# Welcome to the Strapi Cloud Documentation!

> Source: https://docs.strapi.io/cloud/intro

Strapi Cloud is a fully managed hosting platform for deploying Strapi applications, abstracting infrastructure complexity while enabling content management, collaboration, and compliance features.

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The Strapi Cloud documentation contains all information related to the setup, deployment, update and customization of your Strapi Cloud account and applications. 

:::strapi What is Strapi Cloud?
[Strapi Cloud](https://strapi.io/cloud) is a hosting platform that allows you to deploy your Strapi applications. It is a fully managed content platform **🤝 Why Strapi Cloud?**<br />Strapi Cloud enables you to increase your content velocity without having to compromise on customization needs and requirements. <br /> Development teams can rely on Strapi Cloud to abstract away the complexity of infrastructure management while keeping your development workflow and extending the core capabilities of Strapi. <br /> Content managers can use Strapi Cloud to autonomously manage all types of content and benefit from a complete set of content collaboration, security, and compliance features. built on top of Strapi, the open-source headless CMS.
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:::prerequisites
The typical workflow, which is recommended by the Strapi team, is:
1. Create your Strapi application locally (v4.8.2 or later).
2. Optionally, extend the application with plugins or custom code.
3. Version the application's codebase through your git provider (GitHub or GitLab).
4. Deploy the application with Strapi Cloud.
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The Strapi Cloud documentation is organised in topics in a order that should correspond to your journey with the product. The following cards, on which you can click, will redirect you to the main topics and steps.

- [Project creation](/cloud/getting-started/deployment): Step-by-step guide to guide you through the creation and deployment of a Strapi Cloud project.
  - [Information on billing & usage](/cloud/getting-started/usage-billing): All details on Strapi Cloud plans & billing, including overages and project suspension.
  - [Projects overview](/cloud/projects/overview): Information on how to access Strapi Cloud projects to view their details & usage, and manage them.
  - [Projects settings](/cloud/projects/settings): Details on all the available settings for Strapi Cloud projects and how to configure them.
  - [Collaboration](/cloud/projects/collaboration): Documentation for the Collaboration feature to invite other users to access and manage a project.
  - [Deployments management](/cloud/projects/deploys): All details on the deployment of a Strapi Cloud project, including triggering or cancelling a deployment.
  - [Account billing & details](/cloud/account/account-billing): Information on Strapi Cloud subscriptions and how to manage, edit and cancel them.

:::strapi Welcome to the Strapi community!
Strapi Cloud is built on top of Strapi, an open-source, community-oriented project. The Strapi team has at heart to share their vision and build the future of Strapi with the Strapi community. This is why the [roadmap](https://feedback.strapi.io) is open: as all insights are very important and will help steer the project in the right direction. Any community member is most welcome to share ideas and opinions there.

You can also join [GitHub](https://github.com/strapi/strapi), [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/discussions), and the [Discord](https://discord.strapi.io) and benefit from the years of experience, knowledge, and contributions by the Strapi community as a whole.
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:::tip Need help?
Strapi Cloud customers on eligible plans can contact the Strapi team through the [Strapi Support platform](https://support.strapi.io/support/home). Community users can ask questions on [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/strapi/strapi/discussions) or [Discord](https://discord.strapi.io). Support level depends on your plan (see the [Cloud fundamentals](/cloud/cloud-fundamentals) page).
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