# Conduktor Pricing Model | Console and Gateway Plans Conduktor Pricing Console and Conduktor Gateway priced separately. Start free, buy online, or contact sales. Console The modern self-hosted Kafka UI and API. Visibility, ownership, and autonomy. Community Teampay-as-you-go Enterprise Built for developers and teams to move faster with Kafka. Troubleshoot issues, explore data, and monitor streams through one interface. Free[Install Free Edition](https://www.conduktor.io/get-started) Up to 50 users and 3 clusters Insights (topic health, cost, VIP topics) Full Kafka operations Message reprocessing Advanced data explorer API, CLI, and Terraform provider Real-time metrics and consumer lag SSO/LDAP authentication Best-effort email support, plus docs and Slack Go beyond Community to unlock team governance, Insights, and automation. Self-hosted. The same Console you deploy on your own infrastructure, purchased online. Monthly Annual $125$1,200/seat/month[Buy Now](https://buy.stripe.com/9B6eVe8Fn1dgczd0Ef1ZS00) Federated ownership with approval workflows Unlimited audit logs Unlimited clusters Topic policies enforcement Advanced Insights chargeback Unlimited custom alerts Group-level RBAC DLQ reprocessing and message replay Applications catalog Unlimited data masking Connector auto-restart Standard Support — 1 business day response Already an online customer? [Manage subscription →](https://billing.stripe.com/p/login/9B6eVe8Fn1dgczd0Ef1ZS00) Licensing or pricing questions? [Contact us →](https://www.conduktor.io/contact) For teams that need volume pricing, dedicated support, and a custom contract. Everything in Team Edition Volume pricing Dedicated customer success Custom contract and SLA Silver Support included, Gold (24/7) available Gateway license bundling [Contact Sales](https://www.conduktor.io/contact) Passthrough Gateway A Kafka proxy that translates broker addresses across networks, without changing the brokers, the credentials, or the auth model. A license-restricted mode of Conduktor Gateway, scoped to network access only. Free[Request License](https://www.conduktor.io/gateway/passthrough#request-license) Reach Kafka across networks without adding peerings Reach private clusters from outside (GCP Managed Kafka, Confluent Cloud) Single egress point for many internal clients SASL passthrough. Existing Kafka ACLs and Confluent RBAC remain Works with any Kafka 2.5+ Deploys via Docker or Kubernetes Gateway Proxy layer for routing, resilience, multi-tenancy, security, and data sharing. Per-cluster pricing (3 cluster minimum). Kafka Proxy and Schema Registry Proxy SQL Topics, Caching, and Large Message Handling Centralized Authentication and Audit Trails Virtual Clusters and Multi-tenancy Topic Concentration and Aliases Partner Zones and Secure Data Sharing Dedicated Partner Credentials Internal Naming Protection ADD-ONS + DR & Failover Protect Resilience and continuity across Kafka clusters. Requires Core Gateway. Cluster Switching and Transparent Failover Zero-Downtime Migrations Chaos Engineering (Latency Injection, Broker Failures, Network Partitions) Guardrails, data security, and quality enforcement. Requires Core Gateway. Configuration Guardrails and Traffic Control Producer and Consumer Policies Data Quality Detection and Enforcement Field-Level and Full Payload Encryption Multi-Cloud KMS Integration (Vault, AWS, Azure, GCP) Tokenization and Crypto-Shredding (GDPR) Cryptographic Signing [Contact Sales for Pricing](https://www.conduktor.io/contact) ## Frequently Asked Questions **How is Conduktor priced?** Console is available in three tiers: Community (free), Team Edition ($1,200/seat/year or $125/seat/month), and Enterprise (contact sales). Conduktor Gateway uses per-cluster pricing with a 3-cluster minimum. Disaster Recovery & Failover and Protect are optional add-ons to Core Gateway. **What's the difference between Community, Team Edition, and Enterprise?** Community is the free edition for developers and small teams, with core Kafka operations for up to 50 users and 3 clusters. Team Edition adds team governance, advanced Insights, federated ownership, and unlimited clusters. Buy online, license delivered by email within 1 business day. Enterprise adds volume pricing, dedicated customer success, custom contracts, SLA, and priority support. **Are any Console tiers cloud or SaaS?** No. Every Console tier (Community, Team Edition, and Enterprise) is self-hosted. You deploy Console on your own infrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker, or cloud VMs. The tiers differ in what features are unlocked and how you purchase. Community is free, Team Edition is a self-serve online purchase, Enterprise is a custom contract with dedicated support. **What's included with Team Edition?** A self-hosted Console license covering your seat count, with access to all paid features including Insights, ownership, governance, and automation. Includes Standard Support: email response within 1 business day for license, billing, and product configuration questions, plus public docs, release notes, and community Slack. Production uptime SLA and dedicated support come with Enterprise. **What's the difference between Console, Conduktor Gateway, and Passthrough Gateway?** Console is our web-based platform for Kafka operations, monitoring, and governance. Conduktor Gateway is a Kafka proxy that sits between your applications and Kafka, enabling traffic control, encryption, data quality enforcement, and secure external data sharing. Passthrough Gateway is a free, license-restricted Kafka proxy variant of Conduktor Gateway that handles broker address translation only. Useful when you need cross-network Kafka reachability without governance, encryption, or data policy features. [See Passthrough Gateway →](https://www.conduktor.io/gateway/passthrough) **Do I need Conduktor Gateway if I have Console?** No, Console and Conduktor Gateway are independent products. Many teams start with Console for operations and monitoring, then add Conduktor Gateway when they need enforcement capabilities like encryption, data quality rules, or partner data sharing. **What Kafka providers and deployment models are supported?** Both Console and Conduktor Gateway work with any Kafka provider — Confluent, AWS MSK, Redpanda, and more. Both are deployed on-premise or on Kubernetes; there is no cloud-hosted dependency. Metrics can be exported via Prometheus, and all features are accessible through the OpenAPI and CLI. **What type of support is provided?** Three tiers. **Community** users get public docs, the community Slack, and best-effort email support. **Team Edition** customers get Standard Support: email response within 1 business day (Mon–Fri, business hours) for license, billing, and configuration questions. **Enterprise** customers get Silver Support by default: priority response during EMEA/US business hours and a dedicated support team. Gold Support (24/7 coverage for critical incidents) is available as an upgrade. ## Still have questions? Have a complex setup or additional questions around pricing? Contact our sales team for help and to get more information on Conduktor pricing. [Contact Us](https://www.conduktor.io/contact) [Not sure what you need? Get your score →](https://www.conduktor.io/kafka-assessment)