Take It Further - Production Guidance
Understand what changes for production deployment including costs, security, and customization
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Understand what changes for production deployment including costs, security, and customization
Ready for Production?
You've explored the chatbot. Now understand what changes when moving from this demo to a production deployment that serves real residents.
What Would Change at Scale
The demo handles a handful of requests. Production systems need to handle thousands of residents with consistent availability.
- User Capacity
- User capacity: From 10s to 1000s of concurrent users
- Data Volume
- Data volume: Larger knowledge base, more conversation history
- Availability
- Availability: Multi-AZ deployment, failover strategies
- Security
- Security: WAF, API keys, audit logging
Customization Options
The demo uses generic council data. Production deployments are customized to your council's specific services, tone, and integrations.
| Customization | Description | Effort Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| Knowledge Base | Knowledge base: Add your council's specific documents | 1-2 weeks |
| Personality | Personality: Adjust tone and response style | 2-3 days |
| Integrations | Integrations: Connect to CRM, ticketing systems | 2-4 weeks per integration |
| Languages | Languages: Add additional language support | 1-2 weeks per language |
Cost Projection
Costs scale with usage. Here's a comparison between this demo and a typical production deployment.
| Service | Demo Costs | Production Costs (10,000 conversations/month) |
|---|---|---|
| AWS Bedrock (AI) | $500-2000/month | |
| AWS Lambda (Compute) | $50-100/month | |
| DynamoDB (Storage) | $25-50/month | |
| Total | No cost to your council | $575-2150/month (10,000 conversations) |
Security Hardening Checklist
The demo prioritizes ease of exploration. Production deployments need additional security measures.