showcase/shell-docs/src/content/snippets/shared/premium/overview.mdx
The Enterprise Intelligence Platform is CopilotKit's production layer for durable threads, persistence, observability, hosted Copilot Cloud, and self-hosted deployments. It is designed for teams building production-grade, agent-powered applications with CopilotKit while keeping the same frontend SDK and runtime APIs.
The Developer tier is free to start with, and self-service plans are available through Copilot Cloud.
Create a project in Copilot Cloud and use the public API key with your runtime.
Use a public license key when you run the Enterprise Intelligence Platform yourself. To get yours, follow the steps below.
<Steps> <Step> #### Sign up<OpsPlatformCTA
variant="inline"
title="Create a free Enterprise Intelligence Platform account"
body="No credit card required. Get a public license key plus persistent threads, observability, and more."
surface="docs_premium_overview"
/>
Once you've signed up, you'll be able to get your public license key from the left nav.
Once you've signed up, you'll be able to use the public license key in your CopilotKit instance.
```tsx title="layout.tsx"
<CopilotKit publicLicenseKey="your-public-license-key" />
```
Yes. Self-hosted Enterprise Intelligence uses a public license key. Copilot Cloud uses a separate public API key.
A public API key connects your app to Copilot Cloud. A public license key unlocks self-hosted Enterprise Intelligence Platform capabilities and does not require a connection to Copilot Cloud.