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Cribl.Cloud

Cribl.Cloud lets you host and manage your deployment in cloud, with Cribl assuming responsibility for managing the infrastructure.

Cribl.Cloud comes in both a free and a paid version. By upgrading to a Cribl.Cloud Enterprise plan, you can implement a hybrid deployment of any complexity.

In hybrid deployments, the Leader resides in Cribl.Cloud, and manages Stream Workers and Edge Nodes regardless of their location. Your data processing configuration can consist of any combination of Workers and Edge Nodes: Cribl-hosted, customer-managed (on-prem), in private cloud instances that you manage, or in data centers.

Standard/free versus Enterprise/hybrid deployment
Standard/free versus Enterprise/hybrid deployment

For an overview of additional features available on Enterprise plans, see Pricing.

Why Use Cloud Deployment?
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Cribl.Cloud is designed to simplify deployment, and to provide certain advantages over using your own infrastructure, in exchange for some current restrictions (because Cribl will manage some configuration on your behalf). Cribl.Cloud offers, among others:

  • Full Cribl Edge power with no responsibility to install or manage software for the Leader Node. Cribl.Cloud is fully hosted and managed by Cribl, so you can launch a configured instance within minutes.
  • Access to Cribl Search to search, explore, and analyze machine data in place.
  • Access to Cribl Lake, a data lake solution for long-term, full-fidelity data storage.
  • Automated delivery of upgrades and new features.
  • Leader and Cribl-managed Worker/Edge Node instances encrypt data at rest, including configuration and sample files, at the disk level.
  • Free, up to 1 TB/day of data throughput (data ingress + egress) for all new accounts.
  • Quick expansion of your Cribl.Cloud deployment beyond the free tier’s limits by purchasing credits toward metered billing. Pay only for what you use.

If you’re new to Cribl Edge, please see our Basic Concepts page and Getting Started Guide for orientation. This Cribl.Cloud documentation focuses on a Cloud deployment’s differences from other deployment options – referred to as “customer-managed deployments.”

Cribl.Cloud always runs in Distributed mode – see Simplified Distributed Architecture for details.

Cloud Pricing
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Beyond the free tier, an optional paid Cribl.Cloud account – whether Standard or Enterprise – offers direct support, plus expanded daily data throughput according to your needs. From your Cribl.Cloud Organization, select Go Enterprise to submit an inquiry about upgrading your free account, and Cribl will respond.

You’ll pay only for what you use – the data you send to Cribl Edge, and the data sent to external destinations. However, data sent to your AWS S3 storage is always free. For details, see Pricing.