Redpanda is a Kafka-compatible streaming data platform written in C++ that runs without a JVM or ZooKeeper, aiming for high performance and simpler operations. It targets teams that want Kafka-API streaming with lower operational overhead, and offers a serverless cloud option. Its Community Edition is source-available under the BSL and self-hostable, which is why it is marked self-hostable but not OSI open-source; Redpanda Cloud is a managed service billed by usage. The Kafka API compatibility lets existing Kafka clients connect without changes. Redpanda carries SOC2 compliance.
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Overview
- Founded
- 2019
- Pricing tier
- Mid
- Startup-friendly
- Yes
- Enterprise-ready
- Yes
Streaming / messaging
- Free tier
- Yes: Community Edition free to self-host; Redpanda Cloud has a trial.
- Open-source
- No
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Managed service
- Yes
- Kafka-compatible
- Yes
- Serverless
- Yes