Cross-deployment Feature Comparison

This page helps you weigh the benefits of each deployment method for Automation Suite.

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		Note: Can set number of instances
  Air-gapped
  Basic vs. complete product selection	Note: Allows each service to be enabled	Note: Allows each service to be enabled	Note: Allows each service to be enabled
  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
  Auto scaling for agent nodes				N/A
  Proxy configuration
  Optional bastion host				N/A
  Instance refresh				N/A