# WarpStream

> 10x Cheaper Than Kafka

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/warpstream
- **Category:** Message Queues
- **Homepage:** https://www.warpstream.com/
- **Also known as:** warpstream
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-03T22:37:50.584Z

## Vioscale score

**71.3 / 100**, confidence 62% (medium).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 25 | 8 | 200 | ✓ |
| reliability | 99.5 | 30 | 2985 | ✓ |
| capabilities | 91.6 | 12 | 1099.6 | ✓ |
| integrations | 13.7 | 16 | 219.5 | ✓ |
| security_posture | 65 | 22 | 1430 | ✓ |
| pricing_transparency | 100 | 12 | 1200 | ✓ |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-03, [verify at source](https://www.warpstream.com/). Independently observed._

from $100/mo · Hybrid · Free tier

> From $100/month + metered usage (write throughput, storage). Free $400 credit tier available.

| Plan | Price | Free | Commitment |
|---|---|:--:|---|
| Dev | $100/month + metered usage | - | - |
| Fundamentals | $500/month + metered usage | - | - |
| Pro | $1500/month + metered usage | - | - |
| Enterprise | Contact sales | - | - |

### Dev

**Included limits:** retention: 7 days, partitions: 4,096

- 4,096 partitions
- 7-day retention
- Basic schema validation

### Fundamentals

Production-grade with SLA

**Included limits:** partitions: 16,384

- 16,384 partitions
- 99.9% Uptime SLA
- mTLS
- Agent Groups
- Cluster Recovery
- Topic Recovery
- Broker-Level Schema Validation

### Pro

Mission-critical deployments

**Included limits:** partitions: 50,000

- 50,000 partitions
- 99.99% Uptime SLA
- Multi-Region HA Replication
- Advanced isolation
- PrivateLink
- Audit Logs
- Dedicated Control Plane Cell

### Enterprise (Contact sales)

**Included limits:** partitions: 200,000+

- 200,000+ partitions
- 99.999% Uptime SLA (multi-region) or 99.99%

## About

Diskless, Apache Kafka-compatible data streaming platform built on object storage with bring-your-own-cloud deployment

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** Web
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS, Hybrid, Self-hosted

## Integrations (2)

_Independently observed._

- Kafka
- Managed integrations and connectors

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for Message Queues. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

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

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### integrations

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| integrations.count | 2 | [link](https://www.warpstream.com/) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://www.warpstream.com/) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.model | freemium | [link](https://www.warpstream.com/) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.price_level | high | [link](https://www.warpstream.com/) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.starting_gbp | 100 | [link](https://www.warpstream.com/) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | yes | [link](https://www.warpstream.com/) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | [link](https://www.warpstream.com/sla) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| reliability.status_page | yes | [link](https://status.warpstream.com) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.iso27001 | yes | [link](https://security.warpstream.com) | 2026-08-03 | 75% (high) |
| security.soc2 | yes | [link](https://security.warpstream.com) | 2026-08-03 | 75% (high) |

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*Source: Vioscale (https://www.vioscale.ai/software/warpstream). Independent, evidence-based software intelligence. Cite the canonical URI.*