Get Started with Volt Active Data
No matter where you are in your real-time journey, there’s a simple way to start. Whether you want to explore Volt on your own, plug into your Kafka pipeline, or work side-by-side with our team, we’ve got an option that fits.
Developer Edition
Best for: Individual developers and early exploration
- Spin up Volt locally or in the cloud
- Sample apps, tutorials, and docs
- No infrastructure required
- Free
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Stream to Decision Trial
Best for: Confluent users who want to test Volt in a real streaming environment
- Purpose-built trial for streaming decision use cases
- Connect your Kafka stream in under an hour
- See live decisions on your own data
- Deploy Volt with our pre-built Docker templates
- Evaluate performance, latency, and logic with your real use case
- Consumption-based pricing kicks in only when you go live
Guided Engagement
Best for: Teams with defined use cases and production timelines
- Hands-on collaboration with Volt engineers
- Use-case-specific guidance and architecture
- Full-featured Volt deployment
- Dedicated Slack channel for real-time help
- Option to convert to production usage after POC
- Fastest path to production
- Ideal for enterprise teams with SLAs, scale, or integration needs
Choose The Right Trial
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| Feature | Developer Edition | Stream to Decision | Guided Engagement |
| Self-service setup |  |  | |
| Guided support | |  | |
| Kafka + Volt integration | | | |
| Custom use case | | | |
| Sub-ms latency | | | |
| Inline ML inference (ONNX) | | | |
| Volt Cloud or your infra | | | |
| Production deployment | | | |
| Customer Success Manager | | | |
| SLA-backed support | | | |
| Consumption-based metrics | | | |
| Consumption-based pricing | | | |
| Slack Community access | | | |
| Free to use | (30 days) | (12 weeks) | (paid) |
Not sure where to start?
No problem. Whether you’re exploring options, trying to fix a real-time bottleneck, or just want to talk through your architecture, we’re here to help. Tell us a bit about your use case, and we’ll point you to the right starting point. No pressure, no hard sell.