You can now use AWS Transform agentic migration assessments to evaluate the migration of on-premises Apache Kafka clusters to Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) . AWS Transform migration assessments use agentic AI to analyze your workloads, recommend the best-fit AWS services, and generate a total cost of ownership (TCO) business case with pricing options and actionable next steps – all in minutes, through natural-language chat or with AWS Transform MCP server . For Apache Kafka workloads, the assessment agent delivers compatibility checks, right-sized Amazon MSK Express broker recommendations, and projected costs – helping you quickly build a migration business case and accelerate your migration decisions.
Evaluating a Kafka-to-MSK migration often involves multiple steps – mapping topologies, validating compatibility, right-sizing brokers, and projecting costs – that can take weeks when done manually. With this launch, you can start your migration assessment by uploading a Kafka cluster inventory file or simply describing your clusters in chat. The assessment agent then handles the heavy lifting – checking each cluster for MSK compatibility across topology, version, configurations, authentication, and quotas; sizing MSK Express brokers; and projecting costs across broker hours, storage, data-in, and cross-AZ transfer. Additionally, you can create what-if scenarios with customized assumptions – compare pricing across Regions, adjust retention, or explore alternative configurations – to generate a comprehensive migration business case that gives stakeholders the confidence to move forward.
Migration assessments for Amazon MSK are available in all AWS Regions where AWS Transform is offered . To get started, visit the Amazon MSK Developer Guide , Assess MSK migration readiness with AI tools , or the AWS Transform user guide .