Cloud vs. On Premises (local)
Legacy Documentation
You're viewing legacy documentation for API Fortress (deployed via an on-premises container). To view documentation for the new SaaS version of API Fortress — now known as Sauce Labs API Testing and Monitoring (with Sauce Connect tunnels) — see API Testing on the Sauce Labs Cloud.
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The API Fortress platform was uniquely developed to function in our cloud, or from your own virtual private cloud or data center. This was to allow for customers that have security requirements that don't allow for use of the cloud version (like private staging environments). The entire platform can be deployed behind your own firewall using Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift.
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Why Self-Hosted/On-Premises?
There are more details on the self-hosted/on-premises option here, but the main reasons for choosing on-premises over cloud are:
- Self-hosted/On-premises can have access to environments behind firewalls, like staging and preprod.
- Self-hosted/On-premises is unlimited in terms of tests and executions.
- Load Testing and Mocking are currently only available self-hosted/on-premises.
- More control over scheduling, database choices, etc...
A self-hosted/on-premises deployment is simple to do. Please contact sales@apifortress.com and we'll help you get setup.