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SaaS / Private decision tree · 6 yes/no questions
A 3-minute decision. Answer 6 questions, get a recommendation.
6 Yes/No Questions
| # | Question | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Must data stay inside the company? | Yes → +Private · No → +SaaS |
| 2 | Need to launch in 1–2 weeks? | Yes → +SaaS · No → Neutral |
| 3 | Need domestic/self-trained models (no public API)? | Yes → +Private · No → Neutral |
| 4 | MLPS Level 3+ / finance / healthcare compliance required? | Yes → +Private · No → Neutral |
| 5 | Have a dedicated IT ops team? | Yes → Neutral · No → +SaaS |
| 6 | Expect to scale from pilot to production within 6 months? | Yes → Start with SaaS, can migrate to Private later |
Mostly SaaS → SaaS · Mostly Private → Private · Balanced → Start on SaaS.
Decision Matrix
| Scenario | Recommendation |
|---|---|
| Internet companies / SaaS providers | SaaS |
| Mid-to-large manufacturing / retail | SaaS / Hybrid |
| Government / SOEs | Private |
| Banks / securities / insurance | Private |
| Hospitals / Tier-3A / pharma | Private |
| Education / K-12 / university | SaaS / Private |
| Cross-border / overseas | SaaS (compliance depends on target country) |
Shared Capabilities (identical in both)
Whichever you pick, the following are completely equivalent:
- Agent / Workflow / Chatflow / Knowledge Base
- Workbench
- RBAC + ACL
- Workspace isolation
- Three pillars Logs / Metrics / Traces
- Round Robin + Failover
- Multi-channel deployment
Where They Differ
| Dimension | SaaS | Private |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-tenant | Organization → Workspace (two-layer) | 1 deployment = 1 organization |
| Custom models | Not supported (use platform-curated) | Supported |
| Billing | Credits | No platform billing |
| Data ownership | Platform-managed | Customer-owned |
| Operations | Evose | Customer IT |
| Onboarding | Instant | 2–4 weeks |
Recommended Paths
| Your scenario | Path |
|---|---|
| Fast pilot → validation | Start on SaaS, free trial Credits, 2–3 weeks to validate ROI |
| Pilot success → scale to production | Evaluate migration cost (migration tools provided) |
| Strong compliance → go live | Go straight to Private, 2–4 week implementation |
| Hybrid → cross-region | SaaS + Private in parallel (no bidirectional sync yet; manual coordination) |
Next Steps
- Pick SaaS → SaaS onboarding
- Pick Private → System requirements
- Still evaluating → SaaS vs Private full comparison