Confluent has been recognized as a leader in streaming data platforms by Forrester in their Q4 2025 report, highlighting the growing importance of real-time data in AI and other business functions. The report praises Confluent for surpassing the capabilities of open-source Kafka by offering enterprise-grade scalability, governance, and tools for hybrid and cloud-native deployments. Confluent's Data Streaming Platform (DSP) allows organizations to transform data into a reusable asset, ensuring access to trustworthy, real-time data across operational and analytical systems, which is crucial for applications, analytics, and AI. By integrating messaging, stream processing, and analytics, Confluent aims to provide contextualized information for AI agents, thereby enhancing business value. With over 6,000 customers, Confluent's platform supports global data streaming through its Kora engine, offers a comprehensive governance suite, and enables efficient stream processing with Apache Flink on Confluent Cloud. Confluent's commitment to innovation and responsive customer support has been acknowledged through high scores in Forrester's evaluation, underscoring its role in driving data and AI advancements.