Aeron-powered trading technology: get to know the capital markets infrastructure stack that grows with you

Let’s take a clearer look at the Aeron technology stack

We’ve reorganised weareadaptive.com to make one thing obvious at a glance: our Aeron technology and the expertise that sits alongside it, and how together they help capital markets firms move faster on the most performant trading technology foundations available.

At the heart of it is our open-core model: the trusted Aeron open-source core extended through premium components & support, our enterprise-level platform, and domain-specific accelerators.

You can start wherever fits your needs today and move up as you grow. The technology is the same trusted Aeron foundation throughout; what changes as you move up the stack is how much we take on with you.

The Aeron-powered technology stack

Aeron Open Source is our trusted core: high-performance clustering and messaging technology for capital markets. It’s the open-source foundation relied on by leading capital markets firms and technology vendors around the world – and it’s free to start building on. It is open source and production-proven, deployed in low-latency, fault-tolerant trading systems in exchanges, banks, payments and FinTechs worldwide – see an Aeron Open Source use case for real-world deployment example below:

Aeron Premium adds premium trading infrastructure components, enterprise tooling and SLA-backed production support on top of the Open Source core. It’s designed for SMEs and team-level deployments that need greater resilience and operational confidence, moving beyond open source, and serves as the practical next step for Aeron Open Source users.

Some of the additional software components available in Aeron Premium include Kernel Bypass DPDK support, Aeron Transport Security and Aeron Cluster Standby, amongst others. [See a list of all Premium software components.]

Aeron Platform is the scalable, resilient capital markets infrastructure engineered for large-scale, mission-critical deployments. It provides enterprise-level access to Aeron software and 24/7 Aeron support.

Within Aeron Platform sit two key propositions:

Aeron Sequencer allows for the building of highly resilient, distributed trading systems at scale. It is a deterministic state-machine replication engine that delivers the availability, consistency, low latency, and high-throughput trading systems demand, letting engineering teams focus on the differentiating application logic that drives the business.

Aeron Hydra is a development and operational tooling platform based on Aeron Cluster that simplifies the most complex elements of building, deploying, and operating real-time distributed systems. It features pre-built components and developer tools to accelerate your time-to-market.

The Aeron Accelerators sit at the top of the Aeron tech stack: domain-specific, pre-built technology building blocks designed for customization and fast time-to-market. Rather than building foundational capabilities from scratch, you start with feature-rich, ready-to-run trading modules and tailor them to your business needs – such as the Aeron Exchange Accelerator (announced early 2026), already proven within production by EDXM and Rothera.

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Wherever you are on your journey – evaluating the open-source core, hardening for production, deploying at enterprise scale, or racing to launch a new capability or venue – there’s a clear entry point and a clear path to grow.

Explore the full stack at weareadaptive.com, or get in touch to talk through the right starting point for your firm.