Redpanda
A fast, developer-friendly streaming data platform that works with Apache Kafka without ZooKeeper or Java
- Also known as
- redpanda
Available worldwide
What is Redpanda?
A high-performance, cloud-native data streaming platform for real-time ingestion and analytics. It offers Apache Kafka compatibility with superior simplicity and speed, and can be deployed across cloud providers or on-premises infrastructure.
Redpanda pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free tier (Community Edition). Cloud and Enterprise plans available via quote.
Community Edition
FreeFree, source-available under BSL
Enterprise Edition
Contact salesCommercially supported self-managed deployment
Redpanda Cloud
Contact salesFully-managed cloud service with Dedicated, BYOC, and Serverless options
What Redpanda does
The capabilities that matter for message queues, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Messaging paradigm
- Log / streaming
- Delivery guarantee
- At-least-once
- Ordering guarantee
- Per-partition
- Durable replayable log
- ✓
- Message replay / rewind
- ✓
- Wire protocol
- Kafka protocol
- Kafka-protocol compatible
- ✓
- Partitioned horizontal scaling
- ✓
- Geo / cross-region replication
- ✓
- Consumer groups / competing consumers
- ✓
- Dead-letter queue
- -
- Managed cloud offering exists
- ✓
- Hosting
- Cloud + self-hosted
- Built-in stream processing
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- macOS
- Web
- Linux
- Cloud / SaaS
- On-premise
- Self-hosted
Integrations (14)
Independently observed- MySQL←•
- Amazon S3→•
- Databricks Unity Catalog→•
- AWS Glue Data Catalog⇄•
- Kerberos←•
- Kafka
- PostgreSQL
- Apache Iceberg
- Snowflake
- BigQuery
- Google Cloud Storage
- AWS
- Google Cloud Platform
- Azure
Security & compliance
Independently observed- SOC 2active · Barr Advisory
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Redpanda FAQ
Common questions about Redpanda, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Redpanda?
A data streaming platform designed to reduce operational costs while maintaining high throughput. Kafka-compatible with support for both managed cloud deployments (Dedicated, BYOC, Serverless) and self-hosted options, featuring tiered storage, built-in data transforms, and governance capabilities for AI agents. It is indexed under Message Queues.
Source: https://www.redpanda.com
How much does Redpanda cost?
Redpanda does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, across 3 plans (Community Edition, Enterprise Edition and Redpanda Cloud), so the figure depends on your seat count and requirements. We record this as a pricing-transparency signal rather than guessing a number. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.redpanda.com
What platforms does Redpanda support?
Redpanda supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://www.redpanda.com
Can Redpanda be self-hosted?
Yes. Redpanda can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://www.redpanda.com
What does Redpanda integrate with?
We have confirmed 9 integrations for Redpanda, including Kafka, PostgreSQL, Apache Iceberg, Snowflake, BigQuery, Google Cloud Storage, AWS and Google Cloud Platform, plus 1 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.redpanda.com
What security certifications does Redpanda have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for Redpanda. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Redpanda not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Redpanda alternatives
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- TemporalA platform for building reliable, long-running applications with automatic state management and fault tolerance.high · 76%
- NATSlow · 47%
- RabbitMQA unified messaging and streaming broker for distributed application communicationlow · 47%
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Compare Redpanda
Side by side against other message queues, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Redpanda, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 100 | 0.16 | 15.6 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 71 | 0.08 | 6.0 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 63 | 0.09 | 5.9 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 92 | 0.06 | 5.8 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 50 | 0.12 | 5.8 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 97 | 0.05 | 5.0 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.04 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| Security score | 65 | 0.04 | 2.7 | ✓ |
| Stars | 77 | 0.03 | 2.0 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 25 | 0.06 | 1.6 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 24 | 0.06 | 1.5 | ✓ |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
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All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 62% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Hosting: both · Ordering: per_partition · Paradigm: log_stream · Protocol: Kafka protocol · Message replay: Yes · Persistent log: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 300 | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | C++ | highsource · 2026-09-10 · 90% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-14 · 75% |
Pricing
Release
Reliability
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure policy | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60% |
| Soc2 | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-10 · 75% |
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-14 · 75% |
| Scorecard | 6.5 | highsource · 2026-09-10 · 90% |
| Vulnerabilities | Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fredpanda-data%2Fredpanda%2Fsrc%2Fgo%2Frpk&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 | highsource · 2026-09-10 · 90% |
| Certifications | SOC 2 | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
| Trust center | https://www.redpanda.com/blog/soc-2-compliance-data-streaming-cloud | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
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