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# Cloud Documentation

Medusa allows teams to build and deploy reliable commerce applications quickly without worrying about infrastructure.

Cloud is designed to bridge the gap between development and production, offering features like direct deployments from GitHub, instant preview environments, and more.

In this guide, you'll learn about Cloud and its features.

## Sign Up for Cloud

Refer to the [Sign Up for Cloud](./sign-up/page.mdx) guide to get started.

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## Cloud Features

- **Zero Configuration**: Get started with Cloud in minutes without worrying about server configurations, resources management, or scaling.
- **Backend, Admin, and Storefront Hosting**: Host your Medusa backend, admin, and [storefront](./storefront/page.mdx) with Cloud with zero configuration and automatic environment setup.
- **Direct deployments from GitHub**: Deploy your Medusa projects directly from your GitHub repository, and trigger deployments automatically on every push to the main branch.
- **Multiple Environments**: Create multiple long-lived environments for your projects, such as production and staging, to test changes before going live.
- **Instant Preview Environments**: Isolated preview environments are created on every pull request in your repository.
- **Managed Resources**: Medusa manages your project's resources, including a Postgres database, a Redis server, and an S3 bucket.
- **Medusa Cache**: Benefit from performance improvements of business-critical APIs by reducing heavy operations to the database. [Medusa Cache](./cache/page.mdx) is available out of the box at no additional cost.
- **Medusa Emails**: Send transactional emails such as order confirmations and password resets using [Medusa Emails](./emails/react-email/page.mdx) with zero configuration. Available for all plans.
- **Zero Downtime Deployments**: Medusa rolls out changes to production with zero downtime, never interrupting your users.
- **Autoscaling**: Environments scale to meet traffic demands.
- **Logging**: Monitor your project's runtime and build logs, so you can easily debug issues in your project.
- **Early Access**: Access new features before they are open-sourced, such as Gift Cards.
- **Dedicated Support**: Receive dedicated support from the Medusa team to help you with any issues you may encounter.

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## Why use Cloud?

By deploying on Cloud, you can focus on building your application without worrying about infrastructure management.

Since Cloud is built and maintained by the Medusa team for Medusa projects, you get a head start on optimizations and best practices for running Medusa applications in production.

You don't need to handle the complexities of deployment, scaling, resource management, and server configurations with Cloud. Medusa handles it for you, allowing you to deliver a seamless experience to your users.
