# In house testing for cloud vs self hosted before self hosted release **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 27, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-house-testing-for-cloud-vs-self-hosted-before-self-hosted-release/271429 "2021-04-27T18:45:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cealliance](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cealliance/32/84503_2.png) [@cealliance](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cealliance)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-house-testing-for-cloud-vs-self-hosted-before-self-hosted-release/271429/1 "2021-04-27T18:45:20Z")
I am looking to test integration with keycloak, and other features that require a higher tier license. Cloud licenses are cheaper. Can I get away with testing/developing on a cloud server and applying my findings to the self hosted release? Aside from sizing differences what changes would a cloud based system for integration development? What issues might I run into doing this? Should I take the cloud approach to keep costs down, or just buy licenses for self hosted servers for development? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-house-testing-for-cloud-vs-self-hosted-before-self-hosted-release/271429/2 "2021-04-27T20:15:48Z")
For dev, you can always activate a trial. It will work for 30 days. Then you can remove the data dir or create a new cluster. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-house-testing-for-cloud-vs-self-hosted-before-self-hosted-release/271429/3 "2021-05-25T20:16:03Z")
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