Managed Fusion versus Fusion
With Managed Fusion, Lucidworks installs, deploys, and scales the platform for you. Some customization options are only available in self-hosted Fusion, while some machine learning features are only available in Managed Fusion. The following table is a partial comparison of the products based on the most current release of Fusion.
Feature | Fusion (self-hosted) | Managed Fusion | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Cloud signal storage |
✘ |
✅ |
|
Consumption dashboard |
✅ |
✅ |
Entitlements and limitation metrics apply to Managed Fusion clients only. |
Custom connectors (hosted on Fusion) |
✅ |
✘ |
|
Custom Docker images |
✅ |
✘ |
|
Custom index stages and SDKs |
✅ |
✘ |
|
Custom query stages and SDKs |
✅ |
✘ |
|
Custom connectors (hosted by client) |
✅ |
✅ |
|
Full control of your Fusion deployment |
✅ |
✘ |
Lucidworks manages deployments and upgrades for Managed Fusion clients. |
Grafana dashboards |
Custom |
Read-only |
|
Managed Fusion-only releases |
✘ |
✅ |
Some releases and features are only available for Managed Fusion clients. |
Port forwarding |
✅ |
✘ |
|
Remote connectors |
✅ |
✅ |
Remote connectors let you index data behind firewalls. |
Reverse search |
✘ |
✅ |
Reverse search lets you set up monitoring queries that automatically include new documents. |