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# Create a Cluster

TigerGraph Cloud Classic clusters offer a full-scale analytics platform to store and query your graph data.

This page guides you through the process of creating a **free-tier** cluster (subject to [limits](../reference/service-limits.md)).

> [!NOTE]
> Free-tier clusters are for training, learning, and small-scale proof of concept use cases. Free-tier clusters do not support backup and restore. For more advanced testing and learning, consider adding a payment method and using paid-tier clusters to access the backup and restore feature.

## Create a Cluster

On the Clusters page, if you have no clusters and have the privileges to create a cluster in your organization, you will see an option in the center to create a cluster.

![main page no clusters](_images/main-page-no-clusters.png) 

Click this button to go to the Create cluster page.

![choose cluster type](_images/choose-cluster-type.png) 

### Free-tier clusters

Each organization can have one free-tier cluster created at a time.

Select a use case to immediately create a cluster with a sample data set and graph schema. Many use cases come with pre-installed, customized queries for you to test out as well.

TigerGraph is constantly expanding its selection of use cases available for all users. Click **View all use cases** to reveal all of the potential sample data sets to explore.

### Professional-tier clusters

![create cluster professional](_images/create-cluster-professional.png) 

In the Professional tier, you have the option to choose your cloud provider, region, instance type and size, and partition and replication factors. See the [Reference](../reference/index.md) section for more information.

The default options are chosen for you automatically in the Free tier.

> [!NOTE]
> The [GSQL Web Shell](#tigergraph-server:gsql-shell:web.adoc) is currently not supported on Azure-hosted clusters due to a limitation with Azure Application Gateway. Not all TigerGraph versions that are offered on-premises are offered on TigerGraph Cloud Classic. In the dropdown list, choose the version of TigerGraph you want to run.

![cluster name and version](_images/cluster-name-and-version.png)

Name your cluster to set it apart from others in your cluster view. You can also optionally give it a description to explain what you plan to use it for.

In this section, you can also add a custom subdomain to easily identify your cluster via URL. If you don't add a custom subdomain, a random alphanumeric subdomain will be automatically generated.

### Enterprise-tier clusters

![enterprise tier clusters](_images/enterprise-tier-clusters.png) 

TigerGraph Cloud Classic offers enterprise-level hardware and support solutions for graph databases. Click **Contact us** or send an email to [sales@tigergraph.com](mailto:sales@tigergraph.com) for more information.

## Access your cluster

After you have created your cluster, it may take a few minutes for it to be ready. Once you see the status of your cluster turn to "Ready", you can choose many ways to access your cluster.

See [Access a Cluster](cluster-access.md) for more information.