Cloud deployment with enterprise control
Deploy Axual on any Kubernetes-based cloud infrastructure while maintaining complete governance over your data streams. No vendor lock-in. No compromises.
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Feature-rich on-premises architecture
Deploy Axual's containerized platform on your Kubernetes infrastructure with complete architectural control. Every component runs in your data center or private cloud, from Kafka brokers to the governance layer, Schema Registry, and monitoring stack. Your hardware, your network, your rules. With enterprise streaming capabilities intact.
Kubernetes-native deployment
Deploy on any CNCF-conformant Kubernetes, including RedHat OpenShift. Automated via Helm charts and Terraform providers. Works with both managed and self-managed Kubernetes services.
Multi-region resilience
Active-active clusters across regions and availability zones. Axual Distributor ensures sub-second replication.
Elastic resource scaling
Integrate with cloud IAM via OIDC. Store secrets in HashiCorp Vault. Enforce network policies. Full encryption in transit and at rest. No cloud vendor dependencies.
Hybrid cloud bridge
Connect cloud clusters to on-premises infrastructure. Secure cross-site replication with Axual Distributor. Unified governance across hybrid deployments. Gradual cloud migration path.
Cloud-agnostic security
Integrate with cloud IAM via OIDC. Store secrets in HashiCorp Vault. Enforce network policies. Full encryption in transit and at rest. No cloud vendor dependencies.
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Your architecture, your rules
Future-proof your infrastructure
Deploy where it makes sense today, migrate where it makes sense tomorrow. No architectural decisions become permanent locks. As regulations shift and requirements evolve, your streaming platform adapts. Whether that means new regions, new clouds, or back on-premises.
Comply where you deploy
GDPR in Frankfurt, data sovereignty in Singapore, HIPAA in US-East. Your governance policies travel with your deployments. One consistent security model across every cloud and region means compliance teams sleep better and auditors ask fewer questions.
Reduce operational complexity
Managing Kafka across multiple clouds typically requires multiple teams and toolsets. Axual's unified control plane means one team can govern global deployments. Less operational overhead, more time for innovation, better resource utilization across your cloud spend.
Maintain independence
Your streaming provider shouldn't dictate your cloud strategy, or vice versa. Deploy Axual wherever your architecture demands: single cloud, multi-cloud, or hybrid. The platform adapts to your decisions, not the other way around.
Answers to your questions about Axual’s All-in-one Kafka Platform
Are you curious about our All-in-one Kafka platform? Dive into our FAQs for all the details you need, and find the answers to your burning questions.
Your Kafka clusters run entirely within your specified cloud regions. Data never leaves your designated geography unless you explicitly configure cross-region replication. Axual's governance layer enforces region-specific policies. For instance, German healthcare data stays in Frankfurt, while Singapore financial data remains in ap-southeast-1. You define the rules, we enforce them at the platform level. This includes Schema Registry data, connector configurations, and all streaming data.
Axual runs on any CNCF-conformant Kubernetes. No cloud-specific APIs or services required. Your topics, schemas, applications, and governance policies are defined in Axual, not tied to AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud primitives. Migration involves deploying Axual on the new provider's Kubernetes service and using our Distributor to replicate data. We've seen customers move from AWS EKS to Azure AKS in days, not months. Your streaming infrastructure remains portable because we deliberately avoid cloud vendor lock-in.
Within a cloud region, expect millisecond latency, comparable to on-premises. Cross-region replication via Axual Distributor typically adds 10-100ms depending on geography, but operates asynchronously so producers aren't impacted. For latency-critical use cases, deploy Kafka clusters close to your applications. Our multi-cluster architecture lets you optimize placement: keep trading systems and their Kafka cluster in the same availability zone, while batch analytics can consume from a replicated cluster elsewhere.
Cloud deployments typically show 30-40% lower initial costs due to no hardware procurement. However, high-throughput streaming workloads can generate significant egress charges and storage costs over time. Axual helps optimize cloud spend through efficient resource utilization. Our platform components auto-scale, preventing over-provisioning. Many customers run hybrid: mission-critical, high-volume streams on-premises to control costs, while using cloud for elastic workloads and disaster recovery. The key is having the flexibility to choose based on your economics, not your streaming platform's limitations.
Axual enforces consistent security policies regardless of where clusters run. Authentication happens via your identity provider (through Keycloak), whether accessing clusters in AWS Frankfurt or Azure Singapore. All inter-cluster communication uses mTLS encryption. Secrets stay in HashiCorp Vault, never in cloud-specific key stores. Audit logs capture every access and configuration change across all deployments. Your CISO sees one security model, one set of access controls, one audit trail, even though infrastructure spans multiple providers.
Yes. Start by deploying a cloud Kafka cluster alongside your on-premises infrastructure. Axual Distributor creates a real-time bridge between them. Same data, same schemas, same consumer offsets. Migrate applications incrementally: point producers to the cloud cluster when ready, consumers can read from either location. The governance layer manages both environments uniformly. We've helped customers execute 18-month migrations without a single outage. Some choose to stay hybrid permanently, running steady workloads on-premises and burst capacity in the cloud.