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Deployment Options
Three deployment tiers, with the same governance model.
Evaluate quickly, hand operations to us, or run in your own cloud tenant. The compliance model, audit trail, and access controls are identical across all three.
The three tiers
Evaluation, Fully-Managed, and Bring-Your-Own-Cloud.
Evaluation
Quick start with sample data — explore the full platform before connecting real systems or committing to a tier.
Available
Fully-Managed
A dedicated runtime, operated for you — you focus on your workflows, we handle operations and upgrades.
Available
Bring-Your-Own-Cloud
Deployed in your own cloud tenant — your data stays in infrastructure you control, with full sovereignty.
Available
Comparing tiers
Who operates it, and where your data lives.
| Tier | Who operates it | Where your data lives | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluation | CMS Life Science | Shared evaluation environment | Trying the platform before deciding |
| Fully-Managed | CMS Life Science | CMS-operated cloud tenant | Teams that want zero operational burden |
| Bring-Your-Own-Cloud | You (with our support) | Your own cloud tenant | Full data sovereignty and control |
Sovereignty & portability
Data sovereignty and portability across tiers.
- On Bring-Your-Own-Cloud, your data never leaves infrastructure you control
- Access is token-scoped — nothing has standing access it doesn't need
- Your workspace configuration is exportable — it's not trapped in a proprietary format
- Moving between tiers later doesn't mean starting over