Announcing Ursa Is Now Available for Public Preview on Google Cloud Platform

We’re thrilled to share that Ursa, our leaderless, lakehouse-native data streaming engine, is now available in Public Preview on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)—building on the strong momentum of our General Availability launch on AWS. This exciting expansion delivers the same cost-efficient, high-performance streaming capabilities to organizations looking to modernize their data infrastructure on GCP.

Recap: Ursa’s General Availability on AWS

Since launching Ursa on AWS, we’ve helped organizations tackle complex data streaming challenges while reducing both infrastructure costs and operational overhead. Here are a few highlights:

• Significant Cost Savings: Customers have reported up to a 10x reduction in total costs compared to legacy leader-based architectures such as Kafka and Redpanda. Our cost benchmark report details how Ursa sustains a 5GB/s Kafka workload at just 5% of the cost of traditional streaming engines.
  
• Leaderless Architecture: By removing expensive inter-zone data transfers and eliminating single points of failure, Ursa’s design simplifies scaling, reduces networking expenses, and dramatically lowers operational headaches.
  
• Lakehouse-Native Storage: Ursa is the first and only data streaming solution with a storage engine built on open lakehouse formats (Iceberg and Delta Lake). By embedding data schemas directly in the storage layer and taking advantage of columnar compression, Ursa delivers 10x or more storage reductions.
  
• Customer Success & Growth: Numerous enterprise deployments demonstrate Ursa’s real-world gains in throughput, reliability, and cost efficiency.

These successes on AWS have laid the groundwork for our new venture on GCP, where we’re excited to extend the same benefits to GCP users.

Introducing Ursa on GCP Public Preview

Why GCP?

Many of our customers—alongside new prospects—expressed interest in running Ursa within Google Cloud. Whether you’re already on GCP or pursuing a multi-cloud strategy, Ursa on GCP enables you to:

• Leverage Native Services: Integrate seamlessly with BigQuery, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Storage.
  
• Scale Confidently: Achieve high throughput and cost-efficient streaming for latency-relaxed workloads—without the bottlenecks of leader-based systems.
  
• Reduce TCO: Avoid the high costs and complexities of leader-based solutions, thanks to Ursa’s leaderless & stateless architecture.

What’s in This Public Preview

1. Ursa on GCP BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud)
   Deploy Ursa into your own GCP environment, maintaining full control over your infrastructure and data security. Enjoy the elasticity of GCP compute and networking services while adhering to internal compliance requirements.
   
2. Integration with Databricks Unity Catalog & Snowflake Open Catalog
   Connect Ursa streams directly to your lakehouse governance tools. Centralize data policies, lineage, and security for both streaming and batch workflows—without duplicating schemas or permissions across multiple systems.
   
3. Universal Linking on GCP
   Seamlessly migrate from Apache Kafka to Ursa with zero downtime and minimal risk. Universal Linking allows incremental migration of Kafka workloads so that you can transition critical streaming applications without service disruptions.

Getting Started

Ready to try Ursa on GCP? Follow these steps to kick off your journey:

1. Free Trial: To get started with StreamNative Cloud, sign up for a free trial account.
2. Deploy Ursa in GCP: Learn about StreamNative Clusters, and follow steps to create a BYOC cluster based on Ursa engine in Google Cloud Platform. Watch the following videos for additional information:
   
   1. Set up the BYOC environment
   2. Provision a BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud) Ursa cluster
3. Explore Key Integrations: Configure Ursa to work with Databricks Unity Catalog or Snowflake Open Catalog, and see how streamlined governance can be.
4. Leverage Universal Linking: Seamlessly replicate or migrate your Kafka workloads to Ursa with minimal disruption. For comprehensive guidance on migrating Kafka workloads, download the Kafka Migration Guide, which offers detailed insights on transitioning from existing Kafka services to StreamNative.

Looking Ahead

The Public Preview of Ursa on GCP marks an important step in our commitment to delivering a multi-cloud, leaderless, and lakehouse-native data streaming platform. As we progress toward General Availability on GCP, here’s what you can expect:

• Deeper Integrations with Google Cloud: Expanded support for governance, monitoring, and machine learning workflows.
  
• Enhanced Cost Optimization: New features aligning with GCP’s billing model to further reduce the total cost of ownership.
  
• Ongoing Improvements: Enhancements to resiliency, performance, and user experience—ensuring a frictionless cloud-native and lakehouse-native solution.

We’re excited to see how you’ll harness Ursa’s capabilities on GCP to power real-time insights and supercharge your data-driven initiatives.