# Introduction

Monterosa / Interaction Cloud™ is the real-time engagement platform that helps product, content and engineering teams build direct relationships with fans. 

Featuring a range of ready-made and customisable apps, the platform provides gamification, voting, competitions and live event [**Experiences**](https://products.monterosa.co/mic/creator-guide/experiences) for audiences to lean in and get involved. 

Complexity and time-to-market are barriers to innovation. Monterosa consolidates all of your fan engagement in one place with one creator interface, one data model and a passionate team with expertise to support you when it matters.

For large organisations, we give you peace of mind with enterprise-grade capabilities, security standards and professional services to help you make the most of the platform. 

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="when-to-choose-lvis"><strong>Why Monterosa?</strong></a></td><td>A set of reasons why you might choose Monterosa for your fan engagement platform</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="use-cases"><strong>Engagement Use Cases</strong> </a></td><td>An overview of the types of Experience you can create with the platform</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="platform-buyer-faq"><strong>Platform Buyer FAQs</strong></a></td><td>A list of answers for common questions in the evaluation phase</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="core-concepts"><strong>Core Platform Concepts</strong></a></td><td>An overview of all the main concepts including Projects, Events and Elements</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="creator-guide"><strong>Creator Guide</strong></a></td><td>A collection of guides and workflows for content creators</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="integration-guide"><strong>Integration Guide</strong></a></td><td>A set of integration guides including web, native app, identity, analytics and data pipelines. </td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="developer-guide"><strong>Developer Guides</strong></a></td><td>Help for developers wanting to embed apps or build their own apps on the platform</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="control-api"><strong>Control API</strong></a></td><td>Dedicated reference for the Control API automation interface</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="broken-reference"><strong>API Reference</strong></a></td><td>References for all non-control APIs and data feeds </td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>