Single-Tenant
A single-tenant deployment gives you a dedicated Honeycomb environment with complete isolation from other tenants. Single-tenant deployments work well for organizations that need to:- Maximize isolation: Get complete separation at the infrastructure level with no shared resources.
- Meet strict compliance requirements: Satisfy regulatory mandates that require dedicated infrastructure.
- Guarantee data privacy: Ensure telemetry data has no possibility of cross-tenant exposure.
- Isolate performance: Guarantee that your workload performance is unaffected by other tenants.
- Customize resource allocation: Configure infrastructure specifically for your telemetry patterns and volume.
Architecture
In a single-tenant deployment:- All infrastructure components serve only your organization
- No resources are shared with other Honeycomb customers
- Your data stays completely isolated from other tenants
- Infrastructure can be sized and optimized specifically for your workload
Multi-Tenant
A multi-tenant deployment provides logical separation within shared infrastructure between teams or business units. Multiple groups maintain autonomy while benefiting from operational efficiency. Multi-tenant deployments work well for organizations that need to:- Separate by organization: Create distinct Honeycomb environments for different business units, regions, or teams.
- Improve operational efficiency: Share infrastructure management across multiple groups.
- Optimize costs: Distribute infrastructure costs across multiple teams or business units.
- Enable team autonomy: Give each group their own Honeycomb environment with independent user management and configuration.
Architecture
In a multi-tenant deployment:- Multiple Honeycomb environments run within shared infrastructure
- Each tenant has logical isolation with independent:
- User authentication and authorization
- Data storage and access controls
- Configuration and settings
- API keys and integrations
- Infrastructure resources are shared across tenants for efficiency
- Each tenant maintains operational independence
Comparing Tenancy Options
| Aspect | Single-Tenant | Multi-Tenant |
|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure isolation | Complete | Logical |
| Data isolation | Physical and logical | Logical only |
| Compliance suitability | Highest | suitable for most enterprise needs |
| Performance isolation | Guaranteed | Shared |
| Administrative overhead | Single environment | Multiple environments |
| Cost efficiency | Higher | Lower through sharing |
| Scalability | Dedicated | Shared |
| Best for | Maximum isolation and compliance | Organizational separation with operational efficiency |
Combining Tenancy and Deployment Models
You can combine tenancy options with deployment models to match your specific needs:- Single-tenant, Honeycomb-managed: Maximum isolation with minimal operational overhead
- Single-tenant, self-managed: Complete control and isolation for highly regulated or air-gapped environments
- Multi-tenant, Honeycomb-managed: Efficient support for multiple teams with Honeycomb handling operations
- Multi-tenant, self-managed: Organizational flexibility with complete infrastructure control