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- Conduktor is a self-hosted control layer that runs in front of existing Apache Kafka clusters, adding governance, security, self-service access and cost visibility without replacing the broker or changing client code.
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- It combines Console, a management plane for multi-cluster operations, with Gateway and Schema Registry Proxy, protocol-level proxies that enforce routing, encryption and data-quality rules inline.
- Best for
- Platform engineering teams operating many Kafka clusters across providers (Confluent, AWS MSK, Aiven, Redpanda, Cloudera or self-managed) who need one model for access control, ownership, cost attribution and data protection.
More detail
- Also fits regulated organizations that need PII masking, field-level encryption and audit trails on Kafka traffic, and teams that want AI agent access bound to existing RBAC.
- Pricing
- Console Community is free up to 50 users and 3 clusters.
More detail
- Console Team Edition is $1,200 per seat per year or $125 per seat per month, unlocking federated ownership, unlimited clusters, unlimited audit logs, group RBAC, chargeback, data masking and dead-letter replay.
- Console Enterprise and all Gatew
- Main limitation
- Small single-cluster teams, since the free Community Console caps at 50 users and 3 clusters and Gateway advanced features require paid tiers.
More detail
- Organizations that will not self-host, because Conduktor is self-hosted only and requires you to run PostgreSQL, blob storage and Kubernetes or Docker.
- Also not a fit if you need a Kafka broker or hosting provider, since Conduktor augments Kafka rather than replacing it.
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About
- Conduktor is a self-hosted control layer that runs in front of existing Apache Kafka clusters, adding governance, security, self-service access and cost visibility without replacing the broker or changing client code.
- It combines Console, a management plane for multi-cluster operations, with Gateway and Schema Registry Proxy, protocol-level proxies that enforce routing, encryption and data-quality rules inline.
What it helps with
- Misconfigured topics and bad data reaching production because validation is manual or absent
- Platform teams bottlenecked by access requests and topic provisioning tickets from application teams
- No system of record for who owns which Kafka resource, leading to duplication and wasted infrastructure spend
- Unclear or unenforced handling of sensitive data such as PII across Kafka topics
- Fragmented governance when clusters span multiple providers and each has its own access and audit model
- Weak isolation and sharing controls when teams or external partners share Kafka infrastructure
- Uncontrolled or unauditable AI and MCP access to Kafka data
- Cost of Kafka storage, partitions and traffic not attributable to the teams that generate it
Capabilities
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| Offering | Available | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-cluster Kafka UI (Console) | Yes | Enterprise UI to manage hundreds of clusters, topics, schemas, connectors, producers and consumers across providers |
| Message browse, filter and replay | Yes | Real-time browsing with auto-decode of Avro, Protobuf and JSON Schema messages |
| SSO, RBAC, PII masking and audit trails | Yes | OIDC-based and LDAP SSO with granular role-based access control and audit logs |
| AI agents and MCP access governed by RBAC | Yes | Agents operate under their own identity and permissions; MCP can be read-only or write-enabled |
| Gateway protocol-level proxy controls | Yes | OIDC routing, virtual clusters, cluster switching, failover and chaos injection at the proxy layer |
| Field-level encryption with customer KMS | Yes | Encryption and masking enforced on the wire at Gateway using your own KMS keys such as Vault |
| Kafka cost attribution and chargeback | Yes | Cost allocation by team; chargeback tracks storage, partitions and traffic, with Partner Zone revenue tracking |
| Managed SaaS deployment | No | Conduktor is self-hosted only; no managed SaaS option is described |
| Broker hosting or Kafka provisioning | No | Conduktor is not a Kafka provider; it augments the clusters you already run |
| Published Enterprise and Gateway pricing | Unknown | Enterprise Console, Gateway tiers and add-ons require contact with sales; amounts are not disclosed |
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