Apache Kafka via Confluent Platform
Self-managed Apache Kafka deployed with Confluent Platform for event streaming, durable logs, and integration pipelines.
Extra Small — up to 100 GB hot index data on a single node
Monthly cost
$112.30
Annual cost
$1,348/year
| Compute | $92.30 |
| Storage | $20.00 |
| Other | $0.00 |
| Role | Instance | vCPU | GB RAM | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Node | 1 × n2-standard-4 | 4 | 16 | 500 GB |
This Extra Small tier supports up to 100 GB of hot index data on a single Elasticsearch OSS node, suitable for development or minimal workloads. The primary cost driver is the n2-standard-4 compute instance, though its on-demand cost is negligible at $0.03/month due to the very short assumed runtime. A key consideration is the lack of high availability, meaning a single point of failure for the entire deployment.
Share the current URL or copy the launch Terraform baseline.
terraform {
required_version = ">= 1.6.0"
required_providers {
google = {
source = "hashicorp/google"
version = "~> 6.0"
}
}
}
variable "project_id" {
description = "Google Cloud project ID for this deployment."
type = string
default = "replace-with-project-id"
}
provider "google" {
project = var.project_id
region = "us-central1"
zone = "us-central1-a"
}
# Generated for Google Cloud from the current estimate state.
resource "google_compute_disk" "node_1_data" {
count = 1
name = "elasticsearch-oss-node-1-data-${count.index + 1}"
type = "hyperdisk-balanced"
zone = "us-central1-a"
size = 500
}
resource "google_compute_instance" "node_1" {
count = 1
name = "elasticsearch-oss-node-1-${count.index + 1}"
machine_type = "n2-standard-4"
zone = "us-central1-a"
boot_disk {
initialize_params {
image = "projects/debian-cloud/global/images/family/debian-12"
size = 50
type = "pd-balanced"
}
}
network_interface {
network = "default"
access_config {}
}
attached_disk {
source = google_compute_disk.node_1_data[count.index].id
mode = "READ_WRITE"
}
labels = {
app = "elasticsearch-oss"
role = "node"
}
}
Reference architecture: Elasticsearch OSS for single-node, version Current self-managed guidance; OSS distribution lineage froze at 7.10, retrieved April 13, 2026.
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/important-settings.html
Pricing: Google Cloud pricing snapshot, retrieved May 6, 2026.
Commercial pricing only. GovCloud, sovereign cloud, and discounts beyond those shown are not modelled.
Based on Elastic's public self-managed operational guidance and translated into a legacy OSS-style VM baseline.
Estimate excludes snapshots, warm or frozen tiers, security features tied to commercial distributions, machine learning nodes, and network transfer.
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