Firebolt + Confluent: Real-Time Analytics, Real-Time Performance

Validated connector that streams event data from Confluent Cloud into Firebolt — enabling dashboards, AI/ML feature delivery, and operational insights in seconds.

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What Is This Integration?

Provides a validated Kafka Sink Connector from Confluent to Firebolt

Streams append-only data into Firebolt tables (JSON input, Schema Registry supported)

At-least-once delivery guarantees

Postgres-compatible SQL, ACID transactions, fast complex joins

Elastic compute for cost-efficient workloads

Why This Matters

Instant Insights

Move from event to insight in seconds — no batch wait times

Production-Grade Consistency

ACID transactions, Postgres SQL, schema support

Simplified Pipelines

No staging layers, fewer moving parts, plug-and-play connector

Cost & Scale Efficiency

Elastic compute and strong price/performance for streaming workloads

What You Can Build

Cost & Scale Efficiency

Change Data Capture (CDC) Analytics

Event-Driven Microservices & Applications

AI/ML Feature Pipelines

How It Works

Steps

Deploy the Firebolt Kafka Sink Connector in Confluent Cloud

Configure destination workspace, database, and table

Start connector and begin streaming events

Query data in Firebolt, build dashboards or feed ML pipelines

Feature Highlights

INPUT FORMAT

JSON (Avro support coming soon)

SCHEMA REGISTRY

Values only

DELIVERY GUARANTEE

At-least-once

DEPLOYMENT

Cloud-only (Core/on-prem planned later)

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