On-Premises

Cloud

The ePortalis software is installed on your school server

The ePortalis software is hosted outside of your school network

Allows you to have full control of your infrastructure

Infrastructure control is dependent on the service provider

Scaling up and down have time delays

Capacity is easy to scale up and down

The servers needs to be maintained by the school

The server is managed by the provider

It is a purpose built system

System is defined by the service provider

Complete data visibility and control

Dependent on the service provider

Data backups and recovery are managed by the school

Built in automated data backups and recovery

Easy to integrate with other systems residing within the school network

Ports access and firewall authentication is required for ePortalis software authentication and for integrated systems residing within and outside of the school network

Server reboot may assign new IP address which do not need to be updated within the school network

Server reboot may assign new IP address in which case it will need to be updated on the school network