KafkaCluster Beta

Real-time data without the headache. Fully managed Kafka. Budget-friendly. Starting at ~$0/hour.

Install Add-on

Effortless Streaming Infrastructure

Spin up fully managed Kafka clusters in seconds. No servers to manage, no scaling headaches — just reliable data streams that grow with your app.

Real-Time Data Flow

Power your systems with continuous, event-driven data pipelines. Process millions of messages per second with low latency and built-in fault tolerance.

Seamless Integration

Connect effortlessly with your existing stack. Compatible with popular frameworks, data lakes, and analytics tools out of the box.

Scalable by Design

Whether you’re running a small event bus or enterprise-scale data platform, KafkaCluster scales automatically as your traffic spikes.

Resilient & Secure

Enjoy peace of mind with high availability, encryption, and automatic failover to keep your data moving — always.

Why Kafka?

Apache Kafka is the backbone of modern data architecture. It’s made for streaming, logging, analytics, and microservices communication — trusted by top tech companies for a reason.

Region Availability

The available application locations for this add-on are shown below, and depend on whether the application is deployed to a Common Runtime region or Private Space. Learn More

  • Common Runtime
  • Private Spaces
Region Available
United States Available
Europe Available
Region Available Installable in Space
Dublin Available
Frankfurt Available
London Available
Montreal Available
Mumbai Available
Oregon Available
Singapore Available
Sydney Available
Tokyo Available
Virginia Available

Plans & Pricing

    • Kafka Cluster Configuration Multi-Tenant
    • Produce Quota (kb/s) 4
    • Capacity 5 GB
    • Consumer Quota (kb/s) 4
    • Maximum Data Retention 7 Days
Install Add-on
$ heroku addons:create kafkacluster

To provision, copy the snippet into your CLI or use the install button above.

Documentation