Warpstream
The Diskless, Kafka Compatible Data Streaming Platform
warpstream.com Source★ 4Software Development / Backend, Databases & Storage
- Monthly visits
- 13.6K
- Down34.9%MoMSep 2026
- Public revenue
- Undisclosed
- No public revenue evidence yet
- Entry price
- $100/mo
- Higher than 90% of peersNiche median $19/mo
- Launched
- 8mo ago
- 2026-03-05 · Est.
Traffic
Marketing moves
Launches, search & content, referrals, promotionsLaunched on Show HN (1 pts)Launch
Yaks – Yet Another Kafka on S3 — I'm a long time reader of HN and some articles have been really inspiring for me. "Kafka is dead, long live Kafka" by the Warpstream team…
Mar 5 · 8mo agoLaunch page
Third-party reviews & case dossiers
Acquisition breakdowns, engineer reviews & open-source metrics- What engineers like:
- Stateless streaming with no partitions to manage - scale by adding more agents (running in containers). Works with S3 and compatible object storage. Kafka-protocol compatible for drop-in replacement. Avoids inter-zone networking to minimize network costs. Avoids data loss by waiting for writes to object storage to succeed before returning.
- Trade-offs & limitations:
- End to end producer to consumer p99 latency of \~1 sec. Schema validation & autoscaling in beta.
- Post excerpt:
- I'm a long time reader of HN and some articles have been really inspiring for me. "Kafka is dead, long live Kafka" by the Warpstream team is one of those: https://www.warpstream.com/blog/kafka-is-dead-long-live-kafk... At the time, I was working on a team pushing terabytes of logs through Kafka. A stateless broker backed by S3 would have saved us many headac
Open Source & Self-Hosting
- GitHub Stars
- ★ 4
- Forks
- —
- License
- See repository
- Primary language
- —
Traffic sources
Traffic breakdown
Channels
- Direct42%
- Organic Search24%
- Social18%
- Referrals16%
Countries
- United States80%
- India13%
- United Kingdom3%
- Spain2%
- Brazil1%
Search
Domain authority 58Domain registered 2014-04-08
| Keyword | Monthly volume |
|---|---|
| warpstream | 2,960 |
| kafka platform | 1,190 |
| warpstream blog | 110 |
| warp stream | 100 |
| warpstream video | — |
Traffic data: Vaneform
Pricing
Trial: None · 3 paid tiers ($100–$1500) · Enterprise custom tier · Observed 2026-11-10 · Pricing page
Entry price $100/mo, Higher than 90% of peers; “Backend, Databases & Storage” median is $19/mo.View pricing benchmark
Pages & changes
Key pages
Weekly snapshots- Homewww.warpstream.com/
- Pricingwww.warpstream.com/pricing Snapshot 2026-11-10
- Featureswww.warpstream.com/migration Snapshot 2026-11-10
Changes
Design
Soft & Friendly (Light canvas, balanced density) featuring split copy & visual layout and 3d render / tactile object visuals.
First-screen preview · click to zoom
First-screen pitch & conversion flow
“The Diskless, Kafka Compatible Data Streaming Platform”
Split Copy & Visual hero structure paired with start free / sign up CTA and customer / press logo strip.
Conversion path: Split Copy & Visual + 3D Render / Tactile Object → Start Free / Sign Up · Trust bar: Customer / Press Logo Strip
- Category Positioning Anchor
- Customer Logo Wall
- Large Hero Product Shot
Palette · click to copy
- Typography
- 8.0
- Color & Contrast
- 8.0
- Layout & Spacing
- 8.0
- Craft & Polish
- 8.0
- Distinctiveness
- 7.0
Structure
- Fonts
- Plus Jakarta Sans
- Hero layout
- Split Copy & Visual
- Primary visual
- 3D Render / Tactile Object
- Conversion CTA
- Start Free / Sign Up
- Social proof
- Customer / Press Logo Strip
- Navigation
- Full-Width Top Bar
- Theme & density
- Light · Balanced
- Corners & depth
- Small Radius · With shadow
Preview full AI design brief (includes :root CSS variables & layout rules)Style tokens only; never copy brand names, logos, copy, or images
# Design Brief: Soft & Friendly (with Enterprise Clean)
Warm low-saturation pastels, generous rounded corners, and approachable illustrations.
## Design Tokens
```css
:root {
--background: #f8f8f8;
--surface: #ffffff;
--foreground: #040531;
--muted-foreground: #110048;
--accent: #3a21ed;
--radius: 4px;
--font-heading: "Plus Jakarta Sans", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
--font-body: "Plus Jakarta Sans", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
}
```
Color area ratio: Background #F8F8F8 (~81%) · Surface #FFFFFF (~7%) · Text #040531 (~6%) · Muted Text #110048 (~3%) · Accent #3A21ED (~3%). Background and surface dominate the canvas; reserve the accent color for primary buttons and active states.
## Layout & Conversion Structure
- Hero layout: Split Copy & Visual
- Navigation: Full-Width Top Bar
- Theme & density: Light · Balanced
- Border radius & elevation: Small Radius; use elevation shadows to separate layers
- Primary visual medium: 3D Render / Tactile Object
- Conversion CTA: Start Free / Sign Up · Trust bar uses Customer / Press Logo Strip
- Headline hook: Category Positioning Anchor
- Hero components: Customer Logo Wall, Large Hero Product Shot
- Spatial layout notes: Split Copy & Visual hero structure paired with start free / sign up CTA and customer / press logo strip.
- Visual summary: Soft & Friendly (Light canvas, balanced density) featuring split copy & visual layout and 3d render / tactile object visuals.
## Avoid
- Harsh pure-black backgrounds
- Sharp 0px corners
- Cold technical jargon in hero copy
Implement the UI following the design tokens and layout specifications above: use only these color variables, and reserve the accent color strictly for primary actions and active states. Adopt only this visual style—never copy any reference product’s brand name, logo, copy, or imagery.
Questions & evidence
- How much does Warpstream cost?
- Dev: $100/mo; Fundamentals: $500/mo; Pro: $1,500/mo; Enterprise: Unknown. Observed 2026-11-10. Check the source for current billing terms, usage limits and taxes.Source
- How much website traffic does Warpstream get?
- Vaneform estimates 13.6K website visits in 2026-09. Visits can include repeat visits; this estimate measures web traffic separately from paying customers or revenue.Source
- What is Warpstream and what platforms does it support?
- Warpstream is catalogued under Backend, Databases & Storage: The Diskless, Kafka Compatible Data Streaming Platform. Supported platforms: Web.
- Is Warpstream open source?
- Warpstream has a public repository (https://github.com/markberger/yaks) with its source repository published, recording 4 GitHub stars.Source
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