Redpanda Serverless
Redpanda Serverless: Kafka-compatible streaming without the overhead
No infrastructure to deploy, no systems to configure. Just the simplicity of fully managed services where you can pay as you go and scale seamlessly.
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Serverless is the easiest and fastest way to begin streaming data with Redpanda. Start small and iterate on a budget, with full confidence that your Redpanda code will scale to production. Whether you're experimenting with Kafka clusters or building low-latency data pipelines, Redpanda Serverless adapts to your needs without infrastructure setup or provisioning.
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- Instant serverless cluster creation at the click of a button
- Predictable performance that automatically scales
- Pay as you go with credit card
- Usage-based pricing with commitments & bulk discounts
- World-class support available with annual commitment
Benefits and capabilities of Redpanda Serverless
Leverage the Kafka ecosystem
No code changes. Any client library that talks directly to Kafka works with Redpanda.
Easy-to-use dashboard
Dev-friendly troubleshooting. Redpanda Console provides a simple web UI for visibility into partitions, topics, and messages.
Optimize price-performance
Fine-tune TCO. Use Redpanda Serverless for starter workloads and pay as you go. Seamlessly scale up to support sustained workloads.
Instant onboarding
Go from cold start to "Hello, world!" in under 30 seconds. Create a basic application in less than a minute.
No DevOps needed
Experiment with Serverless Kafka without involving your ops team. No instances to configure or performance profiles to analyze.
Move at your own speed
A fully self-service experience. You'll never have to talk to Redpanda to be productive.
Serverless pricing
Usage-based pricing, driven by traffic (ingress, egress), storage (retention) and partitions.
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Frequently asked questions
Redpanda validates a range of client libraries from the Kafka ecosystem, including libraries for Node.js, Python, Go, and more. Clients that have not been validated by Redpanda Data — but use the Kafka protocol — remain compatible with Redpanda Serverless, subject to certain limitations. Redpanda Serverless also provides in-console quickstart guides featuring franz-go, kafka-python, and KafkaJS. This ensures developers can seamlessly build and deploy Kafka clusters or serverless streaming applications using their preferred language within a fully managed cloud environment.
New signups will get $100 in free credits, which expire in 14 days. To continue using Serverless after the 14-day free trial period, users must enter a valid credit card within 7 days of trial expiration. Accounts remain active in perpetuity, but after this 7-day period, Redpanda will delete any data in an account that has not successfully registered a credit card.
We built a new cloud-native serverless tier to deliver proper workload isolation while handling massive Kafka workloads (5, 10, 20GB/s). By virtualizing the entire TCP connection and session management, we’ve designed an architecture that supports the most successful Kafka API implementation outside of Apache Kafka itself. See the architecture summary below.
For Serverless, we currently offer a 99.9% uptime SLA, ensuring your resources remain reliably available for production workloads.
We call this Read Replicas and have had this capability for over 2 years. The ability to read directly from S3, reducing intercluster data transfer costs and improving storage efficiency. See more on our docs.
Today, we provide 300+ data connectors as part of Redpanda Connect for Serverless.
Serverless clusters are currently available on AWS in the following regions:
- ap-northeast-1 (Tokyo)
- ap-south-1 (India)
- ap-southeast-1 (Singapore)
- eu-central-1 (Germany)
- eu-west-2 (London)
- us-east-1 (Virginia, U.S.)
- us-west-2 (Oregon, U.S.)
Serverless clusters are also available on GCP in the following region:
- us-central1 (Iowa)
For additional coverage, see our docs or ask for a region via #serverless in the community Slack team.
Try Serverless now
Sign up and get your 14-day free trial, no credit card required. Serverless is the quickest route to cost-efficient streaming data applications. You'll get:
- Usage-based pricing: No long-term commitments.
- Serverless Kafka API: Use your favorite client library — Redpanda handles the rest.
- Instant cluster creation: Test new clusters as requirements change.