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Confluent Cloud pricing

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Confluent Cloud costs from $385/mo on its cheapest paid plan; 3 plans in all, as listed on confluent.io — prices checked 20 Sep 2026.

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Confluent Cloud pricing at a glance

Plans Free plan · 30-day trialFreemium A usable free plan; paid tiers unlock the limits below. Prices checked 20 Sep 2026.
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Confluent Cloud plans & pricing

PlanPriceKey limits
BasicFree Starting at $0/Month
  • Serverless, fully managed clusters
  • Autoscaling Kafka resources
  • 80+ fully managed connectors
  • Security and governance essentials
  • AWS, Azure, and GCP support
Standard$385/mo Starting at ~$385/Month
  • Everything in Basic
  • 99.99% uptime SLA
  • Infinite storage
  • Audit logs
  • Throughput savings that scale with usage
Enterprise$895/mo Starting at ~$895/Month
  • Everything in Basic and Standard
  • Private networking
  • GBps+ autoscaling
  • Mission-critical workload support

Prices as published by the vendor on confluent.io, checked 20 Sep 2026; taxes and regional pricing may differ. We do not change a plan's price or its limits — this table is what the vendor's own pricing page said on that date.

What the price includes

  • Free trial
    30 days · card required
  • Built for
    Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
  • Integrations
    150+ integrations: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Kafka Connect, Apache Flink, Schema Registry …
  • Free plan
    Yes
  • Paid from
    $385/mo
  • Deployment model
    Cloud

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Prices checked by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Sep 2026

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