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All SCANOSS cloud services are built on a privacy-by-design architecture: scanning takes place within the customer environment, and only file fingerprints (cryptographic hashes) and metadata are transmitted to the SCANOSS knowledge base for matching. Proprietary source code is never transmitted to or stored by SCANOSS. SCANOSS cloud services are designed in accordance with SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001 (ISMS), and GDPR requirements, ensuring robust controls around security, availability, and confidentiality.

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Dedicated SaaS Deployment

A Dedicated SaaS deployment provides a private SCANOSS cloud environment hosted and managed by SCANOSS. The service runs on infrastructure provisioned exclusively for a single customer, ensuring that no other organisations share compute resources or API capacity. This model provides the operational simplicity of a fully managed cloud service with stronger isolation and predictable performance. Key characteristics include:
  • Single-tenant environment – infrastructure and service capacity are reserved for one organisation.
  • Dedicated throughput – no resource contention with other tenants.
  • High availability architecture – deployments include redundant infrastructure and failover mechanisms to ensure service continuity.
  • Managed infrastructure – SCANOSS handles maintenance, updates, monitoring, and scaling.
  • EU-based hosting – all infrastructure is hosted in European data centres.
  • Secure API access – services are accessed using dedicated API credentials.
  • Privacy-preserving scanning – only fingerprints and metadata are transmitted to the SCANOSS knowledge base; source code remains within the customer environment.
This deployment model is suited to organisations that require greater isolation, predictable performance, and dedicated capacity within a fully managed cloud platform.

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Shared SaaS Deployment

The Shared SaaS deployment provides access to the SCANOSS platform through a multi-tenant cloud environment managed by SCANOSS. Multiple organisations use the same underlying service infrastructure, with access controlled through individual API keys. This model provides a cost-effective, low-maintenance route to integrating SCANOSS capabilities without deploying or operating infrastructure. Key characteristics include:
  • Multi-tenant environment – multiple organisations share the same cloud service infrastructure.
  • API-based access – customers interact with the platform using unique API keys.
  • Shared throughput capacity – system resources are pooled and shared across tenants.
  • High availability infrastructure – redundant systems and failover mechanisms ensure service continuity if a component fails.
  • Fully managed service – SCANOSS manages infrastructure, updates, scaling, and monitoring.
  • EU-based hosting – services are hosted in European data centres.
  • Privacy-preserving architecture – only fingerprints and metadata are transmitted for matching; source code remains within the customer environment.
This deployment model is suited to organisations that prioritise a lower-cost, rapid-integration path for incorporating SCANOSS into their development or security workflows.