> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://documentation.datalab.to/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Overview

> Run inference on your own infrastructure

**Customers can run our models on infrastructure they control with an Enterprise contract.** To get started, please [**fill out this form**](https://www.datalab.to/contact).

# **What’s the difference between Open Source and Datalab's paid On-Prem options?**

Our free open-source options ([Chandra](https://github.com/datalab-to/chandra), [Marker](https://github.com/datalab-to/marker), and [Surya](https://github.com/datalab-to/surya)) are ideal for research, personal use, and early-stage startups.

Our paid on-prem options are for teams that need a commercial license to run our models and have one or multiple of the following requirements:

* Require data privacy/operate in highly-regulated environments
* Extremely high volume
* Model training or customization
* White-glove support and SLAs

Here’s a more detailed breakdown.

|                           | **Free (Open Source)**                               | **Datalab On-Prem**                                                                                                                                                           |
| ------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Intended Use**          | Research, personal use, startups \< \$2M ARR/funding | Commercial workloads requiring data privacy, easy deployments, and white-glove support                                                                                        |
| **Models**                | Open source model weights                            | Access to newer, more accurate models not available in open source (e.g., latest Chandra versions)                                                                            |
| **License**               | GPL + custom RAILs                                   | Commercial license to use our models on-prem (Marker/Surya/Chandra) without sublicensing. Custom rights as needed.                                                            |
| **Deployment**            | Self-install from OSS repos                          | Custom deployment topologies and Datalab-assisted rollout options as-needed. For small deployments, we have a Docker image that is simple to use and upgrade.                 |
| **Support**               | Community only                                       | Premium support with SLAs                                                                                                                                                     |
| **Contracting**           | None                                                 | Custom agreements and security reviews. For POCs and small deployments we offer no-redline agreements to get started, fast.                                                   |
| **Billing**               | Free                                                 | Invoice/PO, custom terms. For small deployments we offer credit card checkout.                                                                                                |
| **Scale and Performance** | Self-effort                                          | Throughput/latency/accuracy tuning; custom page counts; custom rate limits. For small deployments we offer optimized single-GPU support that is simple to deploy and operate. |

For higher page volume & GPU concurrency,  fully-airgapped deployments, white glove support, and other custom needs,

# **Try before you buy**

We have two easy ways for customers to try our models:

* Our open-source projects, [Chandra](https://github.com/datalab-to/chandra), [Marker](https://github.com/datalab-to/marker), and [Surya](https://github.com/datalab-to/surya).
* Datalab's [Cloud API](https://www.datalab.to).

Our container image mimics the cloud-hosted API for a simple transition:

* [Cloud API Docs](https://documentation.datalab.to/docs/welcome/api)
* [On Prem Container API Docs](./api)

## Next Steps

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    Get the on-prem container up and running in minutes.
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  <Card title="On-Prem API" icon="code" href="/docs/on-prem/api">
    API reference for the on-prem container image.
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  <Card title="Cloud Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/docs/welcome/quickstart">
    Try the cloud-hosted API to evaluate before deploying on-prem.
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  <Card title="Billing" icon="credit-card" href="/platform/billing">
    Understand pricing for on-prem and cloud plans.
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