Your On-premise
or Cloud-based rich text editor

Different requirements need
different deployments

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Using these side-by-side comparisons, you’ll understand the pros and cons of setup, support and ongoing maintenance/upgrades.

It’ll help you identify the best way to deploy your WYSIWYG HTML editor, what works best with your current developer resources, and which one scales most easily as you grow.

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Where to use your rich
text editor

Tiny Cloud or your own server

Your deployment method has a direct effect on the way the rich text editor performs, its ongoing costs and the amount of control you retain. Generally, the decision becomes a choice between whether your company’s chasing agile growth, or greater control.

Cloud-hosted deployment of rich text editors

Is easy to set up, just add the config code to your app. Our APIs do the rest – and the bulk of the code lives on our server. We provide updates automatically and it’s accessible anywhere, anytime.

If needed, extra resources can be added in seconds, and scaling up is fast – as and when your growth happens.

Self-hosted deployment of rich text editors

Application code either lives on business premises, or within a remote server of your choosing. Set up requires an initial installation phase, followed by testing, and then moving the app to production for use.

You have 100% control of when and what’s deployed, updates, maintenance and extensibility as well as security risks.

Scalability

Cloud-hosted deployment

Scaling up is fast – in seconds
Add extra resources when growth happens
Automatically scales without engineering effort

Self-hosted deployment

Scalability can be more difficult
Complexities and long lead-times often arise
Difficult to rapidly expand a server at short notice
Development team is responsible for ensuring scale

Internet connection

Cloud-hosted deployment

Can cause difficulties if you need the application to be available offline

Self-hosted deployment

Is a good choice if you require the application to be available offline

Security

Cloud-hosted deployment

Security managed ongoing, using industry best practices
While rare, security updates to TinyMCE are published immediately to the Cloud
Premium cloud services use JWT authentication tokens to ensure content security remains within your control

Self-hosted deployment

Gives more direct control, especially for regulated industries or government bodies
Software can be installed behind a firewall, so it’s only accessible by your staff
Development team is responsible for monitoring security issues, updates and applying them as needed

Maintenance

Cloud-hosted deployment

Automatically takes care of the maintenance for you
Automatically updates your project and adds new features
No need for your dev team to spend time maintaining a server

Self-hosted deployment

Does not automatically update, it’s totally your responsibility
Features must be added by your dev team
Dev team needs to have time available to maintain and extend a server

Server size

Cloud-hosted deployment

Hosting space is affected by the number of libraries and binaries, scope of dependencies, lines of code and visual assets
Large projects can need more hosting space, but it’s easily and economically available

Self-hosted deployment

Scope your project size where you’re employing a rich text editor – including the number of libraries and binaries, scope of dependencies, lines of code and visual assets
Large projects require a bigger size server and more cost to both host and maintain

Budget

Cloud-hosted deployment

A more cost-effective solution due to minimal maintenance, and lower development costs

Self-hosted deployment

The least cost-effective solution due to ongoing maintenance, server and developer costs

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Developers Product Managers Senior Management

"TinyMCE satisfied our needs at a competitive cost, and we were able to integrate it without restructuring our product."

Chris Burd|Vice President, policyIQ

"TinyMCE should be at the top of any list if you’re looking for a visual text editor. It’s flexible, integrates well with different systems and is extremely stable."

Rob Wells|CEO & Founder, DDSN Interactive

"In that move towards web-based editing, one of the most critical components was our editor, but to reinvent the wheel and build one seemed like a waste of resources. We found that the market had quite a few offerings, but TinyMCE was the best in terms of flexibility, integration, and support for the capabilities that we were looking at."

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