Feature comparison between cloud-hosted Safetica and Safetica hosted on-premises

Learn in what details the feature sets of cloud-hosted and on-premises-hosted Safetica differ.

Article last updated: August 2024.

Safetica offers two hosting options: on-premises and in the cloud. They offer very similar feature sets, but differ in the following details:

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Feature	On-premises	Cloud
Safetica Unified Classification – combines content, context, file types, and the option to use existing 3rd-party data classification
Data-in-use and data-in-motion classification
Data discovery: data-at-rest classification
Predefined out-of-the-box data classifications
File content analysis
Context-aware detection
File type detection
Support for 3rd party classifications
OCR text detection in image files

Feature	On-premises	Cloud
Data-in-use and data-in-motion visibility
Data discovery: data-at-rest visibility
Configurable data incident mitigation (log, user notification, block, override)
Company data destination management
Shadow copy for security incidents		Coming later

Feature	On-premises	Cloud
Risk assessment and visibility	Coming later
Admin center	Coming later
User activity visibility across applications, websites, and external devices
Email traffic visibility
Application policies to control app usage
Website policies to control web visits
External device policies to control the use of external devices
Basic app and website categorization
Advanced app and website categorization (bulk management, custom categories, etc.)	In Safetica Maintenance Console	Coming later

Feature	On-premises	Cloud
Visibility of Exchange Online email communication (with and without attachments)
Control of Exchange Online email communication	Coming soon	Coming soon
Visibility of Microsoft 365 file operations and file sharing (OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams, etc.)
Control of Microsoft 365 file sharing
Microsoft 365 file operations and file sharing done on mobile and BYOD devices

Feature	On-premises	Cloud
Alerts about policy violations		New alert system
Alerts about risky operations	Coming later
Maintenance-related service alerts	In Safetica Maintenance Console	Coming later
Summarizing informative alerts	In Safetica Maintenance Console	Coming later
Basic scheduled reports
Advanced scheduled reports with customized layout	In Safetica Maintenance Console	Coming later
Security Audit Report
Record exporting

Feature	On-premises	Cloud
Companion Safetica Maintenance Console for advanced maintenance use cases	In Safetica Maintenance Console
Safetica server update		Not needed
Safetica server settings	In Safetica Maintenance Console	Not needed
Access rights and permissions
Basic Safetica Client deactivation
Advanced Safetica Client deactivation for individual components	In Safetica Maintenance Console	Not needed
Advanced Safetica Client management (process and folder hiding, user notification controls, record sending controls, etc.)	In Safetica Maintenance Console	Coming later
Basic troubleshooting log collection
Advanced troubleshooting log collection	In Safetica Maintenance Console	Coming later
View and edit license details		Coming soon
Change language and date/time format displayed in Safetica console
Advanced integration settings (Application and system integration, trusted servers, network certificate validation, external device exceptions, etc.)	In Safetica Maintenance Console	Coming later

Feature	On-premises	Cloud
Attaching and managing database archives		Not needed
Creating and managing new database archives	Coming soon	Not needed
Data record retention on cloud	Depends on server and database specifications	6-18 months depending on license

Feature	On-premises	Cloud
Azure Active Directory (Entra ID) integration
Active Directory integration	In Safetica Maintenance Console	We support AAD integration. If you can't use AAD, we support AD Bridge
SIEM integration	In Safetica Maintenance Console	Coming later
Extended reporting: Data analysis tools integration (PowerBI, Tableau, etc.)	In Safetica Maintenance Console	Coming later