Run Vespa in Production Without the Operational Overhead


Vespa Cloud is a managed, production-ready platform for deploying Vespa applications at scale, developed and operated by the team behind Vespa. It removes the operational burden of managing infrastructure, automating everything from upgrades and security to performance tuning and support. With Vespa Cloud, you can focus on building and iterating on your application while relying on a robust, scalable foundation.

  • Serverless Operations

  • Support

  • Security

  • Continuous Deployment

  • Performance Tuning

  • Autoscaling

AWS ISV Accelerate Program

Vespa.ai is a member of the AWS ISV Accelerate Program, a co-sell initiative connecting leading software providers with AWS to help customers adopt modern, cloud-native solutions. This partnership reflects Vespa’s alignment with AWS infrastructure and commitment to delivering scalable, high-performance AI search. Through the program, Vespa collaborates with AWS to optimize deployments, adopt new technologies such as Graviton processors, and support customers via AWS Marketplace—enabling faster deployments and time-to-value.

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Serverless Operations

Operating Vespa at scale involves more than just spinning up nodes; it requires continuous availability, secure upgrades, fault detection, and resource optimization. Vespa Cloud automates routine operational tasks, including:

  • Provisioning and managing dedicated hardware.
  • Configuring load balancers and certificates.
  • Replacing faulty nodes automatically.
  • Coordinating safe rollouts of application updates.
  • Performing in-place OS and Vespa upgrades without downtime.
  • Right-sizing resource allocation based on real-time load.

Performance Tuning & Support

Vespa Cloud includes access to the core Vespa team for operational and performance tuning:

  • Next-business-day support from Vespa developers.
  • Participation in the Vespa Tune-Up Program, offering periodic expert reviews.
  • Instrumentation for live performance diagnostics.

These capabilities help optimize both cost and application performance.

Automatic Continuous Deployment

Deploy updates confidently using the built-in CD pipeline:

  • Canary and test environments for safe rollout validation.
  • Write system and staging tests for safe deployments
  • In-place deployments with rolling restarts.
  • Automated hardware transitions with zero downtime.

Vespa Cloud provides full control over deployment timing and scope, ensuring safe upgrades even for mission-critical workloads.

From OSS to Cloud: How Onyx Scaled Smarter with Vespa

Managing Vespa OSS in-house gave Onyx full control, but this came at a cost: time spent tuning infrastructure, balancing performance against budget, and handling operational overhead instead of building new features. As customer growth accelerated, these hidden costs became harder to ignore. By moving to Vespa Cloud, Onyx eliminated the burden of self-management while gaining built-in optimization tools and expert guidance. The result: faster scaling, lower costs, and more time to focus on delivering value to customers.

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Security by Default

Security in Vespa Cloud is handled by the Vespa team and includes:

  • Mutual TLS for encrypted internal communication.
  • Role-based access control for API and app-level operations.
  • OS and Vespa hardening with daily updates.

This eliminates the need to build and maintain custom security frameworks.

Autoscaling

Applications running in Vespa Cloud can automatically scale to match workload:

  • Stateless clusters scale in minutes.
  • Content clusters scale with data-aware rebalancing.
  • Define min/max resource boundaries for cost control..

Autoscaling ensures service quality while optimizing infrastructure spend.

Developer-Centric Workflow

The Vespa Cloud experience is designed for developers:

  • All deployment logic is defined in an application package.
  • Dev zones with cost control and auto-teardown.
  • Consistency with self-hosted deployment workflows.

Vespa Cloud accelerates experimentation and simplifies production readiness.

Vespa Cloud Value Add

Vespa Cloud offers significant benefits over Vespa OSS, removing the complexity of self-management and adding capabilities that accelerate time to value. The table below highlights how Vespa Cloud streamlines operations, enhances reliability, and provides direct access to the Vespa team. The result: you can focus on building applications at scale.

Feature
Vespa OSS
Vespa Cloud
Infrastructure
Self-managed
Fully managed by the Vespa team
Upgrades
Manual
Automated, no downtime
CI/CD Integration
Custom setup
Built-in with safe rollout controls
Security
Must be implemented
Enforced and maintained
Support
Community only
Direct from Vespa developers
Autoscaling
No
Yes
Tuning
DIY
Includes Tune-Up Program
Deployment
Single app, single region
Multi-app, multi-region
Ideal For
Address specific hosting requirements*
Focused teams running scalable, cloud-native apps

* On-premises deployments with full support are also available. Contact us to discuss your requirements.

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