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Introducing Zilla Plus 2.0: Enterprise Infrastructure for Real-Time Data and AI
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Infrastructure for
Real-time data & AI

Give AI agents, applications, and services governed access to APIs, Kafka, and enterprise systems through one high-performance, multi-protocol gateway.

Web & Mobile Appsbrowser · sseDevices & IoTmqtt · wsPartnershttp · openapiInternal Servicesgrpc · restAI AgentsmcpApache Kafkamsk · confluent · ossREST & OpenAPI servicesDatabases & cachesData Productsgoverned streamsCONSUMERSYOUR SYSTEMS & DATAONE GATEWAYZilla Gatewaystateless · in your perimeterIdentity carried per requestoauth · mtls · jwtPolicy per topic, API & toolallow / deny · rolesObservability & auditmetrics · traces · logkafka · http · sse · grpc · ws · mcpconfiguration, not code

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One infrastructure layer for applications and AI

Applications, services, partners, devices, and AI agents increasingly need access to the same enterprise systems. Zilla provides one place to connect them, carry identity, enforce access, and observe traffic across protocols.

Multi-protocol by design

Expose real-time data through the interfaces your systems already use — web, mobile, devices, APIs, and agents over MCP.

Identity and policy at the gateway

Carry user identity through every request, stream, and tool call, so access is authorized, traceable, and accountable.

Configuration instead of middleware

Define what can be shared, who can use it, and how access is enforced, with configuration, not rebuilt application code.

Products

One gateway for real-time data and AI

Zilla mediates the traffic between your consumers and your systems, and governs it in one place. Use it for Kafka, for AI, or for both.

AppsDevicesPartnersServicesAI AgentsZilla Gatewayone runtime · one identity model · one recordKafka Gatewayweb, mobile, partners and devices → KafkaAI GatewayMCP now · LLM and A2A nextMCP nowApache KafkaREST & OpenAPIDatabasesData Products

Production infrastructure for AI agents

AI agents are a new class of consumer. They act across systems, on behalf of people, and need hard boundaries. The same gateway that governs access for your apps now governs access for your agents under one identity model and one record.

Turn existing systems into tools

Expose REST, OpenAPI, and Kafka-backed data as agent tools without writing wrapper code.

Govern access per user and tool

Authenticate once, then enforce per-tool roles and TLS with identity carried end-to-end.

Keep tool catalogs manageable

Get metrics per toolkit, tool, and outcome, and scale on a shared store with no agent-side code.

Customer stories

Proven infrastructure for mission-critical systems.

“Zilla Plus gave us exactly what we needed — secure, Kafka-native connectivity to our private MSK clusters from anywhere, without compromising security or building custom integrations. It’s accelerated our project delivery and simplified how we connect critical business systems across our ecosystem.”

Karthik Rajendran

Platform Owner, KONE

KONE

How KONE Uses Zilla Plus to Securely Bridge Amazon MSK with SAP Cloud & Beyond

Key Results

Connected MSK clusters securely without public exposure

Accelerated project delivery across SAP & third-party systems

Reduced dev overhead by eliminating custom integrations

‍“Zilla’s extensive protocol support, integrations with AWS services such as Glue Schema Registry and Secrets Manager, as well as robust logging capabilities, gives me confidence it can be a one-stop solution for all of our external MSK integration needs.”

Gordon Zardoya

Solution Architect, N Brown-Castle Fintech

N Brown

N Brown Achieves Event-Driven Partner Integrations with Zilla Plus

Key Results

Secure endpoints enabled fast partner integrations

Lead time cut, team focused on Kafka design

Unified interface across Kafka and non-Kafka apps

Use Cases

Connect and govern AI agents and real-time systems

Power apps, teams, partners, and AI agents from one governed data plane.

MCP Governance

Give AI agents secure, fully tracked access to internal systems.

Agent-ready APIs

Turn existing APIs into governed tools agents can use.

Identity-aware Tools Access

Control which tools each user or agent can discover and invoke based on verified identity and authorization policies.

Real-time Data for AI

Build agents that react to live business events as they happen.

Kafka AI-Readiness

Make Kafka data safely accessible to AI systems and agent workflows.

Governance

Control who can access real-time data, under what rules, and with what audit trail.

Data Exchange

Share live data across apps, teams, partners, and environments.

Financial Services & Capital Markets

Real-time data access under strict regulatory and audit constraints.

Industrials & Manufacturing

Connect plant, device, and enterprise systems to live data securely.

Online Sports Betting

Low-latency, governed data flow for high-volume betting platforms.

AWS Marketplace

Buy and deploy Zilla Plus directly through AWS Marketplace.

Zilla Plus for Amazon MSK

Securely expose Amazon MSK to web, mobile, and devices.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

What is Zilla Gateway?
What is the MCP Gateway?
Is Zilla open source?
Does Zilla require Kafka?
How do AI agents get access to my systems?
Where does my data go?
How do I get started?

Ready to get started?

Talk to an Aklivity engineer about your AI or real-time data architecture.

Explore pricing

Straightforward, usage-based pricing with no per-connection surprises — start free and scale when you are ready.

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