Wolfram Language Server Deployment Options
Wolfram Cloud
A Wolfram-hosted public cloud providing a full notebook interface, APIs and forms via the web
For anyone who wants a fully hosted and complete Wolfram Language environment: zero installation and maintenance, automatic web interface updates, performance and quality improvements and the latest Wolfram Language features
Services
Notebook sessions, expression evaluation, instant APIs, web forms, scheduled tasks, embeddable notebooks
Deployment
Wolfram-hosted cloud infrastructure
Delivery mechanism
Software as a service (SaaS)
Users
Managed user accounts via the Wolfram ID system
Permissions
Full access control over individual cloud objects (read/write/execute/...)
Licensing
Free and paid plans (monthly and annual)
Hosting
Wolfram-owned geographically distributed computation clusters
Typical clients
Web browsers; Wolfram Client Libraries; Wolfram Desktop and mobile applications; any HTTP-capable program
Restrictions
Memory and computation time limits depending on subscription plans. Computations run in a sandboxed environment, with certain operations restricted.
Wolfram Enterprise Private Cloud
A self-hosted private cloud providing a full notebook interface, APIs and forms on your intranet
For organizations who want to host and maintain a full Wolfram Cloud on their own hardware. It provides additional privacy, security and computational benefits over the public cloud. You can also tighten or relax certain security restrictions and computation limits that are in place in the public cloud.
Services
Notebook sessions, expression evaluation, instant APIs, web forms, scheduled tasks, embeddable notebooks
Deployment
Self-hosted cloud infrastructure
Delivery mechanism
Virtual machine image file
Users
Supply your own user management (e.g. Keycloak)
Permissions
Full access control over individual cloud objects (read/write/execute/...)
Licensing
Hosting
On your own servers
Typical clients
Web browsers; Wolfram Client Libraries; Wolfram Desktop and mobile applications; any HTTP-capable program
Restrictions
Fine-grained control on limits, or none. Configured by the Enterprise Private Cloud administrator.
Wolfram Application Server
A self-hosted, highly scalable web server dedicated to serving Wolfram Language APIs, forms and web applications
For organizations who want to deploy Wolfram Language–based APIs and forms, or build their own Wolfram Language–backed web applications, without the full capabilities of the Wolfram Cloud (such as the notebook interface and user accounts)
Services
Instant APIs, web forms and Java Server Pages (JSP) with dynamic Wolfram Language content
Deployment
Kubernetes infrastructure with support for self-hosting, AWS and Azure
Users
No user accounts
Permissions
No restrictions
Licensing
Hosting
On your own servers or hosting services like AWS or Azure
Typical clients
Web browsers; Wolfram Client Libraries; Wolfram Desktop and mobile applications; any HTTP-capable program
WSTPServer
A standalone program that manages a long-lived pool of Wolfram Engines and makes them available to WSTP-capable programs
For people who want to connect and reconnect to long-lived pre-initialized Wolfram Engines
Persistent Wolfram Engine communicating via WSTP (Wolfram Symbolic Transfer Protocol)
Protocols
WSTP (any port)
Services
Wolfram Language expression evaluation, connections to notebook interfaces
Deployment
Command-line program; daemon
Typical clients
WolframScript; Wolfram Notebook front end; Wolfram Client Libraries; parallel kernel computations
Wolfram Web Engine for Python [open source]
A standalone Python-based web server configured to serve Wolfram Language–based APIs and forms. Integrates well with Django and aiohttp-based server solutions.
For those who want a lightweight Wolfram Language server solution that is open source and user extendible
Wolfram Engine connected to a Python web server framework (suitable for use by Python server developers to include the Wolfram Engine in their development stack)
Services
Instant APIs, web forms, ...
Deployment
Single machine, with multiple Wolfram Engine kernels
Licensing
Free for pre-production software development. Contact us for commercial options.
Hosting
On your own servers
Typical clients
Web browsers; Wolfram Client Libraries; Wolfram Desktop and mobile applications; any HTTP-capable program
Wolfram Language Lightweight Web Evaluator [open source]
A standalone single-threaded server implemented completely in the Wolfram Language with no other software dependencies
For those who want to simply evaluate Wolfram Language expressions via HTTP
Services
Wolfram Language expression evaluations
Deployment
Single machine, with single Wolfram Engine kernel
Licensing
Free for pre-production software development. Contact us for commercial options.
Hosting
On your own servers
Typical clients
Web browsers; Wolfram Client Libraries; Wolfram Desktop and mobile applications; any HTTP-capable program