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Stream Designer

Build Streaming Data Pipelines VisuallyOrganizations build streaming data pipelines on Apache Kafka® to harness the power of real-time data and access high-quality datastreams. Confluent makes building them faster and easier with Stream Designer, a visual pipeline builder, so that more teams can set
data in motion. Stream Designer enables you to rapidly build, test, and deploy streaming data pipelines on a graphical canvas that’s
extensible with SQL.

Boost developer productivity
by reducing the need to write
boilerplate code

Unlock a unified view toupdate and maintain pipelines
throughout their lifecycle

Accelerate real-time initiatives
with shareable and reusable
pipelines on an open platform

Why Stream Designer?
Data pipelines continue to perform the heavy-lifting in data integration solutions. With the need to act on immediate insights, companies
have turned to Kafka to build streaming data pipelines that connect and decouple data sources and sinks, process data continuously, andtrigger actions based on real-time events across your business.
However, there are still major challenges with trying to build reusable data pipelines on open-source Kafka. First, an over-reliance on
specialized Kafka engineers limits the number of teams that can easily access data streaming. Second, seasoned Kafka engineers still
spend cumbersome development cycles writing boilerplate code across multiple systems—Kafka, Kafka Connect, and Kafka Streams.
Last but not least, teams spend duplicative efforts rebuilding pipelines across environments and similar use cases, increasing their overall
total cost of ownership.
Stream Designer is a visual interface for quickly and efficiently building streaming data pipelines natively on Kafka. Developers can startbuild pipelines visually in minutes by leveraging fully managed connectors, ksqlDB for stream processing, and Kafka topics from a unifiedview. Stream Designer provides both speed and simplicity, fitting into your existing workflows for CI/CD and version control by allowing
you to seamlessly switch between the graphical canvas and full SQL editor. Organizations can now accelerate their real-time initiatives
and democratize access to data streaming by reducing their reliance on specialized Kafka expertise.

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Unlock a unified end-to-end view toupdate and maintain pipelines throughout
their lifecycle
SQL Round Tripping
Translate pipeline definitions to ksqlDB code (SQL queries)
automatically under the hood and switch seamlessly between thegraphical canvas and built-in SQL editor.

Future-proof and Flexible
Add or replace data systems or edit stream processing logic withjust a few clicks.

Built-in Troubleshooting
View built-in alerts and pipeline validations to get instantfeedback or catch potential errors.

Boost developer productivity by reducing
the need to write boilerplate code
Complete Visual UI
Use a point-and-click interface to start building pipelines
in minutes. Speed through iterative testing as part ofagile practices.

Cloud-native Performance
Experience low latency and massive scale on Confluent Cloud withno additional runtime layers or performance trade-offs.

Full ksqlDB Integration

Enterprise-grade Security
Provide different levels of pipeline access with role-based access
control (RBAC) for security and compliance.

Accelerate real-time initiatives with shareable
and reusable pipelines on an open platformExportable Pipelines
Export pipelines as SQL for CI/CD, source control, deployment inanother environment, or sharing/reusing across teams.

Visualize common stream processing operations like filtering data,
mapping fields, aggregates, and joins as pre-built pipeline building
blocks you can easily configure.

Quick Starts and Recipes

70+ Fully Managed Connectors

Multi-user Support

Save time integrating your data systems with our pre-built, fully
managed connectors. Perform simple data transformations inflight with single message transforms.

Start from a source connector, an existing Kafka topic, a streamprocessing use case recipe, or your own SQL code.

Collaborate live with teammates on pipelines to accelerate
development.

Fully Managed Cloud Service
Build streaming data pipelines without infrastructure setup andoperational burdens.

“Data streaming is quickly becoming the central nervous system of our infrastructure as it powers
real-time customer experiences across our 12 countries of operations. Stream Designer’s low-code,
visual interface will enable more developers, across our entire organization, to leverage data inmotion. With a unified, end-to-end view of our streaming data pipelines, it will improve our developer productivity bymaking real-time applications, pipeline development, and troubleshooting much easier.”— enes hoxha, enterprise architect, raiffeisen bank international© 2022 Confluent, Inc. | Confluent.io2