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What is Plastic Cloud Edition?

Plastic Cloud Edition is the sum of the Plastic SCM software plus a Plastic Cloud server and storage all packaged together in a single pay-as-you-go subscription.

Teams can forget about managing infrastructure and licensing since this is all handled by Plastic Cloud.

Client software and local repositories are installed on the developer’s computer, and then they push/pull to the cloud organization (or directly checkin to the cloud using Gluon).

Who is it for?

Plastic Cloud Edition is designed with fully distributed teams in mind. Teams that don’t want to consider running their own servers, and prefer hosting everything online.

Plastic Cloud Edition provides a hosted version control solution plus all the required client software. Since Plastic SCM is a distributed version control (DVCS), a partial (or full) clone will be also stored locally on each developer’s machine.

Teams pay per-use and there’s no need to add or remove licenses since Plastic Cloud tracks storage and number of active users.

What can you do with Plastic Cloud Edition?

  • Handle big files and huge repos
    Handle big files and huge repos

    2 GB is not the limit here. Plastic supports big files and huge repo sizes by design. Plastic Cloud Edition starts with 5GB and grows as you need.

  • Handle big files and huge repos
    Take advantage of private repositories

    Plastic Cloud is designed for teams who need private repos in the cloud on a safe way.

  • Handle big files and huge repos
    Encrypt your cloud storage

    You can setup your Plastic Cloud organization to use encrypted data. Data will always be encrypted in the cloud and only decrypted on your computers.

  • Handle big files and huge repos
    Use distributed and centralized workflows

    Developers will take advantage of the push/pull workflow while team members using Plastic Gluon can go for a simpler direct checkin cycle.

DVCS workflow

The familiar push/pull way of working. The option of choice if you work with code.

Checkin workflow

Just checkin your changes. No intermediate repos. No push and pull. The best option for artists in games (together with Plastic Gluon). Also available for coders who want to work centralized.

  • Handle big files and huge repos
    Save time in data transfer using the closest datacenter

    You can select where to store your data and metadata. The closest to you, the fastest the data transfer is going to be.

Work in the cloud and... use the best tools

Plastic SCM includes the best version control tools and GUIs you can think of.

The Plastic SCM GUI on Windows
The Plastic SCM GUI on Windows
Plastic Gluon – the GUI (and workflow) for artists
Gluon – the GUI (and workflow) for artists

Visit our gallery for more screenshots.

Check other tools to find why we say ours are better ;-)

Scenarios supported by Plastic SCM Cloud Edition

  1. One
    Direct checkin to Plastic Cloud with Plastic Gluon.
    Direct checkin to Plastic Cloud with Plastic Gluon

    Direct checkin will be the workflow typically used by artists in game development and team members who don’t work in code but documents, plans and so on.

    Keys in their daily workflow:
    • They just modify and checkin. They never merge. They lock files to avoid concurrent changes (on files that are unmergeable).
    • They work on a single branch.
    • They use Gluon.

    They can now simply continue using Plastic Gluon and checkin directly to Plastic Cloud.

    Requirements:
    • Plastic Gluon installed.
    • A valid Plastic SCM Cloud Edition subscription
  2. Two
    Distributed developers
    Distributed developers

    Each developer works on their machine, from their home office. They both belong to the same Plastic Cloud organization and deliver changes to Plastic Cloud through push/pull. Each of them has their own local Plastic SCM repo (or collection of repositories) so that checkins are always local and blazing fast.

    Keys in their daily workflow:
    • They checkin locally and then push when they’re done.
    • They pull each other’s branches from Plastic Cloud and then one of them merges locally.
    • Then they push the merged branches back to Plastic Cloud.
    Requirements:
    • Plastic Cloud Edition installed.
    • A valid Plastic SCM Cloud Edition subscription.
  3. Three
    Developers using direct checkin to Plastic Cloud with regular Plastic SCM.
    Developers using direct checkin to Plastic Cloud with regular Plastic SCM

    Direct checkin will be the workflow typically used by developers working on code.

    Keys in their daily workflow:
    • They just modify, checkin and merge their changes.
    • They work on several branches.
    • They use Plastic SCM.

    They can now simply continue using Plastic SCM and checkin directly to Plastic Cloud.

    Requirements:
    • Plastic Cloud Edition installed.
    • A valid Plastic SCM Cloud Edition subscription.

Friendly and flexible licensing

Cloud Edition is designed for fully distributed teams to remove all maintenance and operation costs. The Cloud server and storage is handled by us so that you don’t have to worry about backups, upgrades or licensing.

You first create a Cloud organization, then you invite your team members to join. Billing will depend on the number of active users in the organization every month.

Let’s explain it better with an example:

  • RobotCo organization is created in February and Mike, the owner, invites Sarah, Miles, Peter, Ruben and Mary.
  • Mike, Sarah and Peter frantically work during February, but the rest do not use Plastic yet.
  • In March, Miles starts using Plastic too.
  • In April, Mike spends the entire month away at events. But Peter, Sarah, Miles, Rubén and Mary continue working
  • The team still didn’t reach the 5GB limit.

The billing will be as follows:

  • 0 users in Feb, because the first 3 users are free.
  • 1 users in March. It is 4 overall, but 3 first users are free.
  • 2 users in April. It is 5 in total, but 3 first users are free.

No extra cost for the storage will be billed since the initial 5GB limit wasn't exceeded.

Once the initial 5GB of Cloud storage is exceeded, general Plastic Cloud fees will be applied. Check the pricing page for more information.

How is it different than Enterprise Edition?

While both Enterprise Edition and Cloud Edition are based on the same Plastic SCM core and tools, they’re designed with different kinds of teams in mind.

The main differences are:

  1. One
    On-premises server:
    • Enteprise Edition is best suited for teams who require an on-premises server installed at the office.
    • Cloud Edition doesn’t include an on-premises server. In order to share code, developers push their changes to the cloud. Many Cloud Edition users won’t even have an office at all.
  2. Two
    Cloud server and storage:
    • Enterprise Edition users can optionally subscribe to Plastic Cloud extension, but many of them won’t require cloud storage at all.
    • Cloud Edition includes a Plastic Cloud organization by default, and teams will use it from the start.
  3. Three
    Billing and licensing:
    • Enterprise Edition is billed monthly or annually. Teams need to proactively add or remove user licenses and then install the new license on their servers.
    • Cloud Edition is billed monthly and teams don’t need to specify the number of users since the Cloud server automatically tracks active users. Cloud Edition is billed based on:
      • The total cloud storage space (first 5GB included at no extra cost).
      • The number of active users accessing the Cloud during the billing period.

How Cloud Edition compares to Enterprise

Cloud Edition Enterprise Edition
Centralized Yes Yes
Distributed Yes Yes
RDBMs storage1 SQL Azure on Cloud + Jet locally Jet ad-hoc repo storage + all supported RDBMS:
MySQL, SQL Server, SQLite,
SQL server CE, Firebird
Cloud Yes
This is what Cloud Edition is about 		Yes
Cloud Extension
Unity/UE plugins Yes Yes
Git client Yes Yes
Git Server Yes
Shelves Yes Yes
Delete changesets Yes Yes
Mergebots Yes
Server-side triggers Yes Yes
LDAP integration Yes
Proxy server Yes Yes
WAN transfer Yes
High scalability2 Yes

1 Currently we recommend Jet , our ad-hoc, blazing-fast, repository storage system. It is the storage deployed by default and the one that offers a better performance. Plastic an still work with standard RDBMs that range from SQLite to SQL Server and MySQL. Corporations sometimes require to use their standard system, and that's why Enterprise Edition is the only one with SQL Server and MySQL support.

2 High scalability engine included in Enterprise Edition. Servers that need to support heavy load (millions of requests per day) and high performance requirements (repos in the TB range with hundreds of users) are better served by the high scalability engine included in Enterprise Edition.

Remember we can help you selecting the right Plastic SCM Edition

Video tutorials

How to create a Plastic SCM Cloud Edition organization

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Basic administration of a Plastic SCM Cloud Edition organization

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How to install Plastic SCM Cloud Edition on Windows 10

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How to setup a local and cloud repo with Plastic Cloud Edition

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How to push your first branch to Cloud

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Join a Cloud Edition organization with Plastic Gluon

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