# Managed service

Concept · [Cloud, hosting and security](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cloud)

Also called: managed, fully managed, managed database, managed hosting, self-hosting, self-hosted, self host, self-managed

A service where the provider handles the upkeep instead of the customer's own team. The opposite is self-hosting, where the customer runs the software on [servers](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/server) it looks after.

**For example:** A two-person startup uses a managed database. The provider keeps it running and backed up, and the [founders](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) spend their time on the product.

## Connects to (14)

- [Cloud provider](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cloud-provider): A company that rents out computing services, such as servers, storage and databases, over the internet and on demand.
- [Serverless](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/serverless): A way to run code where the cloud provider sets up and looks after the servers.
- [Backup](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/backup): A copy of data kept so it can be recovered if the original is lost or damaged.
- [Uptime](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/uptime): The share of time a service is working and reachable.
- [Supabase](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/supabase): An open source back end platform built on the Postgres database.
- [Managed service provider](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/managed-service-provider): An outside company that runs part of another organization's technology for a monthly fee, such as its computers, network, security or help…
- [On-premises](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/on-premises): Running software on servers an organization owns and keeps in its own building or data center, instead of in the cloud.
- [WP Engine](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wp-engine): A hosting company that specializes in WordPress sites.
- [MongoDB](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/mongodb): A database that stores records as flexible documents instead of rows in fixed tables.
- [Elasticsearch](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/elasticsearch): Software for fast searching across large amounts of text and data, from Elastic.
- [Firebase](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/firebase): Google's platform for building app back ends, with a database, login, file storage and hosting as managed services.
- [Convex](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/convex): A hosted back end for web apps that combines a database with server functions written in TypeScript, and pushes changes to the app as they…
- [Cloudflare D1](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cloudflare-d1): Cloudflare's managed database built on SQLite, used by apps running on Cloudflare's network.
- [IBM](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ibm): A large technology company that sells software, consulting and computing infrastructure to businesses.

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