Concepts

Background on how the Socaity SDK, APIPod, and the cloud orchestration layer fit together. Read these to build the mental model behind the docs.

Architecture

How the SDK, APIPod, and the cloud orchestration layer fit together.

What is MaaS

Model-as-a-Service explained — the broker pattern, what MaaS is and is not, when to choose Socaity.

Job System

The nine-state job lifecycle — PENDING through FINISHED, and the polling patterns around it.

Serverless vs Dedicated

Decide between pay-per-second serverless GPU and always-on dedicated hosting.

Cold Starts

Why cold starts happen, when they matter, and how Socaity reduces them.

Pricing Model

Active-only billing — what you pay for, what you do not, and how pass-through pricing works.

Cloud Providers

Compare RunPod, Scaleway, Azure, and local development across the PROVIDER enum.

EU Hosting

Why Socaity hosts in Europe — data sovereignty, GDPR alignment, and regional choice.