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title: Orb Cloud
shortTitle: Orb Cloud
metaDescription: View, manage, and analyze your Orb network data in the cloud with analytics, status monitoring, and team collaboration.
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# Orb Cloud

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Orb is an internet experience platform that uses continuous data collection from run-anywhere sensors (Orbs) to deliver comprehensive insight into any device’s connectivity. It focuses on three key pillars: Responsiveness, Reliability, and Speed. These pillars form the basis of a 0-100 Orb Score that can be easily understood by any internet user. The Orb Score—along with its component scores and the underlying metrics—is stored on-device for local or remote access, available in Orb Cloud, or streamable to your own data platform.

Orb Cloud, accessible at [https://cloud.orb.net](https://cloud.orb.net), allows you to

* View the [Status](/docs/orb-cloud/status) of your Orbs and manage them
* [Orchestrate](/docs/deploy-and-configure) your Orbs with advanced deployment and configuration options
* [Create event rules & alerts](/docs/orb-cloud/events-alerts) for your Orbs and team
* Invite [Users](/docs/orb-cloud/manage-users) to your shared Space
* View [Analytics](/docs/orb-cloud/analytics) for individual Orbs or at scale (optional)

:::info
To use the latest Orb Cloud features, Orb app and sensor versions 1.3 and above are required.
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## Free plan quickstart

1. Create a free account at [https://cloud.orb.net](https://cloud.orb.net)
2. [Link](/docs/orb-app/linking-orb-to-account) an Orb to your Space
3. Confirm the Orb is visible in [https://cloud.orb.net/status](https://cloud.orb.net/status)
4. Tap on the ... in next to your Orb(s) in Status, click "edit", and toggle on "Orb Cloud" and "Scores".
5. After a few minutes, visit [https://cloud.orb.net/analytics](https://cloud.orb.net/analytics) to see your score data.

Alternatively, use a deployment token as documented under [deploy and configure](/docs/deploy-and-configure/configuration) for both linking an Orb to your account and configuring your Orb to send score data to Orb Cloud.

You're done! As a next step, you can [Configure](/docs/deploy-and-configure/configuration) your Orb or set up [Local Analytics](/docs/deploy-and-configure/local-analytics) to create your personal internet experience dashboard.

## Pro plan quickstart

1. Visit [https://plans.orb.net/plans-pricing](https://plans.orb.net/plans-pricing), select a plan, and start a trial.
2. Link an Orb to your Space using the Deployment Token generated at onboarding by opening an Orb app, tap or click the device menu button (dots) and select "Link to a Space". Paste in your Deployment Token and hit "Link with Deployment Token". See ["Using Tokens for Deployment"](/docs/deploy-and-configure/deployment-tokens#using-tokens-for-deployment) for more details and additional options.

<img src="../../images/deploy-and-configure/app-deployment-token.png" alt="App Deployment Token" style="max-height:500px;margin:auto;">

3. Confirm the Orb is visible in [https://cloud.orb.net/status](https://cloud.orb.net/status)
4. After a few minutes, visit [https://cloud.orb.net/analytics](https://cloud.orb.net/analytics) to see your data.

You're done! As a next step, you can add more Users to your Space or set up [MDM](/docs/deploy-and-configure/mdm).