Deployment Model Comparison
| Deployment Model | On-Premise Solution | VIDIZMO Shared Cloud Solution (SaaS) | VIDIZMO Dedicated Cloud Model Solution | Hybrid Deployment Solution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deployment Time | Deployment may take up to a few hours to a couple of days | Instantaneous deployment within a few hours | Deployment may take a few days | Deployment may take up to a few hours to a couple of days depending on customer requirements |
| Access to Innovations | No access to cloud media services and innovations | Access to all innovations and technological advancements in cloud | Access to all cloud innovations | Access to all cloud innovations and technical advancements |
| Expenditure | High capital expenditure; user and server-based pricing | Monthly operational expense; user-based pricing | Monthly operational expense; user and server-based pricing | Combination of capital and operational expenses depending on customer requirements |
| Responsibility | Managed by enterprise IT; greater in-house IT involvement in deployment, updates, etc. | Managed by VIDIZMO team in SaaS environment; Less involvement of enterprise IT; updates are automatic | Choice of deployment and management by enterprise IT or VIDIZMO team | Managed by enterprise IT and/or VIDIZMO team |
| Scalability and capacity | Limited scalability and storage capacity | High scalability; autoscaling & elastic storage | High scalability; autoscaling & elastic storage | High scalability; scaling and elastic storage |
| Ease of Deployment | Difficult to deploy across multiple sites | Easy deployment across numerous sites e.g. hybrid model | Easy deployment across numerous sites e.g. hybrid model | Easy deployment across numerous sites e.g. hybrid model |
| Points of Failure | Single point of failure due to centralized infrastructure | No single point of failure due to a highly distributed infrastructure | Customer’s choice of data centers located worldwide for highly distributed infrastructure | Customer’s choice of data centers located worldwide for highly distributed infrastructure |
| Expenses | High maintenance and operational expenses | No maintenance cost; pay-as-you-go subscription model (monthly fees) | Operational expense to maintain the environment | Operational and maintenance expense |
| Availability | Maintaining high availability requires significant investment to avoid outages | High availability as major cloud providers guarantee 99.95% uptime or more | High availability as major cloud providers guarantee 99.95% uptime or more | High availability as major cloud providers guarantees 99.95% uptime or more |
| Backup | Backups can take a longer time to recover data, depending on the type of storage and its location | Robust backup and fast data recovery; data redundancy further improves disaster recovery | Most efficient disaster recovery | Robust backup and fast data recovery; data redundancy also improves disaster recovery |
| Customization | High solution customizability | Configurable but not as customizable | High solution configuration and customization | High solution configuration and customization |
| Control and Flexibility | More control with less flexibility | Less control with more flexibility (high scalability) | More control and more flexibility | More control and flexibility |
| Connection | Can run without an internet | Requires a high functioning internet connection | Requires a high functioning internet connection | Can run both with and without the internet |
| Tenant | Single-tenant per server | Multiple tenants in the cloud | Single-tenant per server | Depends on customer requirements |
| Security and Compliance | Customizable security and compliance policies | Implement a cloud provider’s security and compliance policies | Customizable security and compliance policies | Customizable security and compliance policies |
| Deployment Options | Deployable on customer-provided infrastructure | Available on VIDIZMO cloud only | Deployable in VIDIZMO cloud or customer cloud | Deployable on customer’s infrastructure and also in VIDIZMO or customer’s cloud |
