200 Aiven for Apache Kafka Reviews
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the user interface was ok, instructions were intuitive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
the kafka cluster was not very stable with our message production and customer support couldn't provide much assistance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
- Host a self-service Kafka cloud. Save us the operation time and code.
- Easy to setup and start to use. So could focus on our core business.
- terraform integration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The connect doesn't integrate with Docker very well. So we use AWS ECS to host our connect service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The control panel helps a lot with the basic concepts settings. The database service based on the cloud is really reliable, I also like that it makes the way of working easier. The technical support area is also efficient and can really solve some problems quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Some functions are limited, for example the records can not be searched or filtered easily, it would be very useful to search or filter through the different servers. On the other hand the summary of metrics is a list of graphics and you can not choose what I want to see. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I like that it's easy to see consumer groups for each topic. Great sanity-check that ops are performing as expected. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Should be more clear which topic you're acting on when you select "remove" - maybe even prompt to type in topic name before removal is possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The easy to use interface and the ability to provision topics as required. The User interface is better than most. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Not enough analytics and tools to see what are the root cause of issues. "Is it us or Aiven?" These types of diagnostic tools would be really valuable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The ease-of-use and being able to have a solution that handles all the infrastructural parts for us. Big plus for an intuitive and easy interface to interact with. Integrates well with our existing software stack. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Nothing so far. Haven't used it long enough to give valuable input here. Spontaneously I would say that the documentation could be more thorough. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Good support on chat. I had many questions and mostly were answered on a good time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There is not topic specific configuration to use on the Web UI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
We were comparing Aiven to Confluent, as we wanted a managed solution for our small engineering team. Confluent limited bandwidth and required an up-front commitment for their enterprise tier, whereas we just wanted a monthly bill based on compute power. We also wanted managed Schema Registry and (bonus) Connect, which Aiven had right out of the box. We enjoyed the free trial with the managed components as it let us build out our infrastructure. Also, Aiven just "felt right" when we started using it via the console. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Even though it is insecure, I'd like an option for plaintext connections. It would make it easier to prototype and get started, which was when we were doing our vendor comparing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I've been running Kafka for a year in production now and it can be very complex to manage and recover if you ever find yourself in that that scenario. Aiven offers easy upgrade paths and the Avro schema library is still quite buggy in the console but solid when used within Kafka which is invaluable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The Aiven console is quite buggy and lacks features for user management. We would like more granular control over the RBAC system but at the moment it seems to be admin or nothing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Good UI for viewing topics, schemas, ACL's , Lag, etc.
Terraform support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Have had a few outages recently. No way of viewing content of topics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
