How do managed and self-hosted Catalyst deployments differ?

Managed and self-hosted Diagrid Catalyst deployments differ primarily in operational overhead and infrastructure control. Managed offerings handle cluster scaling, security patching, and proactive monitoring to reduce routine engineering and administrative upkeep for customer teams, while self-hosted deployments grant full oversight of underlying infrastructure such as dedicated Kubernetes clusters. A key caveat is that self-hosted setups demand dedicated engineering effort to maintain uptime and adhere to relevant compliance standards.