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SEAMLESS, SCALABLE, AND SECURE

Written by Andy Williams | Mar 30, 2026 7:54:35 PM

WHY CHOOSE INSTACLUSTR FOR OPEN SOURCE?

One-vendor relationship

Instaclustr provides a single solution for open source data infrastructure requirements, supporting a range of critical technologies, providing a fully managed platform, enterprise support, and consulting options. A single vendor relationship saves time, money, and reduces risk.

Strategic flexibility

Available across all major hyperscalers and on-prem makes it easy to move workloads, plus a commitment to open source reduces vendor lock-in. Transparent and consumption based pricing provides flexibility to scale as requirements change.

Trusted partner

Backed by 30 years of NetApp experience of delivering trusted data infrastructure, the Instaclustr Platform operates some of the world’s most demanding workloads. Instaclustr’s industry leading SLAs back this up, right through to the functionality of the open source software itself.

Secure deployments

Gain confidence that your data is secured with industry-leading standards and backed by vigorous global compliance frameworks.

No matter the problem, we have the solution

 
Managed platform

The trusted fully managed platform for enterprises that accelerates time to value, reduces cost, and delivers reliability. Includes 24x7 expert support from our world class open source engineers.

Support plans

Want to manage your data infrastructure in-house but may need some help from time to time? Our 24x7 expert and dedicated support engineers are here to assist with everything from planning to performance issues, backed by a 20-minute SLA.

Consulting & professional services

Custom solutions to meet your open source needs: tech validation, health checks, migration planning, testing, benchmarking, and more.

INSTACLUSTR MANAGED AND SUPPORTED TECHNOLOGIES

Store

PostgreSQL®

The world’s leading object-relational database system, now with Azure NetApp Files – up to 3x faster TPS at a fraction of the cost.

Apache Cassandra®

A NoSQL database with continuous availability and tremendous scale.

Search

OpenSearch®

The go-to search and analytics suite for data ingest, logging, search, aggregation, viewing, and analysis.

Stream

Apache Kafka®

The leading streaming and queuing technology for large scale, always-on applications.

Apache Kafka® Connect

A robust framework for hosting connectors and managing connector configurations between Apache Kafka and other data systems.

Orchestrate

Cadence®

Simplify the development and operation of workflow-style business logic with this service and programming framework.

Analyze

ClickHouse

A leading open source database designed to process high volumes of data in real-time, making it ideal for big data and analytics.

NetApp® Instaclustr specializes in open source technologies for enterprises. Our managed platform streamlines data infrastructure management, backed by experts who ensure ongoing performance, scalability, and optimization. This enables companies to focus on building cutting edge applications at lower costs.