Where your AI development tools run matters, but how do you decide?  This guide helps technical leaders and architects determine the right deployment approach based on workload requirements and enterprise constraints. Through the lens of IBM Bob's deployment options, it provides a framework applicable to enterprise AI development tool decisions.

What's included:

• Side-by-side comparison of SaaS and self-hosted capabilities
• Decision framework covering security, sovereignty, infrastructure and operational control
• Seven key questions to evaluate deployment fit
• Real-world scenarios where each option applies
• Technical readiness validation for self-hosted deployment

Use this guide to match deployment approach to your sensitive, mission-critical and modernization workloads.