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Aiven provides managed open source services for streaming and databases across major cloud providers. The Aiven Platform streamlines your operations by centralizing your cloud infrastructure, security, and observability in one unified control plane.

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What is Aiven?

Aiven is an AI-ready data platform that lets you focus on your applications while we manage your data infrastructure. Whether you need streaming, databases, or analytics, Aiven provides fully managed services backed by open source technologies.

Managed Services

Deploy Kafka, PostgreSQL, MySQL, OpenSearch, ClickHouse, Flink, and more with a few clicks

Multi-Cloud

Run your services on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud from a single control plane

Open Source

Built on trusted open source technologies with no vendor lock-in

Production-Ready

Enterprise-grade security, automated backups, and 24/7 monitoring included

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Access the platform

You can interact with the Aiven Platform through multiple interfaces:

Aiven Console

Web-based interface for managing your services and organization

Aiven API

RESTful API for programmatic access to all platform features

Aiven CLI

Command-line tool for scripting and automation

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform Provider and Kubernetes Operator for DevOps workflows

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Available services

Aiven offers a comprehensive suite of managed data services:

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Streaming & messaging

  • Apache Kafka - Distributed event streaming platform
  • Apache Flink - Stream processing framework

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Databases

  • PostgreSQL - Advanced relational database
  • MySQL - Popular relational database
  • Valkey - In-memory data store
  • Dragonfly - Modern in-memory datastore

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Search & analytics

  • OpenSearch - Search and analytics engine
  • ClickHouse - Real-time analytics database

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Observability

  • Grafana - Visualization and monitoring platform
  • M3 - Distributed metrics platform
All services include automated backups, high availability, security features, and monitoring out of the box.

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Key features

Manage all your data services across multiple cloud providers from a single interface. No need to learn different tools for each cloud provider or service type.
Built-in security features including VPC peering, encryption at rest and in transit, IP filtering, and integration with your identity provider through SAML/SCIM.
Automated backups, maintenance windows, version upgrades, and scaling. Focus on your applications while Aiven handles the infrastructure.
Connect your services together with built-in integrations. Send Kafka logs to OpenSearch, replicate PostgreSQL data, or integrate with external monitoring tools.

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Organizations and projects

Aiven uses a hierarchical structure to organize your resources: 
Organization
├── Organizational Unit (optional)
│   ├── Project A
│   │   ├── Service 1
│   │   └── Service 2
│   └── Project B
└── Project C
    └── Service 3
  • Organizations - Top-level entity for your company
  • Organizational Units - Optional grouping for departments or teams
  • Projects - Containers for related services and resources
  • Services - Individual database or streaming instances
Use projects to separate environments (dev, staging, production) or to organize services by application or team.

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Pricing and billing

Aiven uses transparent, usage-based pricing:
  • Pay only for what you use with per-hour billing
  • No hidden fees or surprise charges
  • Different plans available based on your service size and cloud region
  • Free trial credits available for new users

Sign up for free

Start with free trial credits

Marketplace signup

Subscribe through AWS, Azure, or GCP

View pricing

See pricing for all services

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Next steps

1

Create your first service

Follow the quickstart guide to deploy your first Aiven service in minutes
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Set up your organization

Learn about organizations and projects to structure your resources
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Explore integrations

Connect your services together with service integrations
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Choose your tools

Pick your preferred way to interact with Aiven: Console, CLI, API, or Terraform

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