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Web, Mobile, and Server sources send first-party data from your digital properties. Cloud-app sources send data about your users from your connected web apps such as [Zendesk](/docs/connections/sources/catalog/cloud-apps/zendesk/), [Stripe](/docs/connections/sources/catalog/cloud-apps/stripe/), and [Braze](/docs/connections/sources/catalog/cloud-apps/braze/). -->
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## Create a source
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To create a source:
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1. Navigate to **Connections** and click **Add Source**.
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2. Click the Source you’d like to add. *Note:* More than 80% of workspaces start by adding their JavaScript website.
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3. Click **Add Source**.
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4. Enter a name for your source as well as any information on the setup page.
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5. Click **Add Source**.
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> info "One source or multiple sources?"
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> Segment suggests that you create one source for each type of data you want to collect. For example, you might have one source for all of your website tracking and a different source for any mobile tracking. Creating one source per data type provides the following benefits:
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> - Debugger ease of use - mixing libraries/sources on a single API key means you’re heavily reliant on filtering to actually test events
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> - Flexibility sending data to different projects - if you want to have different warehouse schemas, analytics projects, etc, having multiple sources would create this separation
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> - More control - as your account grows with the number of destinations you enable, having separate sources allows you to have more control
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> - A source type cannot be changed once it is created. You must create a new source if you would like to use a different source type.
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## Event streams sources
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Event streams sources collect data from your website or app to monitor user actions. These sources include [website libraries](#website-libraries), [mobile](#mobile), and [server sources](#server).
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> - Debugger ease of use - mixing libraries/sources on a single API key means you’re heavily reliant on filtering to actually test events
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> - Flexibility sending data to different projects - if you want to have different warehouse schemas, analytics projects, etc, having multiple sources would create this separation
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> - More control - as your account grows with the number of destinations you enable, having separate sources allows you to have more control
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> - A source type cannot be changed once it is created. You must create a new source if you would like to use a different source type.

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