# Getting Started

Tessell is a cloud-native database-as-a-service (DBaaS) that is revolutionizing data infrastructure and management for cloud-born and cloud-defining enterprises.

Tessell excels at managing demanding production workloads and maximising economic effectiveness through database consolidation by utilising the cloud's high-performance NVMe storage capabilities. It is the best option for hosting mission-critical databases because of its high-performance data architecture and reliable, cross-region replication capabilities.

Tessell's intuitive deployment process eliminates manual data management tasks that liberates developers and data engineers to focus on innovation, customer satisfaction, and driving business triumphs.

* [Sign up on Tessell](https://docs.tessell.com/tessell/getting_started/sign_up_on_tessell)
* [Tessell portal](https://docs.tessell.com/tessell/getting_started/tessell_portal)
* [Tessell compute shapes](https://docs.tessell.com/tessell/broken-reference)
* [Deployment options](https://docs.tessell.com/tessell/getting_started/deployment)
* [Supported cloud regions](https://docs.tessell.com/tessell/getting_started/supported_clouds)
* [Supported databases](https://docs.tessell.com/tessell/getting_started/supported_databases)