Streaming with Apache Kafka Features

Fully managed

Seamless upgrades and patching

Updates and patches are automatically applied without downtime to keep the system up to date and help mitigate security issues.

High availability

Multibroker architecture delivers 99.9% availability. The service self-heals by replacing failed brokers automatically, helping ensure maximum availability.

Auto detection and replacement of faulty brokers

The system monitors the health of brokers and replaces them as needed.

High performance and scalability

Supports millions of messages per second with minimal delay to ensure real-time data processing and immediate insights.

100% compatibility with Apache Kafka

Leverage open source Kafka APIs for producing and consuming data in real time.

Full compatibility with open source Kafka

Kafka applications can use the service with no changes.

Support for open source tools

Support for open source tools OCI Streaming with Kafka has a rich ecosystem that supports all open source tools and connectors built for Apache Kafka out of the box.

Built-in security

OCI Streaming with Kafka protects sensitive data and helps ensure compliance with most industry standards thanks to OCI’s security architecture.

Encryption

Data is encrypted both at rest and in transit, and OCI Streaming with Kafka is integrated with OCI Key Management Service.

Effective security controls

The service supports fine-grained security access control through Kafka ACL, SASL/SCRAM, or mTLS-based authentication mechanisms.

Cost-efficiency

OCI Streaming with Kafka pricing is based on the compute and storage used on OCI, plus a straightforward, single-fee SKU.

Pay based on usage

Cloud scaling allows you to only pay for what you use.

Consistently low global pricing

OCI provides consistent pricing in every region, including government regions.