eCommerce/Web-to-Print Software

Hosting Options

Cloud-Based or Customer-Hosted Deployments

Make Offering Digital StoreFront to Your Customers Easy

Whether you’re an in-plant printer, a small commercial printer or part of a larger print franchise, EFI™ makes offering Digital StoreFront to your customers easy. Digital StoreFront can be deployed from the cloud or directly at your location through a customer-hosted model.

Why Choose the Cloud-Based Option?

The cloud-based model is ideal if you do not have the budget, staff or desire to purchase, manage and maintain all the hardware and software associated with EFI Digital StoreFront®. The model also has a predictable on-going cost and a rapid time-to-deploy.

Why Select the Customer-Hosted Option?

The customer-hosted model works better for printers who have the time, desire and resources to incorporate Digital StoreFront into their existing IT infrastructure and to manage it. This model gives you total control over your Web application on your network behind the firewall and all costs associated with it.

Comparison Grid

Cloud-Based Model

Customer-Hosted Model
Customer has little local IT resources and budget to invest, maintain and support this application. Customer has strict IT restrictions regarding data storage and transfer outside their firewall.
Time-to-market is critical, and in-house IT project schedules do not allow rapid or focused attention. Customer has an existing IT staff, which manages and maintains similar Web solutions.
Customer wants to fully outsource the solution including maintenance, backup and security concerns. Customer wants full control of the solution as it pertains to maintenance and scalability (e.g., additional hardware, bandwidth, disk space and processing power).
Customer lacks the proper facility to host, support and maintain this solution 24/7, 365 days a year. Customer typically has purchased Web solutions as on-premise solutions and wants to remain consistent with past procurement decisions.
This solution has a known cost for investing, supporting and maintaining Digital StoreFront, while the on-premise solution may require the additional purchase of Microsoft SQL database and local database expertise. Customer has Microsoft® SQL database licensing in place and would like to leverage that investment internally.