environments ( e.g ., shared plans for data services cannot be used in production environments). An embodiment of the present invention may be implemented on a Cloud Platform (Platform as a Service) and deployed to multiple environments and regions. The framework workflow may be structured into multiple distinct phases. For illustration purposes, a use case may involve when a service, e.g., a hosted NoSQL database, may be made available to multiple cloud platforms to run different types of workloads. [0021] An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a Service Framework (SF) that provides a single unified umbrella allowing for service providers to build a platform agnostic provisioning mechanism allowing for a single API implementation, while allowing consumption from multiple platforms across regions. [0022] The Service Framework of an embodiment of the present invention may allow for service scoping based on region, location, environment and/or various parameters, providing Platforms and Service Providers a fine-grained control over service filtering and promotion mechanism across cloud platforms, locations and environments. [0023] An embodiment of the present invention may provide zero deployment service publishing. In addition, upgrades to service plans and new service on-boarding may require little or no platform deployment and may be independent of the platform type. [0024] An embodiment of the present invention may further support sharing service instances across multiple regions and cloud platforms. In order to gain an additional dimension of resiliency, the Service Framework of an embodiment of the present invention may allow the same or similar backing service instance to be shared by multiple cloud platforms, allowing applications to move seamlessly between cloud platforms.