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DOC-1261 comparison table for cloud deployments (#393)
* DOC-1261 comparison table for cloud deployments * style edits * minor edits * add to SM vs Cloud list: Manual deserialization of Schema Registry * incorporate feedback from Travis * Update modules/get-started/pages/cloud-overview.adoc Co-authored-by: Paulo Borges <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: Paulo Borges <[email protected]>
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:description: Learn about Redpanda Serverless, Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC), and Dedicated clusters.
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:page-aliases: cloud:dedicated-byoc.adoc, deploy:deployment-option/cloud/dedicated-byoc.adoc, deploy:deployment-option/cloud/cloud-overview.adoc
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Redpanda Cloud is a complete data streaming platform delivered as a fully-managed service. It provides automated upgrades and patching, data balancing, and support while continuously monitoring your clusters and underlying infrastructure to meet strict performance, availability, reliability, and security requirements. All Redpanda Cloud clusters are deployed with an integrated glossterm:Redpanda Console[], and all clusters have access to unlimited retention and 300+ data connectors with xref:develop:connect/about.adoc[Redpanda Connect].
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Redpanda Cloud is a complete data streaming platform delivered as a fully-managed service with automated upgrades and patching, data and partition balancing, and 24x7 support. It continuously monitors and maintains your clusters along with the underlying infrastructure to meet strict performance, availability, reliability, and security requirements. All Redpanda Cloud clusters are deployed with an integrated glossterm:Redpanda Console[].
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TIP: For more detailed information about the Redpanda platform, see xref:get-started:intro-to-events.adoc[], xref:get-started:architecture.adoc[], and xref:get-started:byoc-arch.adoc[].
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TIP: For more detailed information about the Redpanda platform, see xref:get-started:intro-to-events.adoc[] and xref:get-started:architecture.adoc[].
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== Redpanda Cloud cluster types
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Redpanda offers fully-managed cloud clusters for Serverless, BYOC, and Dedicated. All products have access to unlimited storage and 300+ data connectors with xref:develop:connect/about.adoc[Redpanda Connect].
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Redpanda Cloud offers three fully-managed cloud deployment options, each designed for different use cases:
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* **<<Serverless>>**: Fastest way to get started with automatic scaling and pay-as-you-go billing
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* **<<Dedicated>>**: Production clusters in Redpanda's cloud with enhanced isolation
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* **<<Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)>>**: Maximum control and security by deploying in your own cloud environment
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=== Quick comparison
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| <<Serverless>> | <<Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)>> | <<Dedicated>>
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| For starter projects and applications with low or variable traffic. | For production clusters requiring data sovereignty, the highest throughput, and added security. | For production clusters requiring expert cloud hosting, higher throughput, and extra isolation.
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| Multi-tenant in Redpanda Cloud on AWS | In your cloud on AWS, Azure, or GCP | Single-tenant in Redpanda Cloud on AWS, Azure, or GCP
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| 100 MB/s max write throughput | 2 GB/s max write throughput | 400 MB/s max write throughput
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| 300 MB/s max read throughput | 4 GB/s max read throughput | 800 MB/s max read throughput
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| 5000 partitions | 112,500 partitions | 45,600 partitions
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| 99.9% SLA | 99.99% SLA | 99.99% SLA
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| Public networking | Public or private networking | Public or private networking
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| SSO (GitHub, Google), Kafka ACLs | SSO (GitHub, Google, OIDC), RBAC, audit logs | SSO (GitHub, Google, OIDC), RBAC, audit logs
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| Enterprise support with annual contracts | Enterprise support | Enterprise support
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| Serverless
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| Dedicated
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| BYOC
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| *Best for*
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| Starter projects and applications with low or variable traffic
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| Production clusters requiring cloud hosting, higher throughput, and extra isolation
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| Production clusters requiring data sovereignty, the highest throughput, and added security
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| *Deployment*
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| Redpanda's cloud (currently AWS only)
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| Redpanda's cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)
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| Your cloud account (AWS/Azure/GCP)
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| *Tenancy*
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| Multi-tenant
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| Single-tenant
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| Single-tenant
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| *https://www.redpanda.com/legal/redpanda-cloud-service-level-agreement[SLA]*
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| 99.9%
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| 99.99%, multi-AZ
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| 99.99%, multi-AZ
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| *Max throughput (write, read)*
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| Up to 100 MB/s, 300 MB/s
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| Up to 400 MB/s, 800 MB/s
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| Up to 2 GB/s, 4 GB/s
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| *Partitions, pre-replication*
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| Up to 5,000
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| *Private networking*
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| ✓
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| *SSO authentication*
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| ✓ (GitHub, Google)
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| ✓ (GitHub, Google, OIDC)
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| *Redpanda Connect*
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| *Kafka Connect*
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| *RBAC & audit logs*
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| *Prometheus/OpenMetrics endpoint for cluster metrics*
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| *Multiple availability zones (AZs)*
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| *Cluster properties editing*
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* https://www.redpanda.com/legal/redpanda-cloud-service-level-agreement[SLA] (service level agreement).
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xref:develop:connect/about.adoc[Redpanda Connect] is integrated into Redpanda Cloud and available as a fully-managed service. Choose from a range of connectors, processors, and other components to quickly build and deploy streaming data pipelines or AI applications from the Cloud UI or using the link:/api/doc/cloud-dataplane/group/endpoint-redpanda-connect-pipeline[Data Plane API]. Comprehensive metrics, monitoring, and per pipeline scaling are also available. To start using Redpanda Connect, xref:develop:connect/connect-quickstart.adoc[try this quickstart].
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