Prefect Cloud is a hosted workflow application platform with all the capabilities of the open source Prefect server plus additional features.

The pages that follow provide detailed information about the features and capabilities of Prefect Cloud:

The Manage accounts subsection covers aspects of Prefect Cloud accounts:

  • Manage user accounts explains how to use Prefect Cloud’s personal accounts.
  • Manage service accounts describes how to configure API access for running workers or executing flow runs on remote infrastructure through API keys that are not associated with a user account.
  • Manage teams demonstrates how groups of users can be managed together.
  • Manage account roles shows how to use role-based access controls (RBAC): granular permissions to perform certain activities within an account or a workspace. Enterprise plans allow for custom roles with specific permissions.
  • Manage API keys explains how to grant access to Prefect Cloud from a local execution environment.
  • Configure single sign-on describes how (SSO) authentication integration is supported through identity providers with OIDC and SAML. Directory Sync and SCIM provisioning is also available.
  • Audit Cloud activity shows how Prefect provides a record of user activities to monitor for security and compliance.
  • Object access control lists (ACLs) allow privileged users to restrict deployment and block access to individual users.
  • Secure access by IP shows how to restrict access to Prefect Cloud by IP address.

The remaining Prefect Cloud pages in this section cover various aspects of Prefect Cloud:

Pages relevant to Prefect Cloud found elsewhere in the documentation include:

  • Push work pools allow you to run flows on your serverless infrastructure without running a worker.
  • Managed work pools allow you to run flows on Prefect’s infrastructure without running a worker.
  • Webhooks .

Error summaries (enabled by Marvin AI) distill the error logs of Failed and Crashed flow runs into actionable information. To enable this feature visit the Settings page for your account.

The Prefect Cloud REST API is used to send and receive data for orchestration and monitoring between Prefect clients and Prefect Cloud. Prefect interactive Cloud REST API documentation is available at https://app.prefect.cloud/api/docs.

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To try Prefect Cloud, create a free account at app.prefect.cloud. Follow the steps in the UI to create and run your first workflow in Prefect Cloud.

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