Pricing
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Start free with the CLI. Add continuous monitoring, compliance mappings, and enterprise controls when you're ready.
💡 A SOC 2 compliance consultant charges $20,000–$50,000 per engagement. KafkaGuard gives you audit-ready Kafka evidence for $199/cluster/month.
Community
1 cluster · CLI + Dashboard · free forever
$0
Full scan — finance-iso (55 controls)
All formats: JSON, HTML, PDF, CSV
Slack / Teams / Webhook alerts
On-prem dashboard (all features)
Single cluster
Community support
Starter
Up to 2 clusters · billed annually
$79/ cluster / month
enterprise-default policy (45 controls)
All formats: JSON, HTML, PDF, CSV
Compliance mapping: PCI-DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001
Slack / Teams / Webhook alerts
On-prem dashboard + trend tracking
Air-gapped deployment
Email support — 2 business days
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Team
Up to 10 clusters · billed annually
$159/ cluster / month
finance-iso policy (55 controls)
All formats: JSON, HTML, PDF, CSV
All 3 compliance frameworks
Fleet compare across 10 clusters
All Starter features included
Email support — 1 business day
Enterprise
Unlimited clusters · billed annually
$239/ cluster / month
Unlimited clusters
Custom policies beyond 3 frameworks
Dedicated Solutions Engineer
24/7 SLA support
All Team features included
No credit card for Community tier
Air-gapped · no phone home
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RSA-signed offline license
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55 controls auditors check — mapped to PCI-DSS 4.0, SOC 2, and ISO 27001. Get the PDF free.
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Full feature comparison
| Feature | Community | Starter | Team | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Policy | finance-iso (55 controls) | enterprise-default (45) | finance-iso (55) | finance-iso (55) + custom |
| Clusters | 1 | Up to 2 | Up to 10 | Unlimited |
| JSON report | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| PDF report | ✅ Branded | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| HTML report | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| CSV report | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Compliance mapping (SOC 2 / PCI-DSS / ISO) | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ + custom |
| On-prem dashboard | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Trend charts + Fleet compare | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Slack / Teams / Webhook alerts | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Air-gapped deployment | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| SSO / SCIM | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | Roadmap |
| Custom policy authoring | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Dedicated SE + 24/7 SLA | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Support | Community | Email · 2 days | Email · 1 day | Dedicated SE |
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