CLOUD
This topic shows you how to get up and running using Confluent Cloud on the GCP Marketplace with usage-based billing commitment. With a commitment, you sign up for a minimum spend amount and get a discount on your committed usage of Confluent Cloud.
Tip
To pay for Confluent Cloud, Confluent Consumption Units (CCUs) are enabled in the cloud Marketplace. Pricing in Marketplace is the same as direct purchase pricing. For more information, see Confluent Cloud Consumption Metrics for Marketplace Deployments.
Contact the Confluent sales team and request a quote for a GCP Confluent Cloud commitment. You will receive a GCP Marketplace private quote from Confluent sales.
View the quote on the GCP Marketplace using the private quote link from Confluent sales. Review the terms of use, and click SUBSCRIBE.
After you subscribe, the subscription goes to a pending state awaiting approval by GCP Marketplace and Confluent Cloud. You can view the details of your offer and the various included credits as part of the plan.
Click VIEW PRODUCT DETAILS to see details of the product offering.
After the subscription is approved, the ENABLE button will appear on the “View Product Details” screen.
Click MANAGE VIA CONFLUENT to be redirected to the Confluent Cloud sign up page.
Provide the necessary information to sign up for Confluent Cloud.
After filling in the fields provided, click Submit.
You should receive an email from Confluent requesting that you verify your email address. After verification, you are automatically logged in as the administrator of the new Confluent Cloud account.
Important
If you have registered for Confluent Cloud previously, you must use a different email address for registering on Confluent Cloud through the Marketplace.
Click Create cluster to get started.
Try out the Quick Start for Apache Kafka using Confluent Cloud, which shows you how to use Confluent Cloud to create topics, produce, and consume to a Kafka cluster.
Learn more about the advantages of using Apache Kafka as a service with Confluent Cloud on GCP.