Data & Analytics
Redpanda
Last updated 2026-08-03 · benchmark measured 2026-08-03 — deterministic & reproducible
Redpanda is a Kafka-compatible data streaming platform built on a C++ engine.
Is Redpanda production-ready?
Legit.Show scores Redpanda 84 out of 100 — the simple average of its 7 measured frames. Legit.Show ran its deterministic 7-Frame production-readiness benchmark on Redpanda (public-surface assessment), measured from the public surface with no LLM in the scoring path. Its strongest frame is Reliability; its weakest is Performance. Every frame it averages is published with its evidence on the Legit.Show listing.
The 7 Frames
- Performance — 58/100
- Accessibility — 93/100
- Security — 80/100
- Privacy — 70/100
- Reliability — 100/100
- Standards — 89/100
- Discoverability — 100/100
What we measured
- Security headers present: CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options.
- Served over HTTPS with a valid certificate.
- Real Lighthouse performance run — 94 ms to first byte.
- Returns a proper 404 for unknown routes.
- 3 of 3 sampled routes reachable.
- Has a reachable privacy policy.
- Sets cookies / loads scripts with no consent prompt.
- Discoverable: structured data, sitemap, OpenGraph image, canonical URL.
Who built it
product account @redpandadata
Who it's for
Data engineers · AI/ML teams · Enterprises · Financial services · Technology companies
Pricing
Serverless: Free tier available, pay-as-you-go or annual commit. BYOC: Annual commitment required. Enterprise Edition: Contact for pricing. Community Edition: Free with limited features.