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• Multi-Tenant Plans
• Common Runtime Plans
• Private Spaces Plans
• Changing Apache Kafka on Heroku Plans

Last updated June 30, 2026

A range of Apache Kafka on Heroku plans are available for the platform’s runtimes. The plans available include multi-tenant clusters and dedicated clusters, which are optimized for high throughput and high volume. You can find a list of all the plans on the Elements Marketplace.

Multi-Tenant Plans

SThe Basic tier offers plans on our multi-tenant infrastructure. With Basic plans, your Heroku app shares a Kafka cluster with other Heroku apps, and each app has secure, exclusive access to its own set of topics distributed across the cluster. See Multi-Tenant Apache Kafka on Heroku for Basic multi-tenant plans.

Common Runtime Plans

The plans for the Common Runtime include:

Plan Name	Capacity	Max Retention	vCPU	RAM	Clusters
standard-0	150 GB	2 weeks	4	16 GB	3 kafka, 5 zookeeper
standard-1	300 GB	2 weeks	4	16 GB	3 kafka, 5 zookeeper
standard-2	900 GB	2 weeks	4	16 GB	3 kafka, 5 zookeeper
extended-0	400 GB	6 weeks	4	16 GB	8 kafka, 5 zookeeper
extended-1	800 GB	6 weeks	4	16 GB	8 kafka, 5 zookeeper
extended-2	2,400 GB	6 weeks	4	16 GB	8 kafka, 5 zookeeper

Private Spaces Plans

The plans for Private Spaces include:

Plan Name	Capacity	Max Retention	vCPU	RAM	Clusters
private-standard-0	150 GB	2 weeks	4	16 GB	3 kafka, 5 zookeeper
private-standard-1	300 GB	2 weeks	4	16 GB	3 kafka, 5 zookeeper
private-standard-2	900 GB	2 weeks	4	16 GB	3 kafka, 5 zookeeper
private-extended-0	400 GB	6 weeks	4	16 GB	8 kafka, 5 zookeeper
private-extended-1	800 GB	6 weeks	4	16 GB	8 kafka, 5 zookeeper
private-extended-2	2,400 GB	6 weeks	4	16 GB	8 kafka, 5 zookeeper

Shield Spaces Plans

The plans for Shield Spaces include:

Plan Name	Capacity	Max Retention	vCPU	RAM	Clusters
shield-standard-0	150 GB	2 weeks	4	16 GB	3 kafka, 5 zookeeper
shield-standard-1	300 GB	2 weeks	4	16 GB	3 kafka, 5 zookeeper
shield-standard-2	900 GB	2 weeks	4	16 GB	3 kafka, 5 zookeeper
shield-extended-0	400 GB	6 weeks	4	16 GB	8 kafka, 5 zookeeper
shield-extended-1	800 GB	6 weeks	4	16 GB	8 kafka, 5 zookeeper
shield-extended-2	2,400 GB	6 weeks	4	16 GB	8 kafka, 5 zookeeper

Changing Apache Kafka on Heroku Plans

You can change the plan for a cluster after creating it. See Changing the Plan of an Apache Kafka on Heroku Cluster for plan change instructions.