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title: "Headquarters Overview"
url: "https://docs.robotiq.ai/en/article/headquarters-overview"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2025-12-19T14:08:10.114Z"
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# Headquarters Overview

Headquarters (HQ) is the main part of the Robotiq.ai platform. It's a web application with all the tools you need to run and keep your automation processes working.

## What is Headquarters?

HQ is a web application that works for many organizations. It helps you manage and maintain your automation workflows.

Here are some of the main things you can do in HQ:

-   **Process Designer:** This is where you build your automations.
-   **Lifecycle Management:** Handle different versions of your processes and publish them for development, testing, and production.
-   **Scheduler:** Start processes on your robots.
-   **Execution Monitoring:** See jobs that are running or have finished, including their logs.
-   **Robot Management:** Set up, manage, and keep an eye on your robots.
-   **User Management:** Manage users, teams, and departments.
-   **Dashboards:** Get reports on how jobs are running and how much your robots are being used.

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## Cloud vs. On-Premises Deployment

HQ is built on a custom cloud setup. You can also install it on your own servers if you prefer.

Using HQ in the cloud has several benefits:

-   **Access From Anywhere:** You can get to HQ from any location.
-   **Faster Release Cycle:** You'll get new features and improvements every month.
-   **Faster Bug Fixing:** We respond quickly with bug patches.
-   **Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO):** You don't have to buy hardware or software. You also won't need your own staff to maintain the system.
-   **High Availability and Redundancy:** HQ uses multiple data centers to keep running without interruption.
-   **Faster Security Patching:** Security fixes are applied quickly.
-   **Stronger Security:** All your data is encrypted.

## Related Articles

-   [Security Overview - Robotiq.ai Help Center](https://docs.robotiq.ai/en/article/security-overview)
-   [Robots - Robotiq.ai Help Center](https://docs.robotiq.ai/en/article/robots)
-   [Scheduler - Robotiq.ai Help Center](https://docs.robotiq.ai/en/article/scheduler)
-   [Robotiq.ai Dashboard - Robotiq.ai Help Center](https://docs.robotiq.ai/en/article/robotiqai-dashboard)

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