Aiven - Your AI-ready Open Source Data PlatformLive webinar · August 19 Get started with Apache Kafka, liveRegister Open source data infra-structure, made simple. Get production-ready Kafka, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, OpenSearch, and more — on any cloud, in minutes, with no infra ops required — all backed by Aiven’s 99.99% SLA. Book a demo Get building Products The open source data tools you already use, fully managed. Try Aiven for… Real-time data streams Apache Kafka® Power your event-driven architecture and real-time data streaming pipelines with enterprise-grade Kafka as a Service. Effortless database PostgreSQL® Build scalable, resilient applications with a fully managed, high-availability PostgreSQL database as a service. Analytics at scale ClickHouse® Fast, resource-effective columnar DB for real-time analytics. Instant search OpenSearch® Deploy a powerful, distributed search and analytics engine for log analysis, application monitoring, and full-text search. Valkey™ Fast in-memory caching MySQL Scalable SQL Metrics Scalable Prometheus query solution Grafana® Data visualization and analytics platform Free tier Build for free on Aiven The Aiven Free Tier gives you always-on Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and OpenSearch on the same infrastructure as our paid plans. Build, learn, prototype - no credit card, no time limit. Get building See what's included Platform The data platform for engineers Run on any cloud, or bring your own — we handle the connections, security, and scaling across clouds. Manage all your services from a single API and console. Deploy services directly into your own cloud account for data residency and VPC peering. More about Aiven Platform Why Aiven? Aiven Platform DIY/Self-hosted Basic Cloud Service Infra ops Zero Fully managed, 99.99% uptime SLA Constant You manage patching, scaling, failures, etc. Partial You still tune, and manage versions and plugins Cloud Any AWS, GCP, Azure, Digital Ocean, EU Sovereign Cloud, etc. One Locked to your hardware/VPC One Locked to the provider’s ecosystem Cost Predictable
 All-inclusive TCO Unpredictable
 High ops, infra, and downtime costs Nightmarishly complex Pay-per-API-call, I/O, etc. Migrations Easy
 No-downtime tools Hard
 High-risk, manual process Hard High friction to migrate out Support 24/7
 Expert developer support You
 (And community forums) Account-level (Often a paid add-on) Trusted by developers. Built for builders. "The team used to spend up to 90% of the day doing maintenance, patching and upgrades. That's all handled by Aiven now, freeing up the team to focus on business projects." La Redoute Automated database migrations, enabling the team to move 25 databases in a single day Read case study "We reduced the TCO of running our Apache Kafka clusters by 72% which equates to a saving of millions of dollars each year." Claroty Cut Kafka TCO by 72% and saved millions annually with Aiven's Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) Read case study "Thanks to tiered storage, we've reduced our Kafka storage by around 80% which has saved us a huge amount of money — and all without any latency issues." WalkMe Slashed Kafka storage costs by 80% with Tiered Storage while handling over 100,000 events per second Read case study STOP MANAGING, START BUILDING Get building Open source data infra-structure, made simple. Get production-ready Kafka, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, OpenSearch, and more — on any cloud, in minutes, with no infra ops required — all backed by Aiven’s 99.99% SLA. Book a demo Get building Products The open source data tools you already use, fully managed. Try Aiven for… Real-time data streams Apache Kafka® Power your event-driven architecture and real-time data streaming pipelines with enterprise-grade Kafka as a Service. Effortless database PostgreSQL® Build scalable, resilient applications with a fully managed, high-availability PostgreSQL database as a service. Analytics at scale ClickHouse® Fast, resource-effective columnar DB for real-time analytics. Instant search OpenSearch® Deploy a powerful, distributed search and analytics engine for log analysis, application monitoring, and full-text search. Valkey™ Fast in-memory caching MySQL Scalable SQL Metrics Scalable Prometheus query solution Grafana® Data visualization and analytics platform Free tier Build for free on Aiven The Aiven Free Tier gives you always-on Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and OpenSearch on the same infrastructure as our paid plans. Build, learn, prototype - no credit card, no time limit. Get building See what's included Platform The data platform for engineers Run on any cloud, or bring your own — we handle the connections, security, and scaling across clouds. Manage all your services from a single API and console. Deploy services directly into your own cloud account for data residency and VPC peering. More about Aiven Platform Why Aiven? Aiven Platform DIY/Self-hosted Basic Cloud Service Infra ops Zero Fully managed, 99.99% uptime SLA Constant You manage patching, scaling, failures, etc. Partial You still tune, and manage versions and plugins Cloud Any AWS, GCP, Azure, Digital Ocean, EU Sovereign Cloud, etc. One Locked to your hardware/VPC One Locked to the provider’s ecosystem Cost Predictable
 All-inclusive TCO Unpredictable
 High ops, infra, and downtime costs Nightmarishly complex Pay-per-API-call, I/O, etc. Migrations Easy
 No-downtime tools Hard
 High-risk, manual process Hard High friction to migrate out Support 24/7
 Expert developer support You
 (And community forums) Account-level (Often a paid add-on) Trusted by developers. Built for builders. "The team used to spend up to 90% of the day doing maintenance, patching and upgrades. That's all handled by Aiven now, freeing up the team to focus on business projects." La Redoute Automated database migrations, enabling the team to move 25 databases in a single day Read case study "We reduced the TCO of running our Apache Kafka clusters by 72% which equates to a saving of millions of dollars each year." Claroty Cut Kafka TCO by 72% and saved millions annually with Aiven's Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) Read case study "Thanks to tiered storage, we've reduced our Kafka storage by around 80% which has saved us a huge amount of money — and all without any latency issues." WalkMe Slashed Kafka storage costs by 80% with Tiered Storage while handling over 100,000 events per second Read case study STOP MANAGING, START BUILDING Get building Upcoming events Ready to learn more? Explore our online and in-person events and webinars to learn, connect, and discover all that Aiven has to offer. Sep 17, 2026 Entwickler Summit Berlin 07:00 - 20:00 UTC Colosseum cinema, Berlin, Germany Register Oct 21, 2026 - Oct 22, 2026 VDS 2026 07:00 - 20:00 UTC City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia, Spain Register View all events