SaaS

The SaaS version is the fastest way to get started — no infrastructure to manage. Sign up and start monitoring AI applications in minutes.

Key characteristics

	Detail
Hosting	Managed at arms.elsaifoundry.ai
Auth	Organization-based API keys
Data plane	Cloud-hosted backend
Configuration	ELSAI_ARMS_API_KEY only
Dashboard	Cloud dashboard
SDK version	elsai-arms==1.3.4 (SaaS index)

Install the SaaS SDK

pip install \
  --extra-index-url https://arms-packages.elsaifoundry.ai/root/elsai-arms-sass/ \
  elsai-arms==1.3.4

from elsai_arms.elsai_arms import ElsaiARMS

arms = ElsaiARMS("project_name")

No API_BASE_URL or database configuration is required. See Configuration.

Dashboard features

Real-time Monitoring

Live updates of all system metrics and operations

Performance Analytics

Comprehensive analysis of LLM, RAG, and system performance

Cost Tracking

Monitor and optimize your AI infrastructure costs

Governance

Policies and controls for responsible AI development

Agent monitoring

SaaS supports LangChain and LangGraph via arms.langchain_callback. Agentkit hook integration is available on on-prem deployments only.

See Agent Monitoring for setup.

When to choose SaaS

Fastest time to value

Sign up, set one API key, and start monitoring without provisioning infrastructure.

No ops overhead

No servers, databases, or dashboard deployment to manage.

Managed scaling

Cloud backend scales with your usage.

No data residency constraints

Ideal when you don't need metrics and traces stored inside your own VPC or region.

Next steps

• Configuration — API key setup
• User Guide — feature reference
• Tutorial — sample code
• SaaS release notes — version history