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Redpanda Connect has three connector tiers. Community and Certified connectors — about 90% of all connectors — are free to use under the Apache 2.0 License. Enterprise connectors (including CDC inputs, Snowflake Streaming, Iceberg output, Salesforce components, and others) are available either as managed pipelines on Redpanda Cloud on a pay-as-you-go basis, or via a paid self-managed Redpanda Connect plan.

‍Contact Redpanda sales for more information on the self-managed option. See the full list of Redpanda Connect components for self-managed deployments, as well as the subset of components available on Redpanda Cloud as managed pipelines. Managed pipelines are priced by compute units (CUs) on Redpanda Cloud. See our price estimator for CU pricing, which varies by cloud provider and region.

Redpanda Connect has three tiers of components for self-managed deployments. Community and Certified connectors are completely free under the Apache 2.0 license:

• Community connectors are open source with best-effort support via the Redpanda Community Slack.
• Certified connectors are tested for high performance and observability with Redpanda Enterprise, and include expert support as part of a paid Redpanda Connect plan.
• Enterprise connectors are a small portion of components that require either a paid self-managed Redpanda Connect plan, or are available as managed pipelines on Redpanda Cloud with pay-as-you-go pricing.

Note that Redpanda Cloud supports a subset of Community and Certified connectors — components that require local resources (filesystem, shell access, local model inference, raw sockets) or are self-managed-specific are not available as managed pipelines. See the full list of components available on Redpanda Cloud.

Redpanda Connect is a complete alternative to Kafka Connect. It is an ecosystem of 300+ pre-built connectors, readily available. It can also be used as an SDK for advanced users. Based on the May 2024 acquisition of Benthos, Redpanda Connect connectors are optimized for performance when used with Redpanda Enterprise Edition, and paid plans unlock support and additional observability and security features.

Redpanda Console will soon include an updated Benthos Studio UI, the visual config builder and collaboration tool that makes it easy for data teams to assemble and monitor pipelines. Be on the lookout for a new Studio section, coming soon to a Redpanda Console near you!