# Confluent: Pricing page changed: wording only > Pricing page changed: wording only. Detected 2026-10-21 by Rewindex: what changed on Confluent’s pricing page, with the before/after diff. Canonical: https://rewindex.com/change/p4421 Last updated: 2026-10-21T08:45:40Z **Summary:** _summary pending_ - Kind: Pricing · Label: Wording only (model (Jev)) - Changed: 2026-10-21 08:45 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-21 08:45 UTC - [Source: https://confluent.io/pricing](https://confluent.io/pricing) - [Company: Confluent](https://rewindex.com/company/confluent.md) - Versions: before page\_version:508 → after page\_version:4421 - Change 1 of 5 for this page ## What changed **1. Added** ```diff …started free Everything in Basic High availability with + up to 99.99% uptime SLA Infinite storage Audit logs to… ``` **2. Added** ```diff …use cases with relaxed latency requirements. eCKU ($/eCKU-hour) + eCKUs or Elastic CKUs are units of horizontal scalability in Confluent Cloud which autoscale to meet demand. eCKU limits vary by cluster type . First eCKU free, then $0.14 $0.75 $1.75 -… ``` **3. Added** ```diff …price for accurate comparison. Estimated Monthly Starting Cost + Assumes 70% utilization, i.e., clusters are active ~70% of the time. Clusters scale to zero when no dimensions are being used. $0/Month $385/Month $895/Month $2,300/Month General Purpose Clusters Tier… ``` **4. Added** ```diff …. Tiers Basic Standard Enterprise Freight Service Latency + Our Basic, Standard, Enterprise, and Dedicated clusters offer low (sub-100ms) latency. Freight latency can range up to ~1-2 seconds. Low Low Low Relaxed Uptime SLA SLAs cover… ``` **5. Added** ```diff …~1-2 seconds. Low Low Low Relaxed Uptime SLA + SLAs cover both infrastructure and software including Apache Kafka bug fixes on-demand. 99.5% 99.9% (1 eCKU) 99.99% (2+ eCKUs) 99.9%… ``` **6. Added** ```diff …Scale Scaling Autoscaling Autoscaling Autoscaling Autoscaling Throughput (Ingress/Egress) + Click here for a more detailed cluster limit comparison. 250 / 750 MBps 250 / 750 MBps… ``` **7. Added** ```diff …5,760 MBps 9,120 / 27,360 MBps Partition Limit + Click here for a more detailed cluster limit comparison. 1,500 2,500 96,000 50,000 Storage Limit Click here… ``` **8. Added** ```diff …limit comparison. 1,500 2,500 96,000 50,000 Storage Limit + Click here for a more detailed cluster limit comparison. 5 TB Infinite Infinite Infinite Self-balancing clusters Optimize… ``` **9. Added** ```diff …comparison. 5 TB Infinite Infinite Infinite Self-balancing clusters + Optimize resource utilization through a rack-aware algorithm that automatically rebalances partitions across a cluster. Managed Components Connectors Easily stream data from/to common apps & data systems. View list of fully managed connectors. Apache Flink Filter, join, and enrich data streams with simple, serverless stream processing. ksqlDB Build event streaming applications that use stream processing with a lightweight SQL syntax. - - Stream Governance Industry's only governance suite purpose-built for data in motion, including Schema Registry, Stream Catalog, and Stream Lineage. Network Connectivity Secure public endpoints Private networking only… ``` **10. Changed** ```diff …Service Connect - - - Private Network Interface - - - VPC/VNet peering + Confluent PNI , powered by AWS Elastic Network Interface (ENI), enables you to securely attach an ENI from your AWS account to Confluent. - - VPC/VNet peering Connect up to 5 VPCs/VNets to Confluent Cloud. Contact us AWS Transit Gateway Contact us Monitoring… ``` **11. Added** ```diff …Gateway Contact us Monitoring & Visibility Metrics API + Consume pre-aggregated Kafka cluster and topic level metrics through an API interface. Security Data encryption TLS v1.2 for in-transit data & native cloud provider disk encryption for data at-rest. Kafka ACLs Enforce granular controls over Kafka topic access. SAML/SSO Leverage existing Identity Provider (e.g. Okta, OneLogin, AD, Ping) for managing user authentication. Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) Granular, resource-level authorization of access across user groups. Audit logs User action logs to detect security threats & anomalies. - Customer managed keys (BYOK) Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) for an additional layer of security for at-rest data with support for cloud provider’s native key management service. - - Compliance SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC… ``` ## History of this page | When (UTC) | Change | Label | | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-10-21 08:45 UTC | Pricing page changed: wording only (this change) | Wording only | | 2026-10-27 08:44 UTC | [Pricing page changed: wording only](https://rewindex.com/change/p8770.md) | Wording only | | 2026-10-31 08:45 UTC | [Pricing page changed: wording only](https://rewindex.com/change/p11988.md) | Wording only | | 2026-11-04 08:44 UTC | [Pricing page changed: wording only](https://rewindex.com/change/p14529.md) | Wording only | | 2026-11-05 08:45 UTC | [Pricing page changed: wording only](https://rewindex.com/change/p15358.md) | Wording only | Next: [change](https://rewindex.com/change/p8770.md) · All Confluent changes: [timeline](https://rewindex.com/company/confluent/changes.md) _Diff excerpts are shown on normalized text: dates, counters and tokens appear as ‹date›, ‹count›, ‹tok›; noise-only edits are hidden. 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