# Streambased Cloud

Streambased cloud is a free to use, managed environment that demonstrates  Streambased technology. Use it to:

* Connect to your pre-existing Kafka infrastructure (or use our demo data) and consume it as Iceberg
* Query using our built in Spark query engine or bring your own.
* Work with the Streambased MCP server and an example chatbot to see the benefits of seamless real-time/analytical datasets for AI.<br>

Get started by signing up [here](https://beta.streambased.cloud)\
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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.streambased.io/deploy-and-operate/streambased-cloud.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.