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# Overview

Enterprise is the single-tenant deployment mode of Gitpod, that is hosted in your AWS cloud account—yet managed and operated by us.

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## Choosing between Pay-as-you-go and Enterprise

**Pay-as-you-go**: A secure multi-tenant solution that provides environment isolation through use of Linux namespaces. Pay-as-you-go is best for teams who do not have the strict compliance needs of a single-tenant solution.

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**Enterprise**: A single-tenant, operated by Gitpod. The application (data and control plane) is deployed into your AWS cloud account, achieving all of the benefits of a self-hosted solution. Gitpod connects to the Enterprise installation, but only for the purposes of monitoring infrastructure and ensuring timely updates.

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Running Enterprise within customer infrastructure ensures Gitpod does not have direct access to source code, running workspaces or other confidential data. Enterprise satisfies regulatory and compliance-related controls for data residency and access. Enterprise is best for organizations with strict security needs.

|                   |                                 Pay-as-you-go                                 |                                          Enterprise                                         |
| :---------------: | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: |
|     Deployment    | [Sign up](https://gitpod.io/workspaces/) and use 50h per month for free today |                     Apply a CloudFormation template in your AWS account                     |
|     Management    |                        Deployed and operated by Gitpod                        |                               Deployed and operated by Gitpod                               |
|   Data Isolation  |              Application layer isolation. Data secured by Gitpod.             |       Infrastructure layer isolation. Data secured in your cloud account and network.       |
| Compute Isolation |                             Shared infrastructure                             |                     Dedicated infrastructure running in your AWS account                    |
|   Observability   |                     Health info and metrics sent to Gitpod                    |                            Health info and metrics sent to Gitpod                           |
|       Region      |                                 Fixed regions                                 |  Choose an [AWS region](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/regions_az/) |
|        Cost       |                      No fixed costs, purely usage-based.                      | Fixed cost for single-tenant control plane + usage-based. Cloud discounts can reduce costs. |

## The Enterprise Installation Process

Enterprise is deployed into your AWS account using a CloudFormation template. Installation takes as little 30 minutes.

1. Apply CloudFormation template.
2. Control plane is registered.
3. Gitpod is installed.

Once installed, you simply configure a Source Control Management (SCM) e.g. GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket, and any required resources {/* <!-- TODO: Which?--> */} on a corporate network privately using a Transit Gateway attachment. Gitpod then manages and operates the instance.

See [Deployment and Updates](/classic/admin/background/deployment-updates) for how software updates are handled.

Ready to get started? See [Getting started](/classic/admin/installation/overview) for more.