# Is Kafka suitable for use as a CQRS event store?

**URL:** <https://forum.confluent.io/t/is-kafka-suitable-for-use-as-a-cqrs-event-store/305>\
**Category:** Architecture and Design\
**Created:** [3 December 2020 14:42 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/is-kafka-suitable-for-use-as-a-cqrs-event-store/305 "2020-12-03T14:42:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![rmoff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/rmoff/32/3_2.png) [@rmoff](https://forum.confluent.io/u/rmoff)\
**Post date:** [3 December 2020 14:42 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/is-kafka-suitable-for-use-as-a-cqrs-event-store/305/1 "2020-12-03T14:42:39Z")

</div>

Is Kafka suitable for use as a CQRS event store?