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2 title: Introduction
3 description: smbCloud is the platform you build your product on. Transactional email, authentication, app deploys, and a managed PostgreSQL database in one place.
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5
6 # smbCloud
7
8 **Four services. One platform.** Enterprise power at startup velocity.
9
10 smbCloud is the platform you build your product on. It bundles the pieces most
11 teams stitch together by hand, meaning email your users actually receive, sign-in
12 you don't have to build, app hosting, and a database, into one place, so you can
13 stay focused on what you're actually building.
14
15 ## The services
16
17 import { Cards } from 'nextra/components'
18
19 <Cards>
20 <Cards.Card title="Mail" href="/mail" arrow>
21 Transactional email from your domain, plus inbound routing.
22 </Cards.Card>
23 <Cards.Card title="Auth" href="/auth" arrow>
24 Sign-in, accounts, and hosted auth for your users.
25 </Cards.Card>
26 <Cards.Card title="Deploy" href="/deploy" arrow>
27 Ship NodeJS, Swift, and Ruby apps with one command.
28 </Cards.Card>
29 <Cards.Card title="GresIQ" href="/gresiq" arrow>
30 A managed PostgreSQL database for your app.
31 </Cards.Card>
32 </Cards>
33
34 ## Where to go next
35
36 - New here? Start with the service that matches what you're trying to do.
37 - Building against smbCloud? The [Developer](/developer) section covers the CLI,
38 tools, and SDKs.
39
40 Looking for product help by service, head to **Mail**, **Auth**, **Deploy**, or
41 **GresIQ** above. For the command-line tool and everything you install locally,
42 see [Developer](/developer).