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IBM Event Streams pricing

Freemium#8 of 27 in Event Streaming PlatformsBusiness Activity Monitoring SoftwareSchema Registry Software

IBM Event Streams publishes 3 plans on ibm.com — prices checked 20 Sep 2026.

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IBM Event Streams pricing at a glance

Plans Free planFreemium A usable free plan; paid tiers unlock the limits below. Prices checked 20 Sep 2026.
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IBM Event Streams plans & pricing

PlanPriceKey limits
LiteFree
  • 1 partition
  • 100 MB maximum partition retention
  • 10 consumer groups
StandardNot checked yet
  • 100 partitions
  • 1 GB maximum per partition
  • 1,000 consumer groups
EnterpriseNot checked yet
  • 1,000 schemas
  • 100 schema versions per schema
  • 64 kB maximum schema size

Prices as published by the vendor on cloud.ibm.com, 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

  • Built for
    Mid-market, Enterprise
  • Integrations
    50+ integrations: Apache Kafka, Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, Apache Avro, Confluent SerDes, IBM Cloud Monitoring …
  • Free plan
    Yes
  • Deployment model
    Hybrid

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

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