Kafka-compatible APIs for Zerobus Ingest
Producers that already speak the Kafka protocol write into Zerobus Ingest without switching to its SDKs or REST API.
Why it is worth watching
Moving an existing Kafka producer becomes a configuration change rather than a rewrite.
What Beta promises
Open to most customers but not for production: support runs through engineering, and the shape of it can still move. On by default on Premium, off on Enterprise.
| Who can use it | Most customers |
|---|---|
| Production use | No |
| Support | Engineering only |
| On by default | Premium yes, Enterprise no |
The definitions are Databricks' own, on its release types page. The label on this page is the one the feature's documentation states, last checked on 14 Sept 2026.
Where to read more
It is part of something we wrote up: Zerobus Ingest — Writing records straight into a Unity Catalog table from an application, over gRPC for throughput or REST for edge fleets, with no message bus in between.
The Databricks documentation for Kafka-compatible APIs for Zerobus Ingest