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The Kora Engine: Powering the Only Cloud-Native Data Streaming Service

Kora is the Apache Kafka® that gives Confluent Cloud elastic scalability, low latency performance, and high availability. That means Confluent’s cloud-native Kafka service is your solution for better, faster, more cost-effective data streaming in the cloud.

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Kora Helps You Build Resilient Real-Time Applications, Faster

Thanks to Kora, developers using Confluent Cloud can build applications with better performance at a lower cost—for any public cloud, any tech stack, or workload. Kora helps businesses reduce their total cost of ownership (TCO) for Kafka deployments by up to 60%. shifting from self-managed Kafka to Confluent Cloud.

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Effortless Scaling

Handle GBps+ workloads and peak customer demands 10x faster than open source Kafka. Meet peak demands without operational burden.

10x Faster Performance

Deliver faster insights and customer experiences with 10x faster tail latencies than open source Kafka, sustained over time.

99.99% Uptime SLA

Focus on innovation, not operations. Ensure high availability and offload Kafka ops with 99.99% uptime SLA for multi-AZ clusters and no-touch Kafka patches.

Infinite Storage

Never worry about Kafka storage again with intelligent Tiered Storage and infinite retention.

Scale With Ease

Adapt to changing demands instantly without the operational headaches.

Scale 30x faster than Apache Kafka
Pay-per-use pricing for cost efficiency
Serverless Clusters adapt to demand automatically
Avoid over-provisioning with dynamic resource allocation
Bring cloud-like elasticity on-premises with Confluent Platform

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Customers Explain the Impact of Cloud-Native Data Streaming

Hear firsthand accounts from AO.com, Symphony, and Wix about how their businesses benefited from Confluent Cloud’s elastic scaling, infinite storage, and resiliency—all powered by the Kora engine.