Strapi Cloud fundamentals UpdatedThis content was recently updated.

Before going any further into this Strapi Cloud documentation, we recommend you to acknowledge the main concepts below. They will help you to understand how Strapi Cloud works, and ensure a smooth Strapi Cloud experience.

• Hosting Platform
  Strapi Cloud is a hosting platform that allows to deploy already existing Strapi projects created with Strapi CMS (Content Management System). Strapi Cloud is not the SaaS (Software as a Service) version of Strapi CMS. Feel free to refer to the CMS documentation to learn more about Strapi CMS.

• Strapi Cloud Pricing Plans
  As a Strapi Cloud user you have the choice between 3 tiers: Essential, Pro and Scale. Depending on the tier, you have access to different functionalities, support and customization options (see Pricing page for more details). In this Strapi Cloud documentation, the EssentialThis feature is available with a Strapi Cloud Essential plan., ProThis feature is available with a Strapi Cloud Pro plan., and ScaleThis feature is available with a Strapi Cloud Scale plan. badges can be displayed below a section's title to indicate for which tier the feature is available.

• Types of Strapi Cloud users
  There can be 2 types of users on a Strapi Cloud project: owners and maintainers. The owner is the one who has created the project and has therefore access to all features and options for the project. Maintainers are users who have been invited to contribute to an already created project by its owner. Maintainers, as documented in the Collaboration page, cannot view and access all features and options from the Strapi Cloud dashboard.

• Support
  The level of support provided by the Strapi Support team depends on the Strapi Cloud tier you subscribed for. The Essential and Pro tiers include Basic support while the Scale tier includes Standard support. Please refer to the dedicated support article for all details regarding support levels.