Confluent is a cloud-based data streaming company built around Apache Kafka. It provides tools and services that help organizations move, process, and manage real-time data streams across their infrastructure.
The company was founded by the original creators of Apache Kafka at LinkedIn. Confluent offers a fully managed cloud service called Confluent Cloud, as well as a self-managed platform called Confluent Platform for on-premises or hybrid deployments. Its ecosystem includes connectors, schema registry, stream processing tools, and a developer hub with documentation and tutorials.
