Does the paid version of Sandbox work? Is there priority server access

[andrewcode3]

Still weeks since my last ability to log into a modeling lab environment.  Doesn't look like there is any hope of that changing.  Not trying to complain about a free service, but if I paid for it, would it work better?  Its not clear to me that I am purchasing priority access to servers, and if I am just gonna be locked out around the clock like the free service I certainly dont want to pay for nothing. 

[bigevilbeard]

There is no paid Devnet sandbox. Do you mean if you purchase CML Personal Edition and run this on your local device/machine?

[andrewcode3]

I guess that’s what I’m trying to find out. Is the paid version, I hear
you saying it’s a local instance, does CML work the same as the online free
tool for my learning needs?

[bigevilbeard · Accepted solution]

Yes the CML personal version is the same as the sandbox, but the CML-P runs locally on your machine within a VM https://learningnetworkstore.cisco.com/cisco-modeling-labs-personal/cisco-modeling-labs-personal/CML-PERSONAL.html

[kasun-silva]

Isn't CML-P not offered same like Devnetbox with cloud access?

[bigevilbeard]

@kasun-silva CML-P is meant to ran on your local machine in a virtual environment, yes it is the same version as what you can access in the devnet sandbox for free. If you purchase CML-P you can also rdeploy CML into the cloud through their Amazon Web Services (AWS) account. This means you will no longer need to buy or maintain hardware to house CML. You can deploy your CML instance with your own AWS license. I believe you can also do the same in other cloud providers, however please check documentation from Cisco on this.

Hope this helps.

[kasun-silva]

@bigevilbeard Thank you for the clarification. Any plans Cisco to offer CML-P on cloud or in the road map, whole point we want to avoid spending money on hardware to run the labs. And running on cloud will add more cost apart from CML-P Licenses.

[bigevilbeard]

@kasun-silva i do not know, it would be a nice idea if you could pay-as-go with CML in the cloud