# Confluent Cloud vs Memphis

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Confluent Cloud

| Attribute | Confluent Cloud | Memphis |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 90.5 (72% (medium)) | 40.6 (24% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 0 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 3,439 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Confluent Cloud is a fully managed Apache Kafka service enabling organizations to stream high-volume, low-latency events between systems in real-time. It eliminates operational overhead through automatic scaling, multi-region replication, and costs significantly less than self-managed Kafka deployments. | - |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","ordering":"per_partition","paradigm":"pubsub","protocol":"Kafka protocol, REST API","message_replay":true,"persistent_log":true,"consumer_groups":true,"geo_replication":true,"kafka_compatible":true,"managed_offering":true,"stream_processing":true,"horizontal_scaling":true}` | `{"hosting":"both","ordering":"per_partition","paradigm":"queue","message_replay":true,"persistent_log":true,"consumer_groups":true,"managed_offering":true,"dead_letter_queue":true,"delivery_guarantee":"at_least_once","horizontal_scaling":true}` |
| integrations.count | 130 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Salesforce"},{"name":"Google Ads"},{"name":"Google Analytics"},{"name":"Hotjar"},{"name":"Quickbooks"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"Apache Flink"},{"name":"Schema Registry"},{"name":"Apache Iceberg"},{"name":"Delta Lake"}]` | - |
| language.primary | - | Go |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US","GB"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Basic","summary":"Free tier with $400 credit for 30 days","description":"Getting started with data streaming","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"Pay-as-you-go","features":["infinite storage","audit logs","20%+ throughput savings"],"description":"Production-ready data streaming with advanced features","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Pay-as-you-go","features":["private networking","autoscaling to GBps+ throughput","32%+ throughput savings"],"description":"Mission-critical workloads with maximum scale and security","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Usage-based pay-as-you-go pricing with free tier option","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.confluent.io/fr-fr/pricing/cost-estimator/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T08:33:56.886Z","freeTrialDays":30,"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"http://memphis.dev/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T13:19:54.561Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | - | 21 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/superstreamlabs/memphis/releases/tag/v1.4.4","date":"2024-05-27T12:23:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.4.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/superstreamlabs/memphis/releases/tag/v1.4.3","date":"2024-01-22T13:03:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.4.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/superstreamlabs/memphis/releases/tag/v1.4.2","date":"2024-01-03T16:48:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.4.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/superstreamlabs/memphis/releases/tag/v1.4.1","date":"2023-12-13T14:01:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/superstreamlabs/memphis/releases/tag/v1.4.0","date":"2023-11-26T11:44:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/superstreamlabs/memphis/releases/tag/v1.3.1","date":"2023-11-06T13:01:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/superstreamlabs/memphis/releases/tag/v1.3.0","date":"2023-09-11T14:13:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/superstreamlabs/memphis/releases/tag/v1.2.0","date":"2023-08-10T15:06:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/superstreamlabs/memphis/releases/tag/v1.1.1","date":"2023-07-18T18:32:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/superstreamlabs/memphis/releases/tag/v1.1.0","date":"2023-07-13T20:03:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/superstreamlabs/memphis/releases/tag/v1.0.3","date":"2023-05-31T09:53:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/superstreamlabs/memphis/releases/tag/v1.0.2-stable","date":"2023-04-24T15:42:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.2-stable"},{"url":"https://github.com/superstreamlabs/memphis/releases/tag/v1.0.1-stable","date":"2023-04-16T17:47:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.1-stable"},{"url":"https://github.com/superstreamlabs/memphis/releases/tag/v1.0.0","date":"2023-04-02T20:15:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/superstreamlabs/memphis/releases/tag/v0.4.5-beta","date":"2023-02-21T13:53:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.4.5-beta"},{"url":"https://github.com/superstreamlabs/memphis/releases/tag/v0.4.4-beta","date":"2023-01-31T13:07:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.4.4-beta"},{"url":"https://github.com/superstreamlabs/memphis/releases/tag/v0.4.3-beta","date":"2023-01-06T05:24:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.4.3-beta"},{"url":"https://github.com/superstreamlabs/memphis/releases/tag/v0.4.2-beta","date":"2022-12-05T10:59:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.4.2-beta"},{"url":"https://github.com/superstreamlabs/memphis/releases/tag/v0.4.1-beta","date":"2022-11-28T15:24:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.4.1-beta"},{"url":"https://github.com/superstreamlabs/memphis/releases/tag/v0.4.0-beta","date":"2022-11-07T21:38:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.4.0-beta"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=memphis%2Fmemphis&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Message Queues)

| Capability | Confluent Cloud | Memphis |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Messaging paradigm | Pub/sub | Queue |
| **Correctness** |  |  |
| Delivery guarantee | - | At-least-once |
| Ordering guarantee | Per-partition | Per-partition |
| **Durability** |  |  |
| Durable replayable log | ✓ | ✓ |
| Message replay / rewind | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Interop** |  |  |
| Wire protocol | Kafka protocol, REST API | - |
| Kafka-protocol compatible | ✓ | - |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Partitioned horizontal scaling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Geo / cross-region replication | ✓ | - |
| **Consumption** |  |  |
| Consumer groups / competing consumers | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dead-letter queue | - | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Managed cloud offering exists | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Cloud + self-hosted |
| **Processing** |  |  |
| Built-in stream processing | ✓ | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:34:04.462Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*