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title: "What are the differences between various types of deployment methods?"
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updated: 2025-06-19T05:13:14Z
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# What are the differences between various types of deployment methods?

Whatfix enables you to host your content either on the Whatfix cloud, a third-party server or on your own servers. Depending on the type of deployment you choose, here are some differences to keep in mind:

| Attribute | Cloud | Self Hosted |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Analytics | Enabled by default. | Not enabled by default. |
| Task List Completion | Tracked across devices on the cloud. | Tracked locally, only on the browser. The task might show up as not completed on a different device. To store the state of the Task list on your server, contact [support@whatfix.com](mailto:support@whatfix.com?Subject=Store%20the%20status%20of%20Task%20List%20on%20server&Body=Hello%20team%2C%20%0A%0AKindly%20provide%20assistance%20with%20storing%20the%20status%20of%20the%20Task%20List%20on%20my%20server.%20%0AMore%20information%3A%20%0A%0AThanks%20and%20regards%2C%0A). |
| Pop-Up Viewed Status | Tracked across devices on the cloud. | Tracked locally, only on the browser. A pop-up that's already been viewed might be displayed again on another browser or device. To track the status of the Pop-up on your server, contact [support@whatfix.com](mailto:support@whatfix.com?Subject=Track%20the%20status%20of%20Pop-up%20on%20server&Body=Hello%20team%2C%20%0A%0AKindly%20provide%20assistance%20with%20tracking%20the%20status%20of%20the%20Pop-up%20on%20my%20server.%20%0AMore%20information%3A%20%0A%0AThanks%20and%20regards%2C%0A). |
| Self Help Search | An extensive search algorithm is used to search for and rank content based on its relevance. For [Repository links](/studio/docs/view-content-repository-links-on-the-dashboard), [Videos](/studio/docs/add-a-video-to-self-help), and [Articles](/studio/docs/add-text-content-to-self-help), Whatfix also searches the text content inside them to retrieve relevant search results. This search supports flexible queries including long phrases, spelling variations, and common stop words such as "how to", "is", "the", and more. For example, search queries such as "how to create a Whatfix Flow" or simply "create Flow" return relevant results. Even minor spelling mistakes, such as "creat" instead of "create", still provide relevant matches. For more information, see [Understand how search works in Self Help](/studio/docs/understand-how-search-works-in-self-help). | Only a basic search is implemented, and algorithmic processes such as [Exact match](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/applications-of-string-matching-algorithms/), [Stemming](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/introduction-to-stemming/), and [Stop word optimization](https://www.link-assistant.com/news/seo-stop-words.html#:~:text=commonly%20used%20terms.-,) are not performed. For text content, the search only considers the prefixes in titles and descriptions. For Repository links and Video content, the search is performed only based on the title of the content. It does not support complex or long queries, spelling mistakes, or extra words in the search phrase. For example, if you type "how to create a Whatfix Flow", the search likely does not return results because it does not handle common filler words such as "how to", and "in", or full sentence structures. Instead, searching with concise keywords such as "create", "Flow", or "Whatfix" provides better results. Similarly, misspellings such as "creat" do not return any matches. |
| Integration Hub | Enabled by default. Contact [support@whatfix.com](mailto:support@whatfix.com?subject=Help%20with%20integration&body=Hi%20team%2C%0A%0APlease%20help%20me%20with%20integration%20hub.%0AENT%20ID%3A) to configure specific integrations. | Feature is not available for Self-Hosted accounts. |

## Related

- [Choose a Deployment method](/choosing-a-deployment-method.md)
- [Does Whatfix support both on-premise and cloud deployments?](/does-whatfix-support-both-on-premise-and-cloud-deployments.md)