Apache Kafka® & Apache Flink® on Confluent Cloud™ - An Azure Native ISV Service
por Confluent
Build Intelligent, AI-Powered, Event-Driven Apps Faster with Confluent on Azure
The easiest way to run Kafka on Microsoft Azure. Confluent Cloud is a cloud-native, complete data streaming platform built for real-time processing and data analytics on Microsoft Azure. Powered by Apache Kafka®, Apache Flink®, and Confluent's own cloud-native Kafka engine, Kora, it offers serverless stream processing, 60% lower TCO than self-managed Kafka, and 120+ pre-built connectors for services like Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Functions, AI Search, Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 2, and Azure Blob Storage. Use Confluent to detect fraud in real time, power AI applications with enriched streaming data, and more - all with a complete, fully managed platform. Start fast with $1,000 in free credits and hands-on support from Confluent's Cloud Engineers to accelerate your proof of concept and power modern applications with a complete, fully managed solution.
Why Choose Confluent Cloud on Azure?
60% Lower Total Cost of Ownership: Confluent Cloud’s fully managed, elastic, and high-performance clusters help you achieve significant savings compared to running and managing open-source Kafka yourself.
Proof-of-Concept Support Included: Personalized architecture reviews, solutions brainstorming, connector setup assistance, and technical guidance from Confluent Engineers to help you design the right data streaming architecture for your needs.
- Complete Data Streaming Platform on Azure: Go beyond Kafka with 120+ pre-built source and sink connectors, stream processing with Apache Flink, real-time analytics with Apache Iceberg, Data Governance, and Security - all in one cloud-native solution. Whether you’re detecting fraud in financial transactions, powering real-time recommendations in retail, or enabling AI-driven insights in healthcare, Confluent Cloud provides the scale and governance to meet mission-critical streaming needs.
Built for Azure, Any Way You Need It.
Enterprise-grade reliability and support: Offload Kafka operations with 99.99% uptime SLAs for core Kafka, ensuring high availability, resilience, and fast issue resolution.
Serverless stream processing with Apache Flink: Transform raw events into real-time insights using a fully managed Flink service to filter, join, and enrich data—no operations overhead.
Real-time analytics on Azure with Tableflow: Instantly convert Kafka topics into Apache Iceberg tables for seamless access to streaming data in ADLS, OneLake, Synapse, and Databricks—eliminating ETL and manual schema management for analytics and AI.
Deep Azure integration and simplified procurement: Natively embedded in the Azure Portal and integrated with services like Azure Cosmos DB, Functions, AI Search, ADLS Gen2, Blob Storage, App Services, and Azure Data Services to power event-driven, cloud-native apps. Confluent Cloud is billed through Azure Marketplace, letting you use existing Azure commits and avoid extra contracts.
Vector search with Flink + Azure Cosmos DB: Use Flink’s vector search with Azure Cosmos DB as a vector store backend, enabling flexible, low-latency RAG and semantic search architectures wherever your data already lives.
Free $1000 Credit to Build Your PoC
Start for free with $1,000 in credits (includes $400 instantly and $600 via promo code) to build your proof of concept or a demo consumer streaming app for your team.
Free Personalized Onboarding and Engineering Support
All Confluent Cloud sign-ups via Azure Marketplace receive white-glove onboarding, architecture reviews, and on-demand training from Confluent's Cloud Engineers - at no additional cost.*business email address is required to qualify
Annual Commitments
Commits allow you to purchase Confluent Cloud via annual commitments with usage discounts. If you are working with a Confluent sales representative, please contact your sales representative prior to placing an order on this page. There will be no refunds once an Order is placed. To request a custom private quote, please contact azureteam@confluent.io.