Confluent for Kubernetes enables customers to realize the benefits of Confluent Platform with additional control and customization available from self-managing clusters on their private infrastructure. This provides a complete, declarative API-driven experience for deploying and managing Confluent Platform as a cloud-native system. By using Confluent for Kubernetes, users can achieve simplicity, flexibility, and efficiency in managing Kafka-related infrastructure operations without the headaches of complex infrastructure management. The platform offers high-level declarative APIs to deploy and manage Confluent services, including Kafka, ZooKeeper, Confluent Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, ksqlDB, and Confluent Control Center. This allows users to focus on higher-value activities that drive business value rather than managing low-level infrastructure. Confluent for Kubernetes also provides a GitOps approach, enabling users to express the state of their infrastructure and application state as code, leading to consistency across organizations.