No cardNo automatic conversion
24-HOUR FREE TRIALTry BetterKafka
Try BetterKafka
on your Kafka.
Verify your work email, receive a one-time activation key, and run the full product with one configured Kafka cluster. No card and no sales call.
24 full hoursStarts on first activation
One clusterOne installation
7 days to activateThen the unclaimed key expires
HOW IT WORKS
From email to your cluster in three steps.
- 1Verify your email
We send a single-use link. Opening the link does not consume your trial.
- 2Reveal and save the key
You explicitly start the trial request, reveal the key once, then copy or download it.
- 3Activate when ready
Activate within seven days. Your 24-hour product window starts only when the installation activates.
Fair trial limits
A verified email may receive one trial within a 30-day window. Network address and a short-lived functional cookie are risk signals, not proof of identity. We do not use trial data for advertising.
Start only when you are ready.
We found a verification token in this link. It has not been used. The next action verifies the token and prepares a one-time key claim.
Request a new verification linkReveal your key once.
The activation key is secret. Reveal it only on a device where you can save it immediately.
TRIAL ACTIVATION KEYShown only in this secure claim
- Activate by
- Within 7 days
- Duration after activation
- 24 hours
- Key reveal closes
NEXT STEP
Put the key in a Kubernetes Secret.
The downloaded file is ready for this command. Keep it out of shell history, Helm values, tickets and source control.
Create trial licence Secret
kubectl --namespace monitoring create secret generic better-kafka-license \
--from-file=activation-key=./betterkafka-trial-activation-key.txtContinue with the Helm quick start
Use the pinned chart reference provided for your build, connect one deployment-owned Kafka endpoint, and start with read-only permissions.
Open Helm quick start Your 24 hours begin on first successful product activation, not when you download the key.TRIAL RULES IN PLAIN LANGUAGE
Useful time, without trial abuse.
Email is the account signal
Verification proves control of the inbox. One trial may be issued to an eligible email during a rolling 30-day cooldown.
IP is only a risk signal
A shared office, VPN, carrier network, or household is not automatically blocked only because an address was seen before.
No silent paid conversion
The trial stops after 24 hours. It does not request a card, renew, or become a paid subscription automatically.