# Kafka Confluent Platform
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Confluent Platform is built on top of Kafka and provides additional features and functionality that help enterprises build and manage real-time data pipelines and streaming applications. For more information on consuming Kinesis data streams using the Confluent Platform, see [Amazon Kinesis Source Connector for Confluent Platform](https://docs.confluent.io/kafka-connectors/kinesis/current/overview.html#features).