founder at PeerSpot

Mar 16, 2025

I would really like to see Aiven Platform add a user interface for database backups, as this would eliminate the need for a third-party solution.

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reviewer2539719

System Engineer - Cloud Platform at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Aug 30, 2024

One challenge we face is when we want to update the version, for example, from 3.6 to 3.7. It will spawn new nodes, and then there's rebalancing and syncing from other brokers. There's high CPU usage during this process, so the solution can't be used for a while, causing some downtime in our services. To tackle this challenge, we schedule maintenance updates during low-traffic periods when there's less risk and fewer users use the services.

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