Choosing Your Installation Path

I want to…	My path	What I need
Try Solace Agent Mesh in a standalone environment	Installing the Desktop Bundle	Nothing. A development event broker is included
Deploy Agent Mesh for a team or for production	Deploying with Kubernetes	A Solace event broker and an LLM API key
Use Agent Mesh as a cloud service	Agent Mesh Cloud	A Solace Cloud account

Comparing Installation Paths

Path	Purpose	Event broker	Configuration method	Complexity
Desktop bundle	Proof-of-concepts and evaluations	Development event broker included (not a production Solace event broker)	Bundled defaults	Minimal
Kubernetes	Production deployments	Separate external Solace event broker required	Helm values.yaml	High
Agent Mesh Cloud	Managed cloud service	Managed by Solace	Agent Mesh UI	n/a

For the prerequisites that apply to each path, see Before You Begin.