IoT Ingest & Control
Seamlessly Connect IoT Clients to Kafka at Scale
Bring device telemetry, commands, and events directly into Kafka without intermediary brokers, connectors, integration pipelines or custom code.
Powering APIs at Global Data Driven Organizations
Key Challenge Areas for IoT Data Platforms
From connectivity to governance, IoT data platforms face hurdles across multiple dimensions that impact scale, security, and performance.
Security & Connectivity
Billions of IoT devices sit outside corporate networks, creating complexity in securely connecting them to Kafka without exposing brokers.
Scale & Performance
IoT systems generate massive telemetry volumes requiring near real-time ingestion, routing, and processing.
Protocol Diversity
IoT relies on MQTT, WebSockets, HTTP, and more — all needing consistent access to Kafka streams.
Data Quality & Governance
Non-conformant data disrupts downstream AI, analytics, and digital twin platforms.
Operational Complexity
Maintaining MQTT brokers, Kafka Connect, and custom integration code adds cost and DevOps fragility.
Make IoT Data Simple, Secure, and Scalable
Zilla turns Kafka into a governed, multi-protocol data platform — eliminating brokers, connectors, and custom code while ensuring scale and compliance.
Turn Kafka into an MQTT broker
Enable IoT devices to publish and consume directly from Kafka without dedicated MQTT brokers, Kafka Connect, or custom middleware.
End-to-end data integration
Once in Kafka, IoT data can flow to microservices, databases, analytics platforms, and AI/ML pipelines for real-time business value.
Built-in stream processing
IoT data is immediately available for enrichment via Kafka Streams, Flink, ksqlDB, etc.
Governance-ready
Integrate with schema registries and AsyncAPI for validation, masking, and compliance. Apply consistent policies across device and enterprise data.
Unified analytics
Blend IoT telemetry with historical and enterprise data in Kafka for a single analytics plane spanning your entire deployment.
Use Cases
Real IoT Use Cases, Powered by Aklivity
From factories to fleets, see how Zilla connects devices, secures data, and delivers business value at scale.
No MQTT brokers, no Kafka Connect, no custom code
Zilla natively mediates between MQTT and Kafka protocols. Messages are persisted directly in Kafka topics and instantly available to Kafka clients, processors, and analytics tools. Zilla Gateways are stateless, horizontally scalable, and keep Kafka protected from IoT-scale client connections.
Key Capabilities
Built on the Standards IoT Teams Rely On
Zilla ensures your IoT data flows securely and scales anywhere — without breaking compatibility with existing protocols or tools.
MQTT
Native MQTT (v3.1.1 & v5.0) support — publish, subscribe, QoS, retained messages, Last Will.
Sparkplug B
Sparkplug B support for industrial IoT.
AsyncAPI-compliant
AsyncAPI for configuration and message validation.
Stateless Design
Stateless design for elastic scaling on Kubernetes.
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Observability
Observability with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and logging integrations.
Deploy Anywhere
Deploy in the cloud, on-prem, or at the edge.
“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
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
Key Results
Secure endpoints enabled fast partner integrations
Lead time cut, team focused on Kafka design
Unified interface across Kafka and non-Kafka apps
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