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 | ||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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Unlimited horizontal scaling | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Automatic HW optimizations | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Zero data loss by default | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Fine-grained ACLs | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
TLS encryption in flight | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Audit logs* | ✔️ | ✔️ |