Case studies

Real teams, real Kafka at scale.

How platform and data engineering teams use Kpow to run Apache Kafka in production.

How Claritev cut $150,000 in Kafka support costs and halved troubleshooting time with Kpow

How Claritev cut Kafka support costs with Kpow

A US healthcare technology company brings Kafka support in-house, saving $150,000 a year, after Kpow gave its middleware team the visibility to manage the platform with confidence.

How a foodservice distributor gave 130 developers self-service Kafka access with Kpow

How a distributor scaled Kafka to 130 developers

A national foodservice distributor scales Kafka observability from a handful of admins to a dozen product teams behind its e-commerce platform.

How Gmarket cut Kafka licensing costs and gave non-engineers self-service operations with Kpow

How Gmarket replaced Control Center with Kpow

South Korean e-commerce marketplace Gmarket replaces Confluent's licensed Control Center with Kpow, giving 150 users across production and development self-service Kafka operations.

How Pickles turned hours of Kafka message checks into instant visibility with Kpow

Pickles replaces hours of Kafka checks with Kpow

Australia's leading auction marketplace replaces custom validation microservices with Kpow's Data Inspect, giving its engineering team instant visibility into real-time auction data.

How NORD/LB transformed Kafka operations and cut debugging time in half

How German bank NORD/LB cut debugging time by 50%

A German financial institution overcomes critical compliance gaps and operational inefficiencies to build a scalable, enterprise-grade streaming data platform.