Self-Service Kafka Platform with Governance Controls
Empower teams to manage their own data and applications with secure self-service controls, while ensuring compliance with centralized data policies and governance.
The Problem
Kafka is mission-critical, but reliance on central teams for approvals and provisioning creates costly delays. Traditional, centralized management leads to:
- Bottlenecks & Slow Approvals — Development teams wait days or weeks for simple changes
- Compliance Risks — Manual processes introduce security and governance gaps
- Increased Operational Costs — Heavy reliance on platform teams strains resources
Thinking of building an in-house self-service solution? This often turns into a multi-year project with high costs, limited scalability, and constant maintenance burdens. Conduktor provides an enterprise-ready solution—without the headaches.
The Solution
Conduktor empowers your teams with secure self-service access to Kafka while enforcing compliance and best practices. Deliver faster without sacrificing control.
Policy Controls for Topic Configuration
Set guardrails with policy controls to keep Kafka topics consistent and cost-efficient—without slowing developers down. It only takes a few clicks to enforce naming conventions, quotas, and standards automatically.
Topic Access Request and Approval Workflow
Enable secure, self-service Kafka access with automated approvals—without endless tickets or manual oversight. In just a few steps, teams request access, policies apply instantly, and platform leaders stay in control.
Why Conduktor
- Enable Developer Autonomy — Teams provision and manage Kafka resources independently
- Scale Confidently — Proactive monitoring and enforcement of best practices
- Enforce Security & Governance — Automated policies ensure compliance at every step
- Align Tech, Teams, & Processes — Balance security with agility effortlessly
- Integrate Seamlessly — GitOps, APIs, and RBAC support for smooth workflows
How It Works
- Define Guardrails — Central platform team sets security, governance, and resource policies
- Assign Application Owners — Platform team declares the applications and their rights, and designates ownership
- Enable Self-Service — Application teams can provision and manage Kafka resources, granting permissions to other teams to collaborate better (without involving the Platform team!)
- Monitor & Optimize — Track usage and adjust workflows dynamically
Real Results
See how FlixBus uses Conduktor to build a self-service streaming platform for over 50 teams to execute on their data mesh strategy, giving teams autonomy to deliver value faster within a federated control framework, and eliminating operational bottlenecks.
"With Conduktor's platform and self-service features, we finally have the governance and control we need." — Software Engineer at leading airline which uses Conduktor to empower 2,000+ users with self-service access to Kafka