Each of the three big clouds sells Kafka 129 in its own way. AWS 24 runs real Kafka brokers for you (MSK), Microsoft puts a Kafka-protocol endpoint in front of its own log service (Event Hubs), and Google runs open-source Kafka behind its own sizing and identity model. All three put the stream next to your data, on your existing bill and identity system. None has a free tier and none was run here. Prices are list prices from the vendors' pages on 2 October 2026, in US dollars, for the region each vendor uses in its examples; they vary by region and change often. Comparing Cloud Kafka compares the three and sets Kafka against Amazon Kinesis 24 Data Streams.
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MSK, Event Hubs, Google Kafka
Amazon MSK, Azure Event Hubs and Google Cloud Managed Kafka