Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud users list

Email list of companies using Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud

Q: How many companies use Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud?

Data InfoMetrix tracks 96,335 companies using Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud, with 701,084 verified contacts at those accounts as of October 2026. The largest groups are Banking & Payments, Retail and Telecommunications. Counts are estimates from our database and market research, so ask us for a live count for your exact criteria.

Q: Who buys and manages Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud inside a company?

Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud is usually owned by Data Streaming Platforms. Decision-makers include CTO, VP of Data Engineering and Head of Platform Engineering; Kafka Platform Lead and Enterprise Architect shape the choice, and Streaming Engineers and Backend Engineers use it day to day. Our Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud list can include any of these roles.

Q: Which Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud products or editions can I target?

You can target accounts by the Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud products they run, including Confluent Cloud, Confluent Platform, Confluent Flink (Stream Processing), Confluent Tableflow and WarpStream (BYOC). Tell us which edition or module matters and we filter the list to those accounts.

Q: What other software do Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud customers use?

Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud customers commonly also run AWS, Snowflake, Databricks, Kubernetes and Debezium. Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud is often connected to Apache Flink, so users of those tools overlap heavily. We can filter any list by this kind of stack overlap.

Q: What are the main alternatives to Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud?

The main alternatives to Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud are Amazon MSK, Redpanda and Azure Event Hubs.

Q: When are Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud customers most likely to buy?

Buying triggers we track for Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud accounts include kafka cloud migration, Real-time analytics project, Event-driven architecture rollout and new platform lead. A common pain point is kafka operations burden: Self-managed clusters need experts.

Q: Can Data InfoMetrix deliver a free sample Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud contact list before ordering?

Yes. Data InfoMetrix delivers a complimentary 10-record sample tailored to your target Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud criteria—including target job titles, company size, and region—delivered within one business day with no obligation.

Q: How does Data InfoMetrix guarantee email deliverability for Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud contacts?

Data InfoMetrix provides a 99% email deliverability guarantee on all Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud datasets. Every contact record undergoes real-time email verification within a 30 to 45-day refresh cycle, backed by a 1:1 hard bounce replacement policy for 30 days after delivery.

Reach platform engineering and data streaming leaders using Confluent Cloud or Platform and Apache Kafka for real-time data.

96,335+Companies

701,084+Contacts

Updated Oct 7, 2026GDPR · CCPA99% accuracy

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How many companies use Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud?

Data InfoMetrix tracks 96,335+ companies running Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud as of October 2026, with 701,084+ verified contacts at those accounts. The largest groups are Banking & Payments, Retail and Telecommunications. Buying decisions usually sit with the CTO, VP of Data Engineering and Head of Platform Engineering. Counts are estimates built from technology footprint scans, job-post signals and partner directories, checked by our research team. How we count

Tracked accounts96,335+

Organizations detected running Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud.

Verified contacts701,084+

Direct emails and phone dials for decision-makers.

Primary personasHead of Platform Engineering, VP of Data Engineering, Enterprise Architect

Full buying committee mapped.

Deliverability SLA99%

SMTP-verified, with 1:1 replacement of any email that hard bounces within 30 days.

Data specification · Updated Q4 2026

Technology category	Data Analytics & Modern Data Stack
Tracked organizations	96,335+ verified accounts worldwide
Decision-maker contacts	701,084+ records with emails, mobile and direct dials
Key roles	Head of Platform Engineering, VP of Data Engineering, Enterprise Architect, platform administrators, IT directors, procurement
Geography	180+ countries · country-by-country counts on request
Verification	DNS and script telemetry, 5-stage SMTP handshake, manual research
Refresh cadence	Continuous, 30–45 day maximum record age at delivery
Compliance	GDPR, CAN-SPAM, CCPA and CASL
Delivery	24–48 hours as CSV, XLSX or CRM API

Editorial & verification

Researched by the Data InfoMetrix research team. Counts updated October 2026.

How we count and verify data

Size your Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud audience

Pick a region, company size and buying role to estimate how many accounts and contacts you can reach.

Region

Company size

Buying role

Estimated segment✓ 99% SLA

96,335+Target accounts

701,084+Direct contacts

Decision-makers35%

Influencers45%

End users20%

Estimates from our current Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud dataset. Exact counts come with your quote.

Reach the whole buying committee

A Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud account is not one contact. We map the people who evaluate, buy, run and use it across Data Streaming Platforms.

Decision-makersC-suite & sponsors

CTOVP of Data EngineeringHead of Platform EngineeringCIO

Influencers & adminsEvaluate & configure

Kafka Platform LeadEnterprise ArchitectIntegration ArchitectSRE Manager

End usersRun it every day

Streaming EngineersBackend EngineersData EngineersSREs

These are examples. We build records for any department, seniority or custom title.

See exactly what you get

Every record carries 60+ fields, from verified email, direct dial and LinkedIn to full postal address, Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud edition, coexisting stack and intent.

Contact	Buying role	Work email	Direct dial	Company phone	Fax	LinkedIn profile	Company	LinkedIn company page	Industry	Address 1	Address 2	City	State	ZIP code	Country	Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud footprint	Intent	Status
SRSophia ReyesVP of Platform Engineering	Decision Maker	s.r***@apexc**.io	+1 (415) 55*-**	+1 (415) 55*-**	+1 (415) 55*-**	linkedin.com/in/s*ia-r*******	Apex Cloud Systems Inc.	linkedin.com/company/apex-cloud-sys	Enterprise Software & Cloud SaaS	100 Montgomery St	Ste 1800	San Francisco	CA	94104	United States	Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud Enterprise Cloud & Multi-Region Workloads	High	✓ Verified 2026
MWMarcus WebbLead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)	Influencer	m.we**@kensington*******.uk	+44 (20) 79*-**	+44 (20) 79*-**	+44 (20) 79*-**	linkedin.com/in/m*us-we******	Kensington Global Capital Ltd	linkedin.com/company/kensington-cap	Financial Services & Modern FinTech	25 Bank St Canary Wharf	—	London	Greater London	E14 5JP	United Kingdom	Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud Production Cluster & SRE Monitoring	High	✓ Verified 2026
LFLena FischerPrincipal Cloud Infrastructure Architect	Influencer	l.fi**@stack**.de	+49 (30) 55*-**	+49 (30) 55*-**	+49 (30) 55*-**	linkedin.com/in/l*a-fi******	StackLabs Infrastructure GmbH	linkedin.com/company/stacklabs-de	Cloud Hosting & Distributed Systems	Friedrichstraße 176-179	—	Berlin	Berlin	10117	Germany	Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud Core Platform & Infrastructure as Code	High	✓ Verified 2026
JOJames O'ConnorDirector of Cloud Operations & DevOps	Decision Maker	j.oc**@veloce****.com	+1 (312) 55*-**	+1 (312) 55*-**	+1 (312) 55*-**	linkedin.com/in/j*s-oc******	Veloce Global Logistics Corp	linkedin.com/company/veloce-logistics	Enterprise Supply Chain & Telematics IoT	233 S Wacker Dr	Ste 4200	Chicago	IL	60606	United States	Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud Continuous Deployment & Telemetry Pipelines	High	✓ Verified 2026
ALAstrid LindholmHead of Developer Experience & Tooling	Influencer	a.li**@nordi**.se	+46 (8) 55*-**	+46 (8) 55*-**	+46 (8) 55*-**	linkedin.com/in/a*id-li******	Nordic Digital Commerce AB	linkedin.com/company/nordicpay-ab	E-Commerce & High-Volume Retail Platforms	Hamngatan 15	—	Stockholm	Stockholm County	111 47	Sweden	Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud Developer Tooling & API Network	Medium	✓ Verified 2026
DVDavid VanceChief Technology Officer (CTO)	Decision Maker	d.va**@beacond****.com	+1 (703) 55*-**	+1 (703) 55*-**	+1 (703) 55*-**	linkedin.com/in/d*d-va******	Beacon Mission Systems Inc.	linkedin.com/company/beacon-tech	Defense, Aerospace & Industrial Automation	1850 Towers Crescent Plaza	—	Tysons	VA	22182	United States	Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud GovCloud / FedRAMP Authorized Cluster	High	✓ Verified 2026
RGRachel Green-CohenDirector of Cloud Infrastructure & DevSecOps	Influencer	r.co**@veritas****.org	+1 (617) 55*-**	+1 (617) 55*-**	+1 (617) 55*-**	linkedin.com/in/r*el-co******	Veritas Health Technologies Inc.	linkedin.com/company/veritas-health-sys	Digital Health & Clinical Cloud Systems	75 Francis St	—	Boston	MA	02115	United States	Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud Healthcare Dedicated VPC & HIPAA Compliance	Medium	✓ Verified 2026
YTYuri TanakaSenior SRE & Cloud Systems Engineer	Practitioner	y.ta**@biosynth*****.jp	+81 (3) 55*-**	+81 (3) 55*-**	+81 (3) 55*-**	linkedin.com/in/yi-ta******	BioSynthetix Genomic Systems KK	linkedin.com/company/biosynthetix-kk	Life Sciences & High-Performance Cloud Computing	Roppongi Hills Mori Tower	30F	Tokyo	Tokyo	106-6108	Japan	Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud High-Performance Computing (HPC) Node Cluster	Medium	✓ Verified 2026

Illustrative rows showing 20 of 60+ fields. Full records are unmasked.

We deliver 60+ data fields per record, including intent data. The sample shows a selection only. Tell us which fields you need, including any that aren't listed here, and we'll add them to your list.

Also available:Seniority & departmentJob functionTenure in roleEmployee countAnnual revenueSIC & NAICS codesParent companyWebsite & domainProduct editionContract & renewal timingIntent topics & scoreEmail verification date

How we prove an account runs Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud

No scraped résumés or stale directories. Three layers confirm a live installation before a contact reaches your list. Read our verification protocol

Pillar 1 · Telemetry

Live DNS & script signals

We inspect response headers, DNS MX and CNAME records and live JavaScript bundles to confirm a running Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud instance.

DNS · CNAME · MX recordsHTTP headers · JS bundles✓ Verified against live infrastructure

Pillar 2 · Operational intent

90-day hiring signals

We track job requisitions that ask for Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud skills, which shows ongoing budget and headcount.

Now hiringApache Kafka & Confluent Cloud Administrator

Now hiringApache Kafka & Confluent Cloud Architect

Now hiringApache Kafka & Confluent Cloud Engineer

Pillar 3 · Human & mailbox QA

Pre-delivery SMTP handshake

Each email is tested against the destination mail server, and titles are checked against current company rosters.

SMTP check ✓LinkedIn match ✓Title verified ✓

✓ Deliverable inbox and current role

Deliverability SLA

<3%

Maximum bounce rate, or we replace the contacts. Your sender reputation stays clean.

1:1 hard bounce replacement

Every email that hard-bounces within 30 days of delivery is replaced free, record for record.

24-hour pre-delivery ping

Live SMTP and MX checks right before we send your file.

Instant CRM import

Clean CSV or XLSX, ready for one-click import.

Ready for your outbound stack

Imports straight into the tools you use.

What are you trying to do?

Each campaign needs a different data strategy. Pick your goal to see how we build the audience.

Find companies on rival platforms and reach the people evaluating a move to, or away from, Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud.

Conquesting playbook

Pitch integrations, add-ons and complementary tools to companies already running Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud.

Ecosystem playbook

Build account lists around Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud deployment scale and engage the full committee across departments.

ABM playbook

Conquesting audienceSample

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Redpanda

Azure Event Hubs

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Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud

Know the stack around every account

Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud rarely runs alone. Every record is tagged with the tools detected alongside it, so you can segment by complementary stacks.

AWS

Debezium

Open the coexistence matrix

What Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud customers look like

Anonymised profiles of companies in our Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud dataset of 96,335+ accounts. Named accounts are shared in your free sample, never on a public page.

Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud account profiles · anonymised

Company size	Industry	Country	Employees	Revenue
Upper mid-market	Telecommunications	United Kingdom	1,000–4,999	$250M–$1B
SMB	Gaming	United States	50–199	$10M–$50M
Enterprise	Banking & Payments	Canada	10,000+	$5B+
Mid-market	Retail	Germany	500–999	$100M–$250M
Mid-market	Telecommunications	United States	200–999	$50M–$250M
Enterprise	Gaming	Australia	5,000+	$1B+
Upper mid-market	Banking & Payments	United States	1,000–4,999	$250M–$1B
SMB	Retail	United States	50–199	$10M–$50M

Markets we cover

United States

India

United Kingdom

Canada

Germany

Australia

Singapore

France

New Zealand

Netherlands

Plus 170 more countries. Ask for a country-by-country count of Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud accounts and we'll include it with your free sample.

Build the list your way

Every list is assembled from source to your product tier, job function, geography and revenue band. Nothing is a fixed export.

Editions & modules

Filter by what they actually run.

+Confluent Cloud+Confluent Platform+Confluent Flink (Stream Processing)+Confluent Tableflow+WarpStream (BYOC)

Firmographics

Match revenue, size and industry.

+Industry+$1M–$10B+ revenue+Headcount+Ownership & funding+HQ & branches

Geography

Target any territory.

+US & Canada+US states+UK, DACH, Nordics+APAC & ANZ+Metro clusters

Need multi-attribute segments? Open the Audience Builder

What Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud teams are struggling with

Know the friction before you reach out, and position your product where it matters.

Friction 1

Kafka operations burden

ImpactSelf-managed clusters need experts.

OpportunityOffer managed streaming services.

Friction 2

Streaming costs

ImpactThroughput costs grow.

OpportunityPitch cost optimisation.

Friction 3

Real-time AI data

ImpactAI needs fresh data.

OpportunityOffer streaming architecture services.

Intent triggers we track

✓Kafka cloud migration

✓Real-time analytics project

✓Event-driven architecture rollout

✓New platform lead

“When you talk to companies who already use Snowflake and AWS about a native integration, the conversion rate skyrockets. Data InfoMetrix gave us the exact user list we needed.”

Director of Growth, a data integration companyName withheld at the client's request

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Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud list questions, answered

How many companies use Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud?

Data InfoMetrix tracks 96,335 companies using Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud, with 701,084 verified contacts at those accounts as of October 2026. The largest groups are Banking & Payments, Retail and Telecommunications. Counts are estimates from our database and market research, so ask us for a live count for your exact criteria.

Who buys and manages Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud inside a company?

Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud is usually owned by Data Streaming Platforms. Decision-makers include CTO, VP of Data Engineering and Head of Platform Engineering; Kafka Platform Lead and Enterprise Architect shape the choice, and Streaming Engineers and Backend Engineers use it day to day. Our Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud list can include any of these roles.

Which Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud products or editions can I target?

You can target accounts by the Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud products they run, including Confluent Cloud, Confluent Platform, Confluent Flink (Stream Processing), Confluent Tableflow and WarpStream (BYOC). Tell us which edition or module matters and we filter the list to those accounts.

What other software do Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud customers use?

Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud customers commonly also run AWS, Snowflake, Databricks, Kubernetes and Debezium. Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud is often connected to Apache Flink, so users of those tools overlap heavily. We can filter any list by this kind of stack overlap.

What are the main alternatives to Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud?

The main alternatives to Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud are Amazon MSK, Redpanda and Azure Event Hubs.

When are Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud customers most likely to buy?

Buying triggers we track for Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud accounts include kafka cloud migration, Real-time analytics project, Event-driven architecture rollout and new platform lead. A common pain point is kafka operations burden: Self-managed clusters need experts.

Can Data InfoMetrix deliver a free sample Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud contact list before ordering?

Yes. Data InfoMetrix delivers a complimentary 10-record sample tailored to your target Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud criteria—including target job titles, company size, and region—delivered within one business day with no obligation.

How does Data InfoMetrix guarantee email deliverability for Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud contacts?

Data InfoMetrix provides a 99% email deliverability guarantee on all Apache Kafka & Confluent Cloud datasets. Every contact record undergoes real-time email verification within a 30 to 45-day refresh cycle, backed by a 1:1 hard bounce replacement policy for 30 days after delivery.

Sourcing and compliance. Business contacts come from public company sources, professional directories and opt-in publishing partners, then go through SMTP verification and human review. Lists are for B2B outreach: include an unsubscribe link and honour opt-outs (CAN-SPAM), and have a lawful basis such as legitimate interest when you email people in the EU or UK (GDPR). Read how we source and verify data