on-premises software

Definitions

Software that is installed and run on computers on the premises of the person or organization using the software, rather than at a remote facility such as a server farm or cloud.

A deployment model where applications are hosted locally on an organization's own physical servers and managed by their internal IT staff.

Examples

Many large corporations prefer on-premises software to maintain complete control over their sensitive data.

Unlike cloud-based solutions, on-premises software requires the company to manage its own hardware and server maintenance.

The IT department decided to migrate from a subscription model back to on-premises software to reduce long-term licensing costs.

Synonyms

on-prem software local software in-house software self-hosted software on-site software premise-based software private server software

Antonyms

cloud software SaaS software as a service cloud-based software hosted software web-based software remote software