Redpanda
Breakthrough data streaming capabilities that let you deliver customer experiences never before possible.
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curl -1sLf 'https://packages.vectorized.io/nzc4ZYQK3WRGd9sy/redpanda/cfg/setup/bash.rpm.sh' | sudo -E bash && sudo yum install redpanda -y && sudo systemctl start redpandaQuick start guide for RPM
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| Kafka |  | |
|---|---|---|
| Kafka API compatible | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Support for Kafka connectors | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Support for schema registry | Caveat: Requires a separate binary | ✔️ |
| Support for HTTP proxy | Caveat: Requires a separate binary | ✔️ |
| Single binary to deploy and manage | ✔️ | |
| Zookeeper®-free operations | ✔️ | |
| JVM-free environment | ✔️ | |
| Automatic HW optimization | ✔️ | |
| Automatic data and load rebalancing | ✔️ | |
| Scalable partition limit | 200,000 | 2,000,000+ |
| Predictable low latency under high load | ✔️ | |
| Up to 6x faster Kafka transactions | ✔️ | |
| Zero data loss by default | Caveat: Reduces performance | ✔️ |
| Wasm-based data transforms* | ✔️ | |
| Native support for Prometheus | ✔️ |
Compare Redpanda editions
Development productivity |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kafka API compatible | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Support for favorite Kafka tooling | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Wasm-based data transforms* | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Strictly serializable Kafka transactions | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Built-in HTTP support | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Unified querying across real-time and historical data* | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Operational simplicity | | | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built-in schema registry | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Automatic data and load rebalancing | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Automatic leadership rebalancing | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Built-in Prometheus support | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Rolling upgrades* | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Native K8s operator | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Vulnerability hot-patching | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| 24/7 support | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| 24x7 monitoring and alerting | ✔️ | ||
| Automated managed upgrades | ✔️ | ||
| Automated managed backups | ✔️ | ||
| Managed provisioning and autoscaling* | ✔️ | ||
| Customer-managed VPC* | ✔️ |
Performance and enterprise readiness | | | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited horizontal scaling | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Automatic HW optimizations | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Zero data loss by default | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Fine-grained ACLs | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| TLS encryption in flight | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Audit logs* | ✔️ | ✔️ |
