A cloud-managed deployment reduces infrastructure operations by having a provider operate the platform while customers retain control of data sources and use secure connectivity to cloud environments. section 8.4.1 section 8.4.2
The tradeoff is less direct control than self-management, balanced against faster time-to-value, automatic scaling, and reduced cluster administration. section 8.4.2
Common implementations include:
- Dremio Cloud provides a SaaS experience in AWS or Azure, with managed control-plane operations, elastic scaling, reflection management, an Iceberg catalog, and a built-in AI Agent. section 8.4.1
- Amazon Athena provides serverless, Trino-based SQL over Amazon S3, integrating with AWS Glue and Amazon QuickSight and charging per query. section 8.4.2
