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Apache Kafka on Confluent Cloud pros and cons

Vendor: Confluent
4.3 out of 5

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PROS

Apache Kafka on Confluent Cloud is cost-effective and simplifies infrastructure by integrating multiple data processing tools.
It offers reliable and resilient real-time data capabilities with excellent throughput and order guarantee.
The state-saving feature allows users to rewind and reprocess data, enhancing error management.
Confluent Cloud's streaming and event capabilities ensure scalability and maintain high performance.
It significantly reduces infrastructure costs while accelerating speed to value for businesses.

CONS

There could be an in-built feature for data analysis.
There were challenges with CDC integrations, and alternatives were recommended due to configuration issues.
Some premium connectors are not accessible in the marketplace, posing limitations.
There are issues in terms of improvements with Apache Kafka integration with other Microsoft tools.
Observability and monitoring are areas that require enhancement.
 

Apache Kafka on Confluent Cloud Pros review quotes

AF
Lead Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Nov 1, 2025
Confluent helped me to streamline all those logs into one place, and then I was consuming those logs that were produced, which made it very much easier because I know Kafka and using Confluent made it much simpler.
FABIO LUIS VELLOSO DA SILVA - PeerSpot reviewer
Partner at SouJava
Sep 9, 2025
It's very fast and helps us to create the project, guarantee the message delivery, and the performance.
reviewer2751003 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Aug 19, 2025
Some of the best features with Apache Kafka on Confluent Cloud are streaming and event capabilities, which are important due to scalability and resiliency.
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reviewer2711817 - PeerSpot reviewer
VP Engineering at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 28, 2025
The benefits that I have seen from having a real-time architecture include better velocity for developers; instead of developing many of those capabilities in each team, we can rely on Apache Kafka on Confluent Cloud to provide those functionalities we want, and the teams can focus on their own business instead of providing all sorts of APIs and dependencies to other domains, allowing everyone to run faster.
AV
Global Vice President, Product Strategy & Gtm at NucleusTeq
Mar 4, 2025
Apache Kafka on Confluent Cloud is critical infrastructure for us; without it, our infrastructure costs would increase significantly, potentially amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars each year, and its real-time capabilities accelerate speed to value and enable new use cases, providing significant business value.
KA
Fractional CTO at Tassei Tech
Mar 28, 2025
The order guarantee of Apache Kafka on Confluent Cloud and the amount of throughput it can handle are valuable; the fact that the consumer pulls the data, not the broker, makes it more resilient and more reliable compared to other technologies.
Anantharaman Ganesan - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at Aara Tech Private Limited
Aug 1, 2024
The product's installation phase is pretty straightforward for us since we know how to use it.
Ritik Varshney - PeerSpot reviewer
Scholar Trainee/Project Engineer at Wipro Limited
Nov 21, 2024
Apache Kafka on Confluent Cloud is more reliable and frequent to use compared to Apache Kafka.
reviewer2237604 - PeerSpot reviewer
Integration Solution Architect at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
May 24, 2024
Confluent Cloud handles data volume pretty well.
Tom Hug - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at Inacta AG
Jun 4, 2024
The state-saving feature is very much appreciated. It allows me to rewind a certain process if I see an error and then reprocess it.
 

Apache Kafka on Confluent Cloud Cons review quotes

AF
Lead Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Nov 1, 2025
I thought Confluent would stop me when I crossed the credits, but it did not, and then I got charged.
FABIO LUIS VELLOSO DA SILVA - PeerSpot reviewer
Partner at SouJava
Sep 9, 2025
The clustering is a little hard for juniors and clients. It's suitable for senior engineers, but the configuration and clustering are very hard for juniors.
reviewer2751003 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Aug 19, 2025
In terms of improvements, observability and monitoring are areas that could be enhanced. They are lacking in terms of observability and monitoring compared to other products.
Learn what your peers think about Apache Kafka on Confluent Cloud. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: May 2026.
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reviewer2711817 - PeerSpot reviewer
VP Engineering at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 28, 2025
Although, specifically with Apache Kafka on Confluent Cloud, it was a bit more challenging to increase adoption because it's very expensive.
AV
Global Vice President, Product Strategy & Gtm at NucleusTeq
Mar 4, 2025
Improvement can be made by making it easier to build applications on the real-time stream, focusing on real-time pre-processing and anomaly detection.
KA
Fractional CTO at Tassei Tech
Mar 28, 2025
The ability to implement request-response communication on Apache Kafka needs improvement.
Anantharaman Ganesan - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at Aara Tech Private Limited
Aug 1, 2024
Maybe in terms of Apache Kafka's integration with other Microsoft tools, our company faced some challenges.
Ritik Varshney - PeerSpot reviewer
Scholar Trainee/Project Engineer at Wipro Limited
Nov 21, 2024
Some areas for improvement in Apache Kafka on Confluent Cloud include issues faced during migration with Kubernetes pods.
reviewer2237604 - PeerSpot reviewer
Integration Solution Architect at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
May 24, 2024
There are some premium connectors, for example, available in Confluent, which you cannot access in the marketplace, so there are some limitations.
Tom Hug - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at Inacta AG
Jun 4, 2024
The administration port could be more extensive.

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