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Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka

Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka

Securely stream data with a fully managed, highly available Apache Kafka service

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What is Amazon MSK?

Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) is a streaming data service that manages Apache Kafka infrastructure and operations, making it easier for developers and DevOps managers to run Apache Kafka applications and Apache Kafka Connect connectors on AWS—without becoming experts in operating Apache Kafka. Amazon MSK operates, maintains, and scales Apache Kafka clusters, provides enterprise-grade security features out of the box, and has built-in AWS integrations that accelerate development of streaming data applications. Learn more about how it works.

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Benefits

Get the lowest price for performance for your Apache Kafka workloads with pay-as- you-go pricing.

Make your Apache Kafka workloads resilient to availability and durability losses with multi-AZ deployments and automated detection, mitigation, and recovery of infrastructure.

Lower operational overhead, including the provisioning, configuration, and maintenance of highly available Apache Kafka and Kafka Connect clusters.

Seamlessly source data from upstream systems and deliver data to downstream systems by using fully managed and no-code integrations with other AWS services or hosting your connectors on fully managed Kafka Connect.

Use cases

Capture events with Amazon MSK, and then express your stream processing logic with Apache Zeppelin notebooks to derive insights from data streams in milliseconds.

Use Amazon MSK and the Apache Kafka log structure to form real-time, centralized, and privately accessible data buses.

Ingest and respond to digital changes occurring throughout your applications and business infrastructure in real time.