Cross-deployment feature comparison

This table compares the feature availability across the following deployment methods:

• the AWS, Azure, and GCP cloud templates, which provision the infrastructure and install Automation Suite in a short amount of time. Templates are the recommended option.

• the manual installation provisioning method, which requires more technical expertise and is considerably more time-consuming.

  Feature	AWS template	Azure template	GCP template	Manual installation provisioning
  Deploy to existing Virtual Network	✅	✅	❌	✅
  Single-node evaluation vs. multi-node HA-ready production	✅	✅ Can set number of instances	✅	✅
  Air-gapped	❌	❌	❌	✅
  A-la-carte product selection	✅	✅	✅	✅
  Custom domain (cloud-provided DNS service or not)	✅	✅	✅	✅
  Custom certificates	✅	✅	❌	✅
  Deploy to existing SQL Server	❌	✅	❌	✅
  Hardware requirements validation	✅	✅	❌	✅
  Template uses cloud-native availability zones	✅	✅	✅	N/A
  Proxy configuration	❌	❌	❌	✅
  Optional bastion host	✅	✅	❌	N/A
  Instance refresh	❌	✅	❌	N/A
  Backup and restore cluster	✅	✅	❌	N/A
  Remove nodes	✅	✅	❌	N/A