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Cloud or Self-Hosted?
Same GenBI platform, two ways to run it. Start on Cloud in minutes, or run everything inside your own network.
| Comparison criteria | Fastest to start Wren AI Cloud Fully managed by Wren AI. Connect a database and start asking questions today. See Cloud plans | Self-Hosted Deployed in your VPC or on-premise, under your own security policies. See Self-Hosted plans |
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| Where it runs | Managed on Wren AI's infrastructure — GCP US-EAST-4 by default, other regions on request. | Your VPC, private cloud, or on-premise hardware. Air-gapped deployment on Enterprise Plus. |
| Data boundary | Your database stays where it is; Wren AI connects to it and processes results in Cloud. | Every prompt, query, and answer stays inside your network. Nothing leaves. |
| AI models | Frontier models managed for you — no API keys to set up. | Bring your own models, including local and open-weight models on your hardware. |
| Pricing model | Monthly or annual plans with usage credits. | Annual license sized by concurrent sessions, not by how many people you invite. |
| Time to first answer | Minutes. Sign up, connect, ask. | Days. Your infra team deploys it, and we help you stand it up. |
| Updates & maintenance | Automatic — you are always on the latest version. | You control upgrade windows and change management. |
| Compliance | Wren AI Cloud is in scope of our SOC 2 Type II examination. | Built for data-residency mandates and strict internal security review. |
| Best for | Teams that want insights now, without running infrastructure. | Enterprises in regulated industries or with strict data-governance requirements. |
Fastest to start
Wren AI Cloud
Fully managed by Wren AI. Connect a database and start asking questions today.
See Cloud plans- Where it runs
- Managed on Wren AI's infrastructure — GCP US-EAST-4 by default, other regions on request.
- Data boundary
- Your database stays where it is; Wren AI connects to it and processes results in Cloud.
- AI models
- Frontier models managed for you — no API keys to set up.
- Pricing model
- Monthly or annual plans with usage credits.
- Time to first answer
- Minutes. Sign up, connect, ask.
- Updates & maintenance
- Automatic — you are always on the latest version.
- Compliance
- Wren AI Cloud is in scope of our SOC 2 Type II examination.
- Best for
- Teams that want insights now, without running infrastructure.
Self-Hosted
Deployed in your VPC or on-premise, under your own security policies.
See Self-Hosted plans- Where it runs
- Your VPC, private cloud, or on-premise hardware. Air-gapped deployment on Enterprise Plus.
- Data boundary
- Every prompt, query, and answer stays inside your network. Nothing leaves.
- AI models
- Bring your own models, including local and open-weight models on your hardware.
- Pricing model
- Annual license sized by concurrent sessions, not by how many people you invite.
- Time to first answer
- Days. Your infra team deploys it, and we help you stand it up.
- Updates & maintenance
- You control upgrade windows and change management.
- Compliance
- Built for data-residency mandates and strict internal security review.
- Best for
- Enterprises in regulated industries or with strict data-governance requirements.
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FAQ / Deployment
Deployment questions, answered.
Yes — both run the same Wren AI GenBI platform: the same context layer, UI, dashboards, and governance. What changes is where it runs, how it reaches your AI models, and how it's licensed.
The open-source project gives developers the context engine and CLI to build their own agents. The commercial self-hosted plan — Enterprise Plus — adds the full Wren AI platform on top: UI, dashboards, governance, security, and support. See the open-core page for what's included.
On Cloud, no — frontier models are managed for you and included in your plan's credits. Self-Hosted brings your own models: commercial APIs, or local and open-weight models running entirely on your hardware. See on-premise deployment for the local-model setup.
Cloud is priced as monthly or annual plans with usage credits, starting free. Self-Hosted is an annual license sized by concurrent sessions rather than seat count — use the session calculator to estimate what your team needs, and see pricing for both.
Wren AI Cloud is included within the scope of our SOC 2 Type II examination — eligible customers can request the report under confidentiality terms via our security policy. For environments where data can't cross the network boundary at all, air-gapped deployment is supported on the Enterprise Plus self-hosted plan.
Both deployments run the same platform, so starting on Cloud to prove value and moving to Self-Hosted as governance requirements grow is a common path. Talk to us and we'll help you plan the transition.
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