> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://prefect-bd373955-pytest-markdown.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# What's Prefect Cloud?

> Observe and orchestrate your workflow applications with the Prefect Cloud platform.

Prefect Cloud is a hosted workflow application platform with all the capabilities of an open source Prefect server instance plus additional features, such as:

* [User accounts](#user-accounts) — personal accounts for working in Prefect Cloud.
* [Workspaces](#workspaces/) — isolated environments to organize your flows, deployments, and flow runs.
* [Service accounts](/3.0rc/manage/cloud/manage-users/service-accounts/) — configure API access for running workers or executing flow runs on remote infrastructure.
* [Custom role-based access controls (RBAC)](/3.0rc/manage/cloud/manage-users/manage-roles/) — assign users granular permissions to perform certain activities within an account or a workspace.
* [Single Sign-on (SSO)](/3.0rc/manage/cloud/manage-users/configure-sso/) — authentication using your identity provider.
* [Audit Logs](/3.0rc/manage/cloud/manage-users/audit-logs/) — a record of user activities to monitor security and compliance.
* Collaboration — invite other people to your account.
* Error summaries  — (enabled by Marvin AI) distill the error logs of `Failed` and `Crashed` flow runs into actionable information.
* [Push work pools](/3.0rc/deploy/dynamic-infra/push-runs-serverless/) — run flows on your serverless infrastructure without running a worker.

## User accounts

When you sign up for Prefect Cloud, an account and a user profile are automatically provisioned for you.

Your profile is the place where you'll manage settings related to yourself as a user, including:

* Profile, including profile handle and image
* API keys
* Preferences, including timezone and color mode

As an account Admin, you will also have access to account settings from the Account Settings page, such as:

* Members
* Workspaces
* Roles

As an account Admin you can create a [workspace](#workspaces) and invite other individuals to your workspace.

Upgrading from a Prefect Cloud Free tier plan to a Pro or Custom tier plan enables additional functionality for adding workspaces, managing teams, and running higher volume workloads.

Workspace Admins for Pro tier plans have the ability to set [role-based access controls (RBAC)](#roles-and-custom-permissions), view [Audit Logs](#audit-log), and configure [service accounts](#service-accounts).

Custom plans have [object-level access control lists](/3.0rc/manage/cloud/manage-users/object-access-control-lists/), [custom roles](/3.0rc/manage/cloud/manage-users/manage-roles/), [teams](/3.0rc/manage/cloud/manage-users/manage-teams/), and \[single sign-on (SSO)]\(#single-sign-on-(sso) with [Directory Sync/SCIM provisioning](/3.0rc/manage/cloud/manage-users/configure-sso/#scim-provisioning).

## Workspaces

A workspace is an isolated environment within Prefect Cloud for all Prefect activity, including:

* [Flow runs](/3.0rc/develop/write-flows/) and task runs executed in an environment that is [syncing with the workspace](/3.0rc/manage/cloud/workspaces/)
* [Flows](/3.0rc/develop/write-flows/) associated with flow runs and deployments observed by the Prefect Cloud API
* [Deployments](/3.0rc/deploy/serve-flows/)
* [Work pools](/3.0rc/deploy/work-pools/control-runs/)
* [Blocks](/3.0rc/develop/blocks/)
* [Events](/3.0rc/automate/events/)
* [Automations](/3.0rc/automate/events/automations-triggers/)
* [Incidents](/3.0rc/automate/events/events/)

See the [Workspaces](/3.0rc/manage/cloud/workspaces/) page for more information about configuring and using workspaces.

## Incidents <span class="badge pro" /> <span class="badge custom" />

Prefect Cloud's [incidents](/3.0rc/automate/events/events/) help teams identify, rectify, and document issues in mission-critical workflows.
Incidents are formal declarations of disruptions to a workspace.
With [automations](/3.0rc/automate/events/events/#incident-automations)), activity in that workspace can be paused when an incident is created and resumed when it is resolved.

## Error summaries

Prefect Cloud error summaries, enabled by Marvin AI, distill the error logs of `Failed` and `Crashed` flow runs into actionable information.
To enable this feature and others powered by Marvin AI, visit the **Settings** page for your account.

## Service accounts <span class="badge pro" /> <span class="badge custom" />

Service accounts enable you to create Prefect Cloud API keys that are not associated with a user account.
Service accounts are typically used to configure API access for running workers or executing flow runs on remote infrastructure.
See the [service accounts](/3.0rc/manage/cloud/manage-users/service-accounts/) documentation for more information about creating and managing service accounts.

## Roles and custom permissions <span class="badge pro"> </span><span class="badge custom" />

Role-based access controls (RBAC) enable you to assign users a role with permissions to perform certain activities within an account or a workspace.
See the [role-based access controls (RBAC)](/3.0rc/manage/cloud/manage-users/manage-roles/) documentation for more information about managing user roles in a Prefect Cloud account.

## Single Sign-on (SSO) <span class="badge pro" /> <span class="badge custom" />

Prefect Cloud's [Pro and Custom plans](https://www.prefect.io/pricing) offer [single sign-on (SSO)](/3.0rc/manage/cloud/manage-users/configure-sso/) authentication integration with your team’s identity provider.
SSO integration can bet set up with identity providers that support OIDC and SAML.
Directory Sync and SCIM provisioning is also available with Custom plans.

## Audit log <span class="badge pro" /> <span class="badge custom" />

Prefect Cloud's [Pro and Custom plans](https://www.prefect.io/pricing) offer [Audit Logs](/3.0rc/manage/cloud/manage-users/audit-logs/) for compliance and security.
Audit logs provide a chronological record of activities performed by users in an account.

## Prefect Cloud REST API

The [Prefect REST API](/3.0rc/api-ref/rest-api/) is used for communicating data from Prefect clients to Prefect Cloud or a local Prefect server for orchestration and monitoring.
This API is mainly consumed by Prefect clients like the Prefect Python Client or the Prefect UI.

<Info>
  **Prefect Cloud REST API interactive documentation**

  Prefect Cloud REST API documentation is available at <a href="https://app.prefect.cloud/api/docs" target="_blank">[https://app.prefect.cloud/api/docs](https://app.prefect.cloud/api/docs)</a>.
</Info>

## Try Prefect Cloud

To try Prefect Cloud, create a forever-free account at [https://app.prefect.cloud/](https://app.prefect.cloud/).
Then, follow the steps in the UI to create and run your first workflow.
See the [Prefect Quickstart](/3.0rc/get-started/quickstart/) for more information.