Running Kafka through Confluent? You’re not alone. Many teams are reconsidering Confluent as costs climb—especially when only a fraction of the platform’s features are used.

This post breaks down why some are switching to open-source Apache Kafka with managed support:

• 30–60% cost savings
• No licensing or cloud markups
• Full control with enterprise-grade SLAs

→ Read the breakdown: https://dattell.com/data-architecture-blog/why-teams-are-leaving-confluent-for-open-source-apache-kafka/