Deployment guide
Understand the practical differences in infrastructure control, application data, updates, backups, support, integrations, costs, and vendor responsibility.
A self-hosted application runs in an environment selected for the business. That can provide more direct control over the application database, files, region, access, backups, and integrations, but it also creates operational responsibilities.
A hosted SaaS provider generally operates the application and infrastructure. This can reduce deployment effort, while data location, export, access, customisation, and provider dependency follow the service’s terms and architecture.
Both models still depend on the official WhatsApp Business Platform when that is the selected connection. Meta policies, template rules, consent, messaging charges, number requirements, and connected integration data flows continue to matter.
Managed self-hosting keeps the application in a selected environment while another team handles agreed setup and operations. The contract should state ownership, access, region, backups, monitoring, update responsibility, support hours, exclusions, and customization boundaries.
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