Cloud vs On-Premise ERP: On-prem, Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Hybrid | ERP for Beginners Ep 5

Episode five of ERP for Beginners. The deployment question every ERP customer has to answer — where does the ERP actually live? Vendor-neutral walkthrough of on-premise, public cloud, private cloud, and hybrid, plus the tradeoffs that make one fit for one company and wrong for another. Just under six minutes, plain-English, no vendor pitch. What You'll Learn: - The four deployment options every ERP vendor offers — on-prem, public cloud, private cloud, hybrid - On-premise — you install, you run, full customisation, slowest innovation - Public cloud (SaaS) — multi-tenant, subscription, standard processes, fastest innovation - Private cloud (RISE-style) — vendor-managed infrastructure with your own config and custom code - Hybrid — how large multi-region businesses actually end up mixing them - The three dimensions every choice trades: control, innovation speed, cost shape - A four-question decision tree for picking a deployment model Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:12 - What's in this episode 0:30 - The landscape — four deployments, one tradeoff 1:15 - On-premise — you run it 2:00 - Public cloud — SaaS ERP 2:55 - Private cloud and hybrid — the pragmatic middle 3:50 - How to choose — four questions 4:35 - Recap — four points 5:20 - What's next: Season 1 finale — The vendor landscape Key Takeaways: 1. Four flavours — on-premise, public cloud, private cloud, hybrid. Every vendor offers some mix. 2. On-prem trades slow innovation for maximum control. Customise anything, upgrade when you want. 3. Public cloud flips it — fastest innovation, predictable subscription, limited customisation. The vendor's opinion wins. 4. Private cloud (SAP RISE, Oracle Cloud at Customer, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Dedicated) is the middle path. It's where most ECC-to-S/4HANA and similar large migrations are actually landing. 5. Hybrid is the reality for large businesses — different workloads in different deployments, usually during a multi-year migration. Next in the series: Episode 6 — The vendor landscape. The Season 1 finale. SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, Workday, Odoo — who makes what, and how companies choose. Taught by CelesteAI. Like and subscribe for the finale.