Mohamed S.
MS
Mohamed S.
Data Enginee II
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Awesome Platform"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Powerful, Cheaper, Great user interface, there are a lot of connectors, multi cloud support, easy documentation, technical support is really helpful and supportive and Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Community still not much bigger, so if you faced any technical issues you must search on the documentation first, if it's not solved you have to reach out one of the support team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nikos R.
NR
Nikos R.
Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Speed"
4/5
What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Great for hassle free deployments, easy to deploy, manage and deploy Kafka clusters. So, you can save hours and simplifying operations by using the Aiven. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Lacks of advanced Kafka customization that are not available in Aiven and cost can be higher than a self-managed solutions, especially if your system expects large workload Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Subash M.
SM
Subash M.
Principal Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Kafka and Aiven"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Setting up Kafka your Kafka cluster can be very painful and timeconsuming. With help of Aiden this an be easily achieveable. Meanwhile it integration such as Kakfa connect, Kafka stream makes easily for different usecase. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Even though Aiven has made setup Apacka Kafka easier since it is managed service provided cost for using kafka can easily scale up with gradual increase in you kafka consumtion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness
CH
Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Aiven for Apache Kafka – Review"
5/5
What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

What I like most about Aiven for Kafka is how easy it makes everything. Setting up a Kafka cluster used to be a headache - dealing with brokers, zookeepers, monitoring, and all the tuning. With Aiven, it's literally just a few clicks and you're up and running. It's reliable, secure, and takes care of all the messy backend stuff so we can focus on our actual use cases.

The built-in integrations (like Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and monitoring with Grafana/Prometheus) make it really convenient. The high availability setup and encryption are on by default, which gives peace of mind for production workloads. And any time we’ve needed help, their support team has been quick and helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

There are a couple of things that could be better. First, some advanced Kafka configurations are locked down, you can’t tweak everything like you would with a self-managed setup. That’s probably intentional, but sometimes it limits flexibility.

Second, cost visibility isn’t super granular. It would be nice to see detailed cost breakdowns by topic or consumer group to help manage expenses better. And lastly, the UI could be a bit more intuitive for new users, some parts aren’t the most beginner-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Chukwunonso E.
CE
Chukwunonso E.
Senior Database Administrator
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Aiven for Apache Kafka"
5/5
What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Its deployment is fast and friendly use

It has built in monitoring tools, backups, upgrades and others

it has 24/7 support and also documentation to put you through

It also streamline data in Realtime Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Premium prices but non the less I still Love it

if possible to give customers 30 days trial prior to purchase

less cost for frequency of users if possible Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
IF
Verified User in Financial Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"User-Friendly and Intuitive, But Room for Improvement"
3/5
What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

the platform was user friendly and intuitive. The customer service was always on hand to assist. found every feature that we needed, i suppose it is better to have more than less. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

the pricing was a bit too much in my opinion. I did struggle a bit to integrate the with our ecosystem, but the customer service helped a lot. The number of features was a bit overwhelming Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Je Krishna  B.
JB
Je Krishna B.
Data Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Livedata helper"
5/5
What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

It helps us for getting the live data and streaming data from multiple data streams and platforms. Mainly ig helps in focusing the marketing data and click based operations in this scenario. We used to get the live data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

It is not having the clear resolution list of stories and in some scenarios we are having unsolved narratives and it has having dark atmosphere in it for some of the information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Easy Deployment and Management, But Costs Rise Quickly at Scale"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

i like the fact that it is easy to deploy and manage , like how quickly can lunch and manage kafka clusters using the clean console or terraform support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

the pricing provides clear and predictable costs, but at scale the cost increase quickly , and the user interface is a bit too simple for complex jobs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
AI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Aiven for Apache Kafka Review"
4/5
What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

I haven't used it but it's worth a try and looks promising. I like how it is reviewed by its ease of use, particularly the streamlined management interface and user-friendly setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Nothing much to say as I want to try it and will have to ask the team to test things out. The major concern would be its high costs, especially for storage upgrades. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pablo C.
PC
Pablo C.
Accounts Payable Coordinator
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Was very usefull"
5/5
What do you like best about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

It was easy to apply and I Did not need Major training Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Aiven for Apache Kafka?

Nothing. I think is a good tool to connect modules Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.