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title: Deployment models
description: Compare API, BCC, and inline email deployments.
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# Deployment models

Email security offers multiple deployment models:

* API for Microsoft 365 users.
* BCC for Google Workspace users.
* MX/Inline for all email providers.

When you choose the [API deployment](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/api/), Email security can both scan and take actions on emails after they have reached a user's inbox.

If you are a Google Workspace user, you can enable Email security via [BCC setup](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/bcc-journaling/bcc-setup/gmail-bcc-setup/gmail-bcc-setup/). Email security scans a copy of your email after it lands in your inbox.

![Google Workspace BCC deployment diagram](https://developers.cloudflare.com/_astro/Gmail_Deployment_BCC.YSoTUoiz_Z1MxITR.webp) 

With MX/Inline, Email security scans your email before they land in your inbox, giving you the highest level of protection.

![Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace MX/Inline](https://developers.cloudflare.com/_astro/Email_security_Deployment_Inline.Dsh4g8YD_fMdlm.webp) 

Refer to [Before you begin](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/) for a comprehensive comparison of each deployment method, and [Understanding Email Security Deployments](https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/architectures/email-security-deployments/) to learn about each deployment method.

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