Considering hosted Kafka services?
There is a misconception that managed Apache Kafka services need to be hosted on a third party platform to ensure stability and high performance.? In a newly published article we discuss how hosted Kafka is just one approach to full service Kafka management.
For instance, companies like Dattell, offer fully managed Kafka in your environment (on-prem or cloud). These services include design and implementation of Kafka, round-the-clock monitoring, preventative maintenance, and 24x7 on-call support.
In the article we discuss what is gained and lost when using a hosted Kafka provider. Specifically, with hosted Kafka you can lose out on multiple aspects, including security, speed, and cost.
"With Kafka hosted on a third party’s cloud you lose control over how many people have access to your data. And you are unprotected against the hosting company changing their security practices.”