Which statement describes the cloud-based deployment model provided by MuleSoft?

• A. Mulesoft-hosted runtime plane
• B. Customer-hosted runtime plane
• C. On-premises bare metal
• D. Runtime Fabric only on private cloud

Answer: (A)

The cloud-based deployment model means the runtime components that run your APIs and integrations are hosted and managed by MuleSoft in the cloud. This is the MuleSoft-hosted runtime plane, often referred to through CloudHub, where MuleSoft takes care of infrastructure, scaling, updates, and maintenance so you don’t have to operate servers yourself. The other options describe self-managed or on-premises setups: a customer-hosted runtime plane is run by you in your own data center or private cloud; on-premises bare metal is simply hardware you own and operate; Runtime Fabric can be deployed across different environments (including private cloud and public clouds) and isn’t limited to a single private-cloud-only model.