# Manage Materialize
This section contains various resources for managing Materialize.

## Operational guides

| Guide | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| [Operational guidelines](/clusters/operational-guidelines/) | General operational guidelines |
| [Monitoring and alerting](/observability/) | Guides to set up monitoring and alerting |
| [Disaster Recovery](/materialize-cloud/disaster-recovery/) | Disaster recovery strategies for Materialize Cloud |


## Manage via dbt/Terraform

| Guide | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| [Using dbt to manage Materialize](/developer-tools/dbt/) | Guides for using dbt to manage Materialize |
| [Using Terraform to manage Materialize](/developer-tools/terraform/) | Guides for using Terraform to manage Materialize |
| [Using mz-deploy to manage Materialize](/developer-tools/mz-deploy/) | SQL-native CLI for zero-downtime blue/green deployments |

## Usage and billing

| Guide | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| [**Usage & billing**](/materialize-cloud/billing/) | Understand the billing model of Materialize |