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Confluent Cloud
The data streaming platform built on Apache Kafka, delivered as a fully managed cloud service
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What Confluent Cloud does
Confluent Cloud is a managed Apache Kafka service billed by eCKU-hour, from $0.14/eCKU-hour on Basic up to Enterprise clusters near $895 per month.
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- Basic tier caps at 1,500 partitions and 5TB storage per confluent.io pricing page (Aug 2026); Standard clusters start around $385 per month before usage
- Enterprise tier eCKU-hour rate runs $1.75 to $2.25 versus $0.14 on Basic, per confluent.io, an over tenfold jump to reach mission critical features
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