--- title: Axual whitepaper - If Kafka is your engine, Axual is your racing car description: Enterprises that want to start streaming with Kafka often find it difficult to get going. Main reason - Kafka is very complex. Download this whitepaper and learn all the ins and outs of Kafka and how Axual provides a complete streaming platform based on Kafka. --- ![Banner Image](https://insights.axual.com/hubfs/pricing-hero.svg) # If Kafka is your engine, Axual is your racing car Download free whitepaper ![web-WP-cover_If-Kafka-is](https://insights.axual.com/hs-fs/hubfs/web-WP-cover_If-Kafka-is.png?width=434&height=533&name=web-WP-cover_If-Kafka-is.png "web-WP-cover_If-Kafka-is") # If Kafka is your engine, Axual is your racing car Enterprises that want to start streaming with Kafka often find it difficult to get going. Main reason: Kafka is not easy to understand. Kafka is a terrific engine, but for most organisations the engine itself is too complex to use directly. This whitepaper explains: - what Kafka is, its challenges and use cases - how Axual provides a complete event streaming platform based on Kafka [![Axual Logo](https://insights.axual.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Axual_November2021/images/f-logo.svg "Axual Logo")](https://axual.com/) © 2026 Axual. All rights reserved Apache Kafka, Kafka and other trademarks, service marks, and copyrights are the property of their respective owners. - [Privacy Policy](https://axual.com/privacy-policy)