Confluent Cloud Is Your Life (K)Raft Away From Hosted Apache Kafka®

Streaming data with Apache Kafka involves real-time data movement, but the transition from Apache ZooKeeper to KRaft as the control plane poses significant challenges, especially with ZooKeeper's end of support in Kafka 4.0. Confluent Cloud offers a streamlined solution for this migration, providing a cloud-native data streaming platform that reduces Kafka costs by 40%–70% and eliminates operational burdens with a 99.99% uptime SLA. The platform's Kafka Copy Paste (KCP) tool simplifies migration planning and execution, while Cluster Linking ensures secure and efficient data transfer between Kafka clusters. Beyond one-time migrations, Confluent Cloud facilitates ongoing data unification across global and hybrid environments, enhancing data availability and regulatory compliance. The platform offers flexible deployment across multiple cloud providers, integrated security features, and a variety of connectors, making it a comprehensive solution for modern data streaming needs.