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* `Essentials` has all advanced and premium features, but some may have some numeric limits.
* `Enterprise` has all enterprise, advanced and premium features and no limits.

Please review the [features page](https://fusionauth.io/feature-list) for much more information on plans and features.
Please review the [features page](/feature-list) for much more information on plans and features.

## Feature List

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### How Each Hosting Type Works

For self-hosting, you download the FusionAuth software (usually a Docker image), and run it together with a PostgreSQL server. (You might also run Elasticsearch, but it's unnecessary). You have full control over the configuration of FusionAuth, but have to manage and maintain all the following considerations:

- Database backups
- Monitoring and error checking
- Networking
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For cloud-hosting, you create a FusionAuth cloud account and choose an edition type. You can then start and stop as many instances of FusionAuth (called deployments) as you want through the web interface. You pay for each deployment for as long as it runs, but need not worry about any of considerations of self-hosting.

Specifically, when cloud-hosting, you:

- Cannot edit the FusionAuth instance configuration page, like you can when self-hosting.
- Can choose when to upgrade FusionAuth to the latest version, but the process itself is automated.

To learn how to use cloud-hosting in detail, read this [guide](/docs/get-started/run-in-the-cloud/cloud). To estimate the fees for the deployments in your account, use the [pricing calculator](/pricing-calculator).
To learn how to use cloud-hosting in detail, read this [guide](/docs/get-started/run-in-the-cloud/cloud). To estimate the fees for the deployments in your account, use the [pricing calculator](https://account.fusionauth.io/pricing-calculator/).

### Advantages Of Each Hosting Type

Self-hosting gives you complete control over FusionAuth, including the ability to use [Kickstart](/docs/get-started/download-and-install/development/kickstart) to start an instance with the exact configuration you need, including sample applications and users. You can use Kickstart in conjunction with Github or continuous deployment services to deploy any number and configuration of FusionAuth instances. The FusionAuth database runs on your host, and you can run any SQL queries against it to extract daily data for analytics, import users, or edit data in bulk.
Self-hosting gives you complete control over FusionAuth, including the ability to use [Kickstart](/docs/get-started/download-and-install/development/kickstart) to start an instance with the exact configuration you need, including sample applications and users. You can use Kickstart in conjunction with GitHub or continuous deployment services to deploy any number and configuration of FusionAuth instances. The FusionAuth database runs on your host, and you can run any SQL queries against it to extract daily data for analytics, import users, or edit data in bulk.

Cloud-hosting is more convenient than self-hosting. Starting and stopping a deployment is a few clicks, as is upgrading. Deployments scale easily as your number of customers grow, using more powerful cloud instances that can handle a greater authentication workload. Backups are automated, and available if you need to roll back your database at any time. A team of FusionAuth experts manages the cloud environment, available if you need support. You can also purchase a 99.99% uptime SLA (service level agreement) to guarantee that your site will always be available.

In exchange for convenience, cloud-hosting offers less control than self-hosting. Be aware that you can't do the following things when cloud-hosting:

- Access the database to extract data or run SQL scripts. However, you can request the support team send you your database backup file, or extract data using the FusionAuth API.
- Create your own database backups. Backups are fixed in number and time by the plan you choose.
- Use Kickstart. You need to configure each deployment manually using the web interface, or by writing a script to call the FusionAuth API to set up applications, entities, and groups similar to how Kickstart does it.
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