Spice.ai Enterprise

Spice.ai Enterprise documentation — self-hosted, production-grade deployment of the Spice runtime.

Spice.ai Enterprise is a self-hosted, production-grade distribution of the Spice.ai runtime for organizations that need enterprise security, high availability, and dedicated support.

Enterprise extends the open-source Spice runtime with:

• Multi-node clustering and HA — Multi-active distributed query with automatic failover, built on Apache Ballista.

• Distributed accelerations — Partition-sharded accelerated datasets across executors with write-through semantics. See Distributed Accelerations.

• Kubernetes Operator — Automated deployment, scaling, and lifecycle management via SpicepodSet and SpicepodCluster CRDs.

• Acceleration snapshots — Object-store-backed snapshot, bootstrap, and recovery for accelerated datasets. See Acceleration Snapshots.

• Authorization policy — Cedar-based fine-grained access control over datasets, models, tools, and endpoints.

• Enterprise distributions — NAS (SMB/NFS), CUDA GPU-accelerated, data-only, and ODBC connector builds.

• Authentication — OIDC bearer tokens, API keys, and combined auth with identity SQL functions.

• mTLS cluster security — Auto-provisioned certificates for secure inter-node communication.

• SOC 2 Type II compliance — Code and security audited.

• Tiered security updates — Up to 3 years of guaranteed patches.

• 24/7 premium support — Dedicated account team via Slack Connect, email, and on-call pager.

• 99.9%+ SLA — Enterprise uptime guarantee with on-call support.

Deployment Options

Option	Description
Kubernetes (Helm)	Deploy using the Spice.ai Kubernetes Operator with Helm charts
Docker	Enterprise container images from the AWS Marketplace ECR
AWS Marketplace	BYOL and Plan-based licensing via AWS Marketplace
AWS AMI	Pre-built Amazon Machine Images for EC2 deployments

Enterprise vs Open Source vs Cloud

	Open Source	Cloud	Enterprise
Pricing	Free (Apache 2.0)	Subscription + usage-based	Enterprise licensing
Hosting	Self-hosted	Fully managed	Self-hosted BYOL
Scale	Single-node	Multi-node, clustering, HA	Multi-node, clustering, HA
Control Plane	Static, YAML-driven	Dynamic, remote (Portal/API)	Dynamic, remote/local (API/YAML)
Distributions	Default + Metal	All	All (incl. NAS, ODBC)
Security Updates	Latest minus-one (6-8 weeks)	Rolling, automated	Tiered, up to 3 years
SLA	N/A	99.9%	99.9%+
Support	Community	Standard (email, Slack)	Premium 24/7 on-call
Compliance	N/A	SOC 2 Type II	SOC 2 Type II

Spice.ai Enterprise requires a commercial license or an AWS Marketplace subscription. Contact us to get started or request a trial.

Production-Ready by Design

Spice.ai Enterprise is the supported path for running Spice in production. The Production Readiness section is the canonical reference for promoting a deployment to production:

• Production Readiness Checklist \u2014 sign-off list covering topology, storage, observability, security, and upgrades.

• High Availability \u2014 multi-replica, multi-AZ, and SpicepodCluster topologies.

• Storage \u2014 NVMe, io2 Block Express, Premium SSD v2, and acceleration sizing.

• Observability \u2014 Prometheus metrics, Grafana dashboard, log routing, and the recommended alert set.

• Security \u2014 image pinning, Pod Security Standards, NetworkPolicy, mTLS, and secrets management.

• Upgrades \u2014 versioning, rolling upgrades, and rollback procedures.

Get Started

Quickstart

Deploy Spice.ai Enterprise on Kubernetes in minutes.

Distributions

Choose the right runtime distribution for your workload.

Kubernetes Operator

Manage Spicepods with the Spice K8s Operator.

Authentication

Configure OIDC, API keys, and identity functions.