Get Started with Confluent Cloud on the AWS Marketplace with Commitments

With a Confluent Cloud usage-based billing (UBB) commitment, you commit to a minimum spend through the AWS Marketplace and get a discount on your committed usage of Confluent Cloud. This topic shows you how to purchase a commitment and link or create a Confluent Cloud organization.

Tip

You can pay for Confluent Cloud through your cloud provider’s Marketplace using Confluent Consumption Units (CCUs). Pricing in the Marketplace is the same as direct purchase pricing. For more information, see Manage Billing in Confluent Cloud.

Prerequisites

  • An AWS Marketplace account. Billing flows directly through AWS.

  • A new email address, if you have previously registered for Confluent Cloud. The AWS Marketplace flow requires an email address that is not yet associated with a Confluent Cloud organization.

  • Permission to buy in the AWS Marketplace. Your AWS account ID must be enabled for purchases by your billing administrator.

  • A default payment method set to Invoicing Plan on your AWS Buyer ID.

Procedure

  1. Contact the Confluent sales team and request a private offer for an AWS Confluent Cloud commitment. You receive an AWS Marketplace private offer from the Confluent sales team.

  2. View the offer on the AWS Marketplace using the private offer link from the Confluent sales team. Review the terms of use, and select Create contract.

    AWS Marketplace private offer Create contract page for a Confluent Cloud commitment

    After you create a contract, a popup window opens with details of the amount invoiced to your AWS account.

  3. Select Pay now. This amount is invoiced to your AWS account to subscribe to the service.

    AWS Marketplace popup confirming the amount to be invoiced for the Confluent Cloud subscription

  4. Select Setup your account. You are redirected to the Confluent Cloud signup page.

    AWS Marketplace Setup your account page that redirects to the Confluent Cloud signup

  5. For the Confluent Cloud organization details, you can either create a new Confluent Cloud organization or link to an existing one. If you link to an existing organization, Confluent Cloud prompts you for your account credentials.

    Provide the necessary information and click Sign up.

    Confluent Cloud sign-up form on the AWS Marketplace with Email, Full name, Company, and Password fields and a Sign up button

    Confluent sends you a verification email. After you verify your email address, you are automatically signed in as the administrator of the new Confluent Cloud account.

    1. Click Link an existing account to go to the Confluent Cloud login page.

      Confluent Cloud get started page on the AWS Marketplace with a Link an existing account button and a sign-up form

    2. Sign in with your Confluent Cloud credentials.

    3. On Confirm billing updates, compare your current billing information with the new payment method. Because your Confluent Cloud account might have access to multiple organizations, make sure the organization is correct.

      What to do if your organization is incorrect:

      1. Click Cancel to open the Cloud Console. Switch to the account and organization you intend to link. For more information, see Sign in to an organization.

      2. Go back to the AWS Marketplace and click Go back to register with Confluent Cloud. Restart these steps from the beginning.

    4. Check each box to confirm that you understand the terms of service and billing terms.

      Confirm billing updates page comparing current organization billing with the updated AWS billing, with Terms of Service checkboxes and a Confirm updates button

    5. Click Confirm updates.

    Watch the following video for a walkthrough of linking an existing Confluent Cloud organization from the AWS Marketplace.

  6. To create a new Confluent Cloud cluster, click Create cluster in the Cloud Console. For more information, see Manage Kafka Clusters on Confluent Cloud.

    Create cluster page in the Confluent Cloud Console.

Next steps

To create topics and produce or consume messages on your new Kafka cluster, see the Quick Start for Confluent Cloud.

Learn more about the advantages of using Apache Kafka as a service with Confluent Cloud on AWS.

For help with sign-up, linking, and subscription issues, see Troubleshoot Confluent Cloud Billing.