Features

Community vs Standard vs Enterprise

Feature comparison

Community Edition

Perfect for local development or ephemeral environments. Free! No sign-up required.

Compatibility

Apache Kafka 1.0+
Yes
Amazon MSK
Yes
Amazon MSK Serverless
Yes
Confluent Cloud
Yes
Confluent Platform
Yes
Redpanda
Yes
Red Hat AMQ Streams
Yes
Red Hat OpenShift Streams for Kafka
Yes
Instaclustr Managed Kafka
Yes
Aiven Managed Kafka
Yes
Apache Kafka Connect
Yes
Amazon MSK Connect
Yes
Confluent Cloud Managed Connectors
Yes
AWS Glue Schema Registry
Yes
Confluent Schema Registry
Yes
Apicurio Schema Registry
coming soon

Resource Management

Multi-Cluster
No
Multi-Schema
No
Multi-Connect
No

User Management

Concurrent User Sessions
No
LDAP Authentication
No
SAML Authentication
No
OpenID Authentication
No
OAuth2 Authentication
No
Okta Authentication
No
KeyCloak Authentication
No
AWS SSO Authentication
No
Azure AD Authentication
No
Github SSO Authentication
No
Global Access Controls
No
Role Based Access Controls
No
Temporary Role Based Access Controls
No
Simple Workflow for Staged Mutations
No
Multi-Tenancy Configuration
No

Deployment

Single Docker Container
Yes
Single JAR File
No
Single Java 8 JAR File
No
On-Premises
Yes
Kubernetes Helm Charts
Yes
ECS Compatible
Yes
Fargate Compatible
Yes
Air-Gapped Deployments
Yes
Zero Data Egress
Yes
Low Memory Footprint
Yes
Low CPU Utilization
Yes

Topic Search

Ultra-Fast Topic Search
Yes
Multi-Topic Search
Yes
Multi-Topic Search (Regex Based)
Yes
Multi-Topic Search (Group View)
Yes
Streaming Search
Yes
Scan Millions of Messages in Seconds
Yes
Built-In kJQ Filters
Yes
Search by Key
Yes
AVRO Message Format
Yes
Protobuf Message Format
Yes
JSON Schema Message Format
Yes
All Standard Serdes Supported
Yes
Configurable Custom Serdes
No
Search Results Export
Yes
Search Results Production
Yes
Copy to Clipboard
Yes

Topic Produce

Produce Messages
Yes
Batch Import and Produce Messages
Yes
Produce with Message Headers
Yes
Produce to Different Topic
Yes
Alter and Reproduce Message
Yes
All Standard Serdes Supported
Yes
Produce with Custom Serdes
No

Topic Metrics and Management

Topic Summary Information
Yes
Topic Metrics Visualization
Yes
Topic Live Mode
Yes
Filter and Compare Topics
Yes
Create and Copy Topics
Yes
Delete Topics
Yes
Edit Topic Configuration
Yes
Manage Topic ACLs
Yes
Topic Insights, URP, Inactive, etc
Yes

Broker Metrics and Management

Broker Summary Information
Yes
Broker Metrics Visualization
Yes
Broker Live Mode
Yes
Filter and Compare Brokers
Yes
Edit Broker Configuration
Yes
Manage Cluster ACLs
Yes

Consumer Metrics and Management

Consumer Summary Information
Yes
Consumer Metrics Visualization
Yes
Consumer Topology Visualization
Yes
Consumer Live Mode
Yes
Filter and Compare Consumers
Yes
Manage Consumer Offsets
Yes
Skip Poison Pill Offsets
Yes
Delete Consumer Groups
Yes
Manage Consumer ACLs
Yes
Consumer Lag Monitoring
Yes
Consumer Insights, Inactive, etc
Yes
Consumption by Network Host
Yes
Consumption by Broker
Yes
Consumption by Topict
Yes
Simple Consumer Monitoring (Flink)
Yes

ACL Management

ACL Summary Information
Yes
View ACL by Principal, Host, Resource
Yes
Create, Edit, Clone, Delete ACL
Yes

Kafka Streams Monitoring

Open-Source Kakfa Streams Agent
No
Kafka Streams Summary Information
No
Kafka Streams Topology Visualization
No
In-Depth Kafka Streams Metrics
No
Automatic Streams Detection
Yes

Schema Registry

Schema and Subject Summary
Yes
Create, Edit, Delete Subjects
Yes
Orphan Schema Detection
Yes
Schema Validation
Yes
Visual Schema Version Diff
Yes
Update Schema Compatibility
Yes
AVRO, Protobuf, and JSON Schema
Yes

Kafka Connect

Connector and Task Summary
Yes
Connector Metrics Visualization
Yes
Create, Pause, Restart, Delete Connectors
Yes
View Connector Config
Yes
Restart Connector Tasks
Yes
View Connector Task Config
Yes
View Connector Task Stacktrace
Yes

Data Governance

User Action Audit Log
No
Data Masking Policies
No

Integrations

Prometheus Endpoints for All Metrics
No
Slack Integration of Audit Log
No
Confluent Cloud Metrics API Integration
Yes
Amazon MSK IAM Authentication
Yes

Support

Github Issue Support Tickets
Yes
Zendesk Ticketed Support
No
Enterprise Support SLA
No

Standard Edition

Packed with features to empower your Kafka engineers.

Compatibility

Apache Kafka 1.0+
Yes
Amazon MSK
Yes
Amazon MSK Serverless
Yes
Confluent Cloud
Yes
Confluent Platform
Yes
Redpanda
Yes
Red Hat AMQ Streams
Yes
Red Hat OpenShift Streams for Kafka
Yes
Instaclustr Managed Kafka
Yes
Aiven Managed Kafka
Yes
Apache Kafka Connect
Yes
Amazon MSK Connect
Yes
Confluent Cloud Managed Connectors
Yes
AWS Glue Schema Registry
Yes
Confluent Schema Registry
Yes
Apicurio Schema Registry
coming soon

Resource Management

Multi-Cluster
Yes
Multi-Schema
H/A (max two per cluster)
Multi-Connect
H/A (max two per cluster)

User Management

Concurrent User Sessions
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Yes
SAML Authentication
Yes
OpenID Authentication
Yes
OAuth2 Authentication
Yes
Okta Authentication
Yes
KeyCloak Authentication
Yes
AWS SSO Authentication
Yes
Azure AD Authentication
Yes
Github SSO Authentication
Yes
Global Access Controls
Yes
Role Based Access Controls
Yes
Temporary Role Based Access Controls
Yes
Simple Workflow for Staged Mutations
Yes
Multi-Tenancy Configuration
Yes

Deployment

Single Docker Container
Yes
Single JAR File
Yes
Single Java 8 JAR File
No
On-Premises
Yes
Kubernetes Helm Charts
Yes
ECS Compatible
Yes
Fargate Compatible
Yes
Air-Gapped Deployments
Yes
Zero Data Egress
Yes
Low Memory Footprint
Yes
Low CPU Utilization
Yes

Topic Search

Ultra-Fast Topic Search
Yes
Multi-Topic Search
Yes
Multi-Topic Search (Regex Based)
Yes
Multi-Topic Search (Group View)
Yes
Streaming Search
Yes
Scan Millions of Messages in Seconds
Yes
Built-In kJQ Filters
Yes
Search by Key
Yes
AVRO Message Format
Yes
Protobuf Message Format
Yes
JSON Schema Message Format
Yes
All Standard Serdes Supported
Yes
Configurable Custom Serdes
Yes
Search Results Export
Yes
Search Results Production
Yes
Copy to Clipboard
Yes

Topic Produce

Produce Messages
Yes
Batch Import and Produce Messages
Yes
Produce with Message Headers
Yes
Produce to Different Topic
Yes
Alter and Reproduce Message
Yes
All Standard Serdes Supported
Yes
Produce with Custom Serdes
Yes

Topic Metrics and Management

Topic Summary Information
Yes
Topic Metrics Visualization
Yes
Topic Live Mode
Yes
Filter and Compare Topics
Yes
Create and Copy Topics
Yes
Delete Topics
Yes
Edit Topic Configuration
Yes
Manage Topic ACLs
Yes
Topic Insights, URP, Inactive, etc
Yes

Broker Metrics and Management

Broker Summary Information
Yes
Broker Metrics Visualization
Yes
Broker Live Mode
Yes
Filter and Compare Brokers
Yes
Edit Broker Configuration
Yes
Manage Cluster ACLs
Yes

Consumer Metrics and Management

Consumer Summary Information
Yes
Consumer Metrics Visualization
Yes
Consumer Topology Visualization
Yes
Consumer Live Mode
Yes
Filter and Compare Consumers
Yes
Manage Consumer Offsets
Yes
Skip Poison Pill Offsets
Yes
Delete Consumer Groups
Yes
Manage Consumer ACLs
Yes
Consumer Lag Monitoring
Yes
Consumer Insights, Inactive, etc
Yes
Consumption by Network Host
Yes
Consumption by Broker
Yes
Consumption by Topict
Yes
Simple Consumer Monitoring (Flink)
Yes

ACL Management

ACL Summary Information
Yes
View ACL by Principal, Host, Resource
Yes
Create, Edit, Clone, Delete ACL
Yes

Kafka Streams Monitoring

Open-Source Kakfa Streams Agent
Yes
Kafka Streams Summary Information
Yes
Kafka Streams Topology Visualization
Yes
In-Depth Kafka Streams Metrics
Yes
Automatic Streams Detection
Yes

Schema Registry

Schema and Subject Summary
Yes
Create, Edit, Delete Subjects
Yes
Orphan Schema Detection
Yes
Schema Validation
Yes
Visual Schema Version Diff
Yes
Update Schema Compatibility
Yes
AVRO, Protobuf, and JSON Schema
Yes

Kafka Connect

Connector and Task Summary
Yes
Connector Metrics Visualization
Yes
Create, Pause, Restart, Delete Connectors
Yes
View Connector Config
Yes
Restart Connector Tasks
Yes
View Connector Task Config
Yes
View Connector Task Stacktrace
Yes

Data Governance

User Action Audit Log
Yes
Data Masking Policies
Yes

Integrations

Prometheus Endpoints for All Metrics
Yes
Slack Integration of Audit Log
Yes
Confluent Cloud Metrics API Integration
Yes
Amazon MSK IAM Authentication
Yes

Support

Github Issue Support Tickets
Yes
Zendesk Ticketed Support
Yes
Enterprise Support SLA
No

Enterprise Edition

The ultimate enterprise-grade Kafka monitoring and management solution.

Compatibility

Apache Kafka 1.0+
Yes
Amazon MSK
Yes
Amazon MSK Serverless
Yes
Confluent Cloud
Yes
Confluent Platform
Yes
Redpanda
Yes
Red Hat AMQ Streams
Yes
Red Hat OpenShift Streams for Kafka
Yes
Instaclustr Managed Kafka
Yes
Aiven Managed Kafka
Yes
Apache Kafka Connect
Yes
Amazon MSK Connect
Yes
Confluent Cloud Managed Connectors
Yes
AWS Glue Schema Registry
Yes
Confluent Schema Registry
Yes
Apicurio Schema Registry
coming soon

Resource Management

Multi-Cluster
Yes
Multi-Schema
Yes
Multi-Connect
Yes

User Management

Concurrent User Sessions
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Yes
SAML Authentication
Yes
OpenID Authentication
Yes
OAuth2 Authentication
Yes
Okta Authentication
Yes
KeyCloak Authentication
Yes
AWS SSO Authentication
Yes
Azure AD Authentication
Yes
Github SSO Authentication
Yes
Global Access Controls
Yes
Role Based Access Controls
Yes
Temporary Role Based Access Controls
Yes
Simple Workflow for Staged Mutations
Yes
Multi-Tenancy Configuration
Yes

Deployment

Single Docker Container
Yes
Single JAR File
Yes
Single Java 8 JAR File
Yes
On-Premises
Yes
Kubernetes Helm Charts
Yes
ECS Compatible
Yes
Fargate Compatible
Yes
Air-Gapped Deployments
Yes
Zero Data Egress
Yes
Low Memory Footprint
Yes
Low CPU Utilization
Yes

Topic Search

Ultra-Fast Topic Search
Yes
Multi-Topic Search
Yes
Multi-Topic Search (Regex Based)
Yes
Multi-Topic Search (Group View)
Yes
Streaming Search
Yes
Scan Millions of Messages in Seconds
Yes
Built-In kJQ Filters
Yes
Search by Key
Yes
AVRO Message Format
Yes
Protobuf Message Format
Yes
JSON Schema Message Format
Yes
All Standard Serdes Supported
Yes
Configurable Custom Serdes
Yes
Search Results Export
Yes
Search Results Production
Yes
Copy to Clipboard
Yes

Topic Produce

Produce Messages
Yes
Batch Import and Produce Messages
Yes
Produce with Message Headers
Yes
Produce to Different Topic
Yes
Alter and Reproduce Message
Yes
All Standard Serdes Supported
Yes
Produce with Custom Serdes
Yes

Topic Metrics and Management

Topic Summary Information
Yes
Topic Metrics Visualization
Yes
Topic Live Mode
Yes
Filter and Compare Topics
Yes
Create and Copy Topics
Yes
Delete Topics
Yes
Edit Topic Configuration
Yes
Manage Topic ACLs
Yes
Topic Insights, URP, Inactive, etc
Yes

Broker Metrics and Management

Broker Summary Information
Yes
Broker Metrics Visualization
Yes
Broker Live Mode
Yes
Filter and Compare Brokers
Yes
Edit Broker Configuration
Yes
Manage Cluster ACLs
Yes

Consumer Metrics and Management

Consumer Summary Information
Yes
Consumer Metrics Visualization
Yes
Consumer Topology Visualization
Yes
Consumer Live Mode
Yes
Filter and Compare Consumers
Yes
Manage Consumer Offsets
Yes
Skip Poison Pill Offsets
Yes
Delete Consumer Groups
Yes
Manage Consumer ACLs
Yes
Consumer Lag Monitoring
Yes
Consumer Insights, Inactive, etc
Yes
Consumption by Network Host
Yes
Consumption by Broker
Yes
Consumption by Topict
Yes
Simple Consumer Monitoring (Flink)
Yes

ACL Management

ACL Summary Information
Yes
View ACL by Principal, Host, Resource
Yes
Create, Edit, Clone, Delete ACL
Yes

Kafka Streams Monitoring

Open-Source Kakfa Streams Agent
Yes
Kafka Streams Summary Information
Yes
Kafka Streams Topology Visualization
Yes
In-Depth Kafka Streams Metrics
Yes
Automatic Streams Detection
Yes

Schema Registry

Schema and Subject Summary
Yes
Create, Edit, Delete Subjects
Yes
Orphan Schema Detection
Yes
Schema Validation
Yes
Visual Schema Version Diff
Yes
Update Schema Compatibility
Yes
AVRO, Protobuf, and JSON Schema
Yes

Kafka Connect

Connector and Task Summary
Yes
Connector Metrics Visualization
Yes
Create, Pause, Restart, Delete Connectors
Yes
View Connector Config
Yes
Restart Connector Tasks
Yes
View Connector Task Config
Yes
View Connector Task Stacktrace
Yes

Data Governance

User Action Audit Log
Yes
Data Masking Policies
Yes

Integrations

Prometheus Endpoints for All Metrics
Yes
Slack Integration of Audit Log
Yes
Confluent Cloud Metrics API Integration
Yes
Amazon MSK IAM Authentication
Yes

Support

Github Issue Support Tickets
Yes
Zendesk Ticketed Support
Yes
Enterprise Support SLA
Yes

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