Normalized claim
Customer regions supported: 100 regions increase
Addresses database requirements of 1,000 customers across more than 100 regions
Aiven: Building an open source database-as-a-service cloud where developers can thrive
Use case typeProductivity platformUpdated Jun 13, 2026
Aiven built a fully-managed, open source cloud data platform on Google Cloud to help developers deploy data services across multiple cloud providers in minutes. The platform uses Google Cloud Compute Engine and Cloud Storage, plus a control plane on Google Cloud to monitor services in real time, manage resources, and orchestrate operations at scale.
- Organization
- Aiven
- Industry
- Tech & Comms
- Location
- Finland
- Published
- June 2026
Reported outcomes
40,000,000 data points
unique metric data points processedTime & speed
100 regionscustomer regions supported100,000 VMsVMs hosted100%availability
Strategic outcomes
New product / capabilityBuilt a fully managed cloud data platformSpeed & agilityEnabled rapid multi-cloud deploymentScale & capacityOrchestrated operations at scaleCustomer experience & trustHelped developers deploy data services faster
Why do we believe this?Outcome claims, sources, and evidence checks
Normalized claim
Unique metric data points processed: 40,000,000 data points
At any one time, we currently process 40 million unique metric data points, most of them twice every minute
Normalized claim
VMs hosted: 100,000 VMs
Supports 100,000 VMS hosted on Compute Engine
Normalized claim
Availability: 100%
we’ll keep their services running healthily at a 99.99% availability rate
Why do we believe this deployment?Customer identity, provider attribution, maturity, and source checks
- Customer
- Aiven
- Provider
- GCP
- Maturity
- Scaled Production
- Linked source
- Google Cloud Customer Story
The platform uses Google Cloud Compute Engine and Cloud Storage, plus a control plane on Google Cloud to monitor services in real time, manage resources, and orchestrate operations at scale
Customer identity supportedSource describes one deploymentMaturity supported
Primary read
Use case focus
Showing 2 of 2
- 1Cloud infrastructure platform
- 2Operational automation
- Managing data infrastructure steals time away from skilled developers and complicates scaling across regions and customers.
- Aiven needed a scalable, reliable cloud foundation for a fully managed database-as-a-service platform.
- Aiven runs customer services on Google Cloud Compute Engine virtual machines and uses Cloud Storage for large-scale data handling.
- The company built a control plane on Google Cloud to monitor services in real time, collect metrics centrally, and scale instances as needed.
- Supports database requirements of 1,000 customers across more than 100 regions.
- Processes 40 million unique metric data points twice every minute.
- Supports 100,000 VMs and claims 99.99% availability.
Architecture
Aiven runs a fully-managed open source data platform on Google Cloud using Compute Engine virtual machines and Cloud Storage. It operates a Google Cloud-based control plane that monitors services in real time, collects metrics centrally, scales instances as needed, and orchestrates customer services across multiple clouds.
Sources & evidence1
Evidence: Medium65/100Evidence strength
- Customer explicitly identified
- Deployment status explicitly supported
- Primary source available
- Quantified outcome available
- Technical implementation details available
Type: Customer StoryPublished: Jun 7, 2026Publisher: Google CloudEvidence: PrimaryConfidence: High
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