What type of ActiveGate is required for SaaS?

In the context of Dynatrace, a SaaS deployment does not require any specific type of ActiveGate. This is because SaaS environments are managed by Dynatrace itself, which means that the necessary back-end infrastructure and services are provided inherently within the SaaS offering.

Customers using Dynatrace SaaS typically access the full functionalities of the Dynatrace platform without the need for additional deployment infrastructure like ActiveGates, which are primarily utilized to extend capabilities in on-premises or managed deployments.

In contrast, a shared ActiveGate facilitates interactions in environments where multiple services or applications are sharing the monitoring resources, and an environment ActiveGate functions to support specific environments by managing communication between monitored entities and the Dynatrace backend. A cluster ActiveGate, on the other hand, is used to ensure high availability and load balancing among multiple ActiveGate instances. However, none of these types are necessary for SaaS customers, as the service operates in a fully-managed environment.