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Confluent vs Redpanda

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Data Infrastructure

Confluent

Confluent provides a cloud-native event streaming platform built on Apache Kafka for real-time data pipelines. Acquired by IBM for $11B in March 2026.

Data Infrastructure

Redpanda

Redpanda is a Kafka-compatible streaming platform built in C++ that eliminates the need for ZooKeeper and JVM overhead.

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Field	Confluent	Redpanda
Status	Acquired by IBM	Private
Sector	Data Infrastructure	Data Infrastructure
Subsector	Streaming & Messaging	Streaming & Messaging
Founded	2014	2019
HQ	Mountain View, United States	San Francisco, United States
Headcount	1k-5k	201-500
Total raised	$1.3B	$150M