MapleNet and MapleCloud
Which Should I Choose?
Maplesoft offers two different ways to share your Maple documents over the web: MapleNet, a server-based product you install on your own computers; and the free MapleCloud service run by Maplesoft. Which is right for you depends on your needs and your organization’s policies. The following chart explains the differences.
| Needs | MapleCloud | MapleNet |
| Access to interactive Maple documents through a web browser | Yes | Yes |
| Ability to limit access to certain users | Yes, through private groups that require login | Yes, using your own institution's intranet systems |
| Data security | Content held on shared servers using industry-standard security protocols | Content held on your own server inside your own firewalls |
| Performance | Suitable for small-to-medium sized computations. Limits on computation times. | Suitable for all-sized computations. Limits on computation times are controlled by you. |
| Extending Maple’s abilities | A document can contain custom Maple procedures used by that application, but you cannot call on shared custom libraries or add-on Maple toolboxes. | Unrestricted. Documents can call on custom procedures, shared custom libraries, or Maple toolboxes (subject to additional fees). |
| Setup and IT support | None required - service is hosted and maintained by Maplesoft. | Installs and runs on your own server. |
| Provide Maple compute services for your own applications* | No | Yes - MapleNet includes an API that client applications can use to pass Maple expressions to the MapleNet server for evaluation and get back a mathematical expression or plot. |
| Programmatically execute Maple documents and return results to your non-Maple application** | No | Yes |
| Use as an engine for your own content-deploying application | No | Contact us for details. |
*Also see OpenMaple for information about accessing Maple algorithms and data structures from your compiled C, Java, or Visual Basic programs.
**See RunWorksheet to learn about running Maple worksheets programmatically from Maple applications
