Pro-Contra von hosted / selfhosted



Benefits

Hosted

Selfhosted

Update services

operated by Zammad GmbH

under your own responsibility

(exception: Corporation Subscription)

Hosting

operated by Zammad GmbH

under your own responsibility
(potentially increased internal effort)

Maintenance of the machine

operated by Zammad GmbH

under your own responsibility
(potentially challenging regarding hardware failures)

Support Services

Yes!
No - but can be extended by support contract

(for free via Community, no solution guarantee)

Backup of the instance

nächtlich

under your own responsibility

Full Zammad-

Functionality ²

Depending on the selected package

(„Yes“ with the Plus-subscription)

Yes!

Bug Eskalations
(„priorized by payment”)

Yes!

with subscription: Yes!

Hosting in Germany

Yes!

under your own responsibility

² The full functionality refers to core functions of Zammad and excludes any add-ons that may be available later. Future add-ons are package dependent.

Generally, the Hosted Setup is much more comfortable and easier, especially in the software maintenance and the general administration of your machine. This allows you to concentrate on what is important to you: supporting your customers.

The Hosted package is particularly recommended if there is no in-house know-how on the operation of Linux systems, as this is a basic requirement of Zammad.

But note: Changing between selfhosted and hosted (and vice versa) is possible at any time without problems!

Informations of the requirements for in-house hosting can be found here: