Timothy,

Cloud is the obvious choice. I believe application you refers to a Software application. Let’s take Gmail as an example for instance. Google provides you with a 15 GB storage to store your email and other files in Google Drive for free.

Now, let’s say Gmail is an on-premise software application which stores these in your laptop memory. Just imagine how hard it’ll be for you to manage all the emails that comes to you, spam filtering, etc. And there is always the case that you’ll run out of storage on your laptop, then you need to purchase a hard drive which is expensive and complex to maintain.

That’s why Cloud is the best solution. Hope this helps.

Hey Tim,

I too agree with Jessica. But there is a catch. The choice of on-premise or cloud application is based on your requirement.

General text editing software like MS Word is best used in on-premise than going for Cloud. Because you don’t need internet to access the files in your system and make edits using MS Word.

But when it comes to collaborating with 2 or more people to create a document, MS Word online or Google Docs would be the best choice.

So, from my perspective the choice should be made by you based on your requirement.

Mine is also same as Blake’s. The choice should be based on the need.

I feel comfortable working on on-premise applications. It gives you more freedom to work on any time, any place even without internet. But there are some inevitable situations where cloud is necessary.

Make your choice wisely.