Pros and Cons of on-premises vs. the cloud

There is an ever going debate which starts from the most mainstream question of: “which is better? The cloud vs. on-premise server?” The only way to settle this debate is to do it in the traditional way of picking out the pros and cons of both of the situations. Speaking of which, these servers have a million features that outnumber the feature of other servers. They occupy the base of the technical world leaving the people astonished with the incredible qualities that they have to offer. On-premises vs cloud is the kind of discussion that has its own positive and negative sides. Have a look at the pros and cons below to choose the most suitable one for the future of your business:

CLOUD:

Pros:

• No capital cost is required in the cloud. It works on the pay-as-you-go basis so you would only have to pay for the services you have availed.
• It gives you mobility as you can get access to your numbers anywhere and at any time of the day, regardless of the fact if you are present on the company’s side or not.
• It saves you money as you do not have to hire a highly professional IT staff (who demands a higher payment) which makes up almost more than half of the cost that you spend on your software and hardware.
• It caters you with security that ensures no security breach of your data. Hence, your data is in safe hands.
• It gives an overview of your business’ numbers, data and sales and shows you the way to make your business better.
• It updates your software as per the latest modifications that are available.
• There is no server downtime as it sends your website to another server as soon as there is a malfunction in any of them.
• Data loss is prevented since the cloud makes duplicates of your data on at least two other servers.

Cons:

• The server is not present on the company’s site.
• It is completely dependent on the internet connection. Without an internet connection, you would not be able to access your data.
• The third party can gain access to your data easily.

On-premises:

Pros:

• It grants you the absolute control of your IT infrastructure.

Cons:

• It requires tons of technical staff to handle the IT infrastructure to function accurately.
• On-premise servers call for a large sum of money for its software and hardware installation due to which a lot of users are incapable of getting their major source of convenience.
• It has low-maintenance issues followed by troubleshoots that take place on the site.
• It also costs you a lot of time in updating the software.
• It restricts the access to your data and has operational problems that occur more than often, upsetting its users.
• The infrastructure is limited to the extent that it causes trouble with the scalability.

A person always picks out the best option, to begin with. Above were the pros and cons to settle the debate of on-premises vs. the cloud’ for you. Now, it’s up to you and the requirements of your business. Choose your server wisely!