Government & public sector

The Kafka platform for public infrastructure

Real-time citizen services, cross-agency data exchange, and complete auditability on infrastructure that never leaves your borders. On-premises, hybrid, or cloud.

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5 years
In production, Dutch government datacenters
6 months
Shorter go to market time against a DIY build estimate
Days → minutes
Topic provisioning, with approvals intact
Overnight → seconds
Message delivery to citizens
Rated with a 4.5 from more than
13 G2 reviews
The public sector data challenge

Citizens expect instant. Systems move in batches

Public organisations rely on separate systems, point-to-point integrations, and batch processing. Citizens expect instant confirmation, field teams need current data, and auditors need a clear access trail.

Why the European public sector chooses Axual

Four problems,
‍one streaming layer

Cross-agency data exchange

Publish events once and let authorised agencies subscribe. Platform-level access controls replace point-to-point integrations.

Regulatory compliance

Record and filter every resource change, access request, and approval for audit evidence.

Real-time citizen services

Deliver status updates and case progress in real time. Logius reduced overnight batch processing to seconds.

Emergency response

Share sensor, dispatch, and field data across response services, with sub-second delivery and multi-cluster failover.

Built for the estate you already have

Add event streaming without replacing legacy systems

Axual connects registries, document systems, case management, citizen portals, and modern applications. Data moves bidirectionally across datacenters and environments, all managed from one interface.

Diagram showing a three-layer stack with Axual at the top including connectors like Databases, APIs, SaaS, Data lakes, and Message Queues; Kafka in the middle with components such as Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, and Brokers; and Infra at the bottom with Deployment, Kubernetes, Cloud, Operators, and Monitoring components.
Kafka Connect connectors for databases, file systems, message queues, and REST endpoints, managed and monitored in Self-Service
Axual Distributor: bidirectional replication of messages, schemas, and consumer offsets across clusters and datacenters
Multi-cluster synchronisation for hybrid and multi-site deployments
Consumer-offset reset to a chosen timestamp for controlled replay and recovery
Kubernetes-native: OpenShift, on-premises, or private cloud, deployed with Helm and managed with Terraform
Topics, applications, schemas, and connectors in one interface
Data Sovereignty

No foreign vendor in the critical path

Public services can’t depend on a supplier whose ownership, priorities or jurisdiction can change overnight. With Axual, the platform behind your citizen services runs in your datacentres, under your operational control, from a Dutch supplier.

Inside your own datacentres: the full platform runs on your Kubernetes or OpenShift, and no data is routed through Axual

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Continuity beyond a contract: built on Apache Kafka and Strimzi, so your services keep running on standard Kafka whatever the outcome of the next tender

Under your operational control: you hold the keys, apply upgrades on your schedule and decide who operates the platform

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A European supplier: EU-owned, and developed and supported in the Netherlands, within the European legal framework

Logius has run Axual in production for five years inside Dutch government datacentres, on Logius-managed Kubernetes.

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Deployment control and audit evidence support your BIO, GDPR and NIS2 obligations

Audit and compliance

Track access requests, approvals, and changes

Access, schemas, and data flows are controlled centrally and logged automatically. An application without valid credentials cannot connect, regardless of network access.

Authentication: mTLS, SASL, and OAuth across all data plane components, including the Apicurio schema registry in 2026.1
Authorisation: role-based access control at platform and Kafka broker level, with ownership groups and approval workflows
Identity: Keycloak, integrated with your existing SSO and identity providers, with dedicated realms per tenant
Schema validation enforced on every event, with full version history for controlled evolution
Audit history: every configuration and governance action across topics, applications, schemas, groups, environments, clusters, tenants, and users, filterable by resource, actor, action, and time range
Multi-tenant isolation: shared installation, tenant, instance, environment, cluster, with separation enforced at each level
Overview Graph showing every producer and consumer per topic
Data masking on Topic Browse, so operators can inspect message flow without seeing citizen data
ISO 27001

certified
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NIS2
ready
Open source
Apache 2.0 foundations
GDPR
ready
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In production

Regulated European public organisations choose Axual

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Logius

Digital services agency, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Netherlands. Federated Message System behind the national Berichtenbox. Live in months against an 18 to 24 month DIY estimate. Real-time delivery replacing overnight batch. Topic creation from multi-day ticket to minutes with approvals. All data inside Dutch government datacenters. Multi-tenant platform now serving services beyond the original use case.

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Norsk Helsenett

National health network, Norway. Secure event streaming for 17,000 healthcare organisations. Full audit coverage across clinical data flows.

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Frequently asked questions

Can Axual keep citizen data within national borders?

Yes. The Axual Platform can run entirely in your own data centres on Kubernetes or OpenShift. Your data is not routed through Axual infrastructure. Logius runs Axual inside Dutch government data centres on infrastructure it manages.

Is the Axual Platform open source?

Axual is built on open-source technologies, including Apache Kafka, Strimzi, Kubernetes, Apicurio, and Keycloak. Axual adds governance, self-service, security, and operational capabilities. Applications use standard Kafka topics and clients, reducing vendor lock-in.

How does Axual support NIS2 compliance?

Axual provides access controls, monitoring, and filterable audit records that support NIS2 requirements for access management, logging, and incident detection. Axual provides the technical controls and evidence, while your organisation remains responsible for its policies and compliance processes.

How can public organisations share data securely between agencies?

Axual gives each organisation its own tenant, resources, and identity realm on shared or separate infrastructure. Agencies grant access to specific Kafka topics, with requests and approvals recorded in the audit history. Access can also be withdrawn.

Is Axual an alternative to Confluent?

Yes. Axual is an enterprise Kafka platform built on open Apache Kafka and Strimzi, and it runs entirely in your own datacentres, with no data routed through Axual. As a Dutch company that develops and supports the platform in the Netherlands, Axual keeps foreign vendors out of the critical path of your public services. Because the core is standard Kafka, your services keep running whatever the outcome of a future tender. Logius has run Axual inside Dutch government datacentres for five years.

What does the Axual audit history record?

The audit history records configuration and governance actions, including resource creation, modification and deletion, access requests, approvals, and application restarts. It covers nine resource types but does not record individual Kafka messages produced or consumed. Access is restricted to Tenant Admins, and operators must enable the feature.

Is Axual a European supplier for public sector procurement?

Yes. Axual is a Dutch company with all shareholders based in the EU, and the Axual Platform is developed and supported in the Netherlands. Eligibility for a specific procurement process depends on its framework and accreditation requirements.

How much does the Axual Platform cost?

Axual Platform pricing depends on the deployment model, support level, and scale of the environment. Contact Axual for a quote based on your requirements.