Thinkfree Office supports both Self-Hosted and Hosted API deployments with the same document editing capabilities.
Choose the deployment model that best fits your infrastructure, security requirements, and compliance needs.
Self-Hosted | Hosted API | |
|---|---|---|
Do you have your own servers? | Yes | No |
Do you have an in-house IT team? | Yes | No |
Do you prefer to store your company's data internally rather than in an external storage? | Yes | No |
Do you want us to handle the operations and hosting costs? | No | Yes |
Do you prefer to operate within your own network infrastructure or private cloud? | Yes | No |
Yes. Self-hosted is built for organizations with strict data sovereignty requirements and helps meet regulations such as HIPAA, GDPR, or local data residency laws.
Hosted API integration typically takes days rather than weeks because there’s no need to deploy and manage your own infrastructure. Self-hosted deployments usually require more setup time but offer greater control over infrastructure and operations.
Hosted API is the better fit. Thinkfree handles hosting, updates, and maintenance automatically, so you don’t need in-house infrastructure expertise.
Yes, Self-hosted is designed to run in air-gapped or private VPC environments with no external cloud dependency, unlike Hosted API which requires connectivity to Thinkfree’s hosted infrastructure.
In short: choose Self-hosted for maximum data control and compliance, or Hosted API for the fastest, lowest-maintenance setup.
