[mwcampbell]

For one of my company's products, we're already working with a security-sensitive customer on a deployment on their own AWS infrastructure (in their own VPC). This customer wouldn't be comfortable using our public cloud deployment unless we get a SOC2 certification or similar. For the product I'm developing now, some potential customers will definitely want to keep it physically located within their corporate network. That's all I can say publicly.

If there was a less scalable, but still mostly functioning open-source substitute for Ably, then I'd be way more comfortable using Ably in the main public cloud deployment.

[matt_oriordan]

I understand the SOC2 requirement, which is why we're SOC2 compliant. A long and painful process, but one that has opened up opportunities like the one you said would otherwise require an on-prem installation. We have in fact also got some VPN-like links (AWS PrivateLink) with customers who are particularly sensitive to security and data leaving their network, and that coupled with SOC2 has made it possible.

> If there was a less scalable, but still mostly functioning open-source substitute for Ably, then I'd be way more comfortable using Ably in the main public cloud deployment.

Thanks for the feedback, I will pass on to the product team!