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    Aiven

    Managed open-source data services (Postgres, Kafka, etc.).

    FIFinland
    Headquarters
    🇫🇮Finland
    Data Hosting
    EU (any EU region)
    Structure
    Independent
    Compliance
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    Aiven key facts

    Last updated
    Legal entity
    Aiven Oy
    Headquarters
    Finland (FI)
    Ownership
    Independent
    Data hosting
    EU (any EU region)
    Deployment
    SaaS
    Open source
    No
    US Cloud Act exposure
    Exposed
    Certifications
    ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS
    Replaces
    Amazon RDS, Amazon MSK, Amazon OpenSearch Service, Google Cloud SQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL

    About Aiven

    Aiven is a managed-hosting platform for open-source data technologies. It allows organizations to deploy and scale popular data tools such as Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, and OpenSearch across multiple cloud providers like AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. The service focuses on automating infrastructure management tasks like backups, updates, and monitoring, while providing high availability through cross-cluster and cross-region replication. It is designed for developers and enterprises needing cloud-agnostic data infrastructure with integrated tools for API, CLI, and infrastructure-as-code management.

    Alternative to

    Amazon RDSAmazon MSKAmazon OpenSearch ServiceGoogle Cloud SQLAzure Database for PostgreSQL

    Target Segments

    SMBEnterprise

    Deployment Options

    SaaS

    Hosting & Security

    Certifications
    ISO 27001
    SOC 2
    HIPAA
    PCI DSS

    Key Features

    Managed Apache Kafka
    Managed PostgreSQL and MySQL
    Multi-cloud deployment
    Data replication across regions
    Terraform & Kubernetes integration

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