Aiven Removes AWS Transit Gateway and PrivateLink Add-ons from Kafka Plans, Introduces Aiven for Valkey
What happened
Between the Apr 1, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024 captures of Aiven's pricing page, Pulse recorded 4 changes: AWS Transit Gateway add-on removed from all Kafka plans; Aiven for Valkey introduced as new service offering; PrivateLink add-on removed from all Kafka plans; Aiven for Redis® renamed to Aiven for Caching. Pulse files it as a packaging change (add-on removed, new plan, plan renamed) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Sep 21, 2026) lists Developer at $5, Hobbyist at $12, Startup at $75, Business at $180 and Premium at $270.
Aiven's previous recorded change was "Aiven Introduces Tiered Storage Add-On for Business and Premium Plans, Enhancing Kafka Data Management Options" (Dec 2023). Aiven has been tracked since 2024-10-01.
In the same window MongoDB, Google Cloud, PlanetScale and Heroku also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Kafka · Add-onRemoved
BeforeAWS Transit Gateway add-on
AfterNo AWS Transit Gateway add-on
- — · PlanAddedNo Aiven for ValkeyAiven for Valkey
- Kafka · Add-onRemovedPrivateLink add-onNo PrivateLink add-on
- — · PlanRenamedAiven for Redis®Aiven
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kafka | Add-on | AWS Transit Gateway add-on | No AWS Transit Gateway add-on | Removed |
| — | Plan | No Aiven for Valkey | Aiven for Valkey | Added |
| Kafka | Add-on | PrivateLink add-on | No PrivateLink add-on | Removed |
| — | Plan | Aiven for Redis® | Aiven | Renamed |
Values as written on Aiven's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Aiven's pricing page (aiven.io) from Apr 1, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where the AWS Transit Gateway add-on no longer appears.
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Aiven, pricing history
Full history- Apr 11, 2026packagingAiven: networking no longer 'all cost included' across plans
- Q2 2025improvedAiven Boosts Premium and Business Plans with 4x Increase in Cluster Storage Capacity
- Q1 2025improvedAiven Doubles RAM Capacity for Startup Plan VMs from 2 GB to 4 GB
- Q2 2024packagingAiven Removes AWS Transit Gateway and PrivateLink Add-ons from Kafka Plans, Introduces Aiven for Valkey · this change
- Dec 2023packagingAiven Introduces Tiered Storage Add-On for Business and Premium Plans, Enhancing Kafka Data Management Options
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- MongoDBOct 5MongoDB launches Atlas Infinite preview: 128TB shards at $0.09/hour
- Google CloudSep 21Looker: Conversational Analytics grace period extended indefinitely
- Google CloudSep 21Google Cloud Looker scraps Sept 30 deadline, extends free CA access indefinitely
- PlanetScaleJul 20PlanetScale hides storage overage rate, points users to calculator instead
- HerokuJul 3Heroku: new Postgres Advanced tier added (cluster-based pricing)
Questions about this change
Did Aiven raise prices in July 2024?
No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 1, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: add-on removed, new plan, plan renamed.
What changed on Aiven's pricing page between Apr 1, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024?
Kafka add-on: AWS Transit Gateway add-on → No AWS Transit Gateway add-on, removed; plan: No Aiven for Valkey → Aiven for Valkey, added; Kafka add-on: PrivateLink add-on → No PrivateLink add-on, removed; plan: Aiven for Redis® → Aiven, renamed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 1, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Aiven change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Aiven in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Aiven Introduces Tiered Storage Add-On for Business and Premium Plans, Enhancing Kafka Data Management Options" in Dec 2023; Aiven has been tracked since 2024-10-01.