Types of Splunk Cloud deployment

Self-service: You purchase Splunk Cloud directly from the Splunk website.
Managed: You work with Splunk Sales to obtain your Splunk Cloud deployment.

Splunk Cloud is offered in two ways:

To determine whether your deployment is self-service or managed, look at the format of the URL you use to connect to Splunk Cloud:

The following table lists details about the differences between managed and self-service deployments.

Feature	Self-service	Managed
Access your Splunk Cloud deployment	Log into your Splunk account on the Splunk corporate web site (www.splunk.com) and go to the Access Instances page	Using the URL you specified when you purchased Splunk Cloud from Splunk Sales. This URL is included in the Welcome email you received when your deployment was enabled for you.
Create inputs (including file uploads, HTML event ingestion, and app-related inputs)	Configure forwarders on-premises or use Splunk Web	Configure forwarders on-premises or contact Splunk Support
Data ingestion (daily maximum)	20GB	Per your contract
Active Directory/Single sign-on integration	Not supported	Supported
AWS regions	US East	Multiple including GovCloud
Whitelist and blacklist IP addresses	No	Yes
Premium apps available	Yes, but you might need to add capacity to your Splunk Cloud deployment, which entails additional costs. ("Premium" apps and add-ons are purchased from Splunk Sales, as opposed to free apps, which you can install without contacting Splunk Sales or Support.)	Yes
Concurrent search limit	20 max	Depends on the topology you purchase
REST API URL	Use the following URL for self-service deployments: http://api-<deployment-name>.cloud.splunk.com:8089 To get the required non-SAML user credentials, submit a support case.	Use the following URL for managed deployments. If necessary, submit a support case to open port 8089 on your deployment https://<deployment-name>.splunkcloud.com:8089

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