I'm obviously a bit biased, but I'm pretty sure there is zero lock-in. 1. You can use whichever components of the platform you want. If you just need Kafka, you don't *have* to use the schema registry (although, you should ;) 2. Schema Registry, REST Proxy and our connectors are all open source (with Apache license). Look here: https://github.com/confluentinc (and here: https://github.com/confluentinc/schema-registry)
We didn't really get around to release any closed-source stuff yet. It is coming up, but you'll never have to use it (and therefore never have to pay us.) Hope this helps, Gwen On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 1:20 PM, Richard Rodseth <rrods...@gmail.com> wrote: > For a low-budget proof of concept, would you recommend starting with the > Apache download, or the Confluent platform? > > Does the Confluent product ultimately lock one into obtaining a license? > Are components like Schema Registry available to non-paying users, just not > there out-of-the-box ? >
