Why we do not offer on-premise deployments
1) You’d Have to Troubleshoot Devices Yourself
In the SlateSafety Cloud, we provide full remote diagnostics, firmware updates, and support for BAND V2 and BEACON V2 devices. On-premise deployments would shift the burden of device troubleshooting and maintenance onto your internal team, which lacks the specialized tools and access needed. If an on-premise device errored, it could take months for a SlateSafety representative to travel to typically remote operations and fix it.
2) Delayed Features, Fixes, and Firmware Updates
Our cloud-based model allows us to rapidly deliver new features, firmware patches, and platform updates. On-premise customers would either receive these updates much later — or be stuck managing version upgrades on their own.
3) Loss of Real-Time Alerts and Centralized Dashboards
The real-time heat stress alerts, device health status, and centralized dashboards all depend on continuous cloud connectivity. Replicating this functionality on-premise would require duplicating a large portion of our backend infrastructure locally — which is not feasible or reliable. This would also be expensive in both time and money.
4) No Built-In Redundancy or Data Backups
With our cloud based model, we handle data redundancy and backups that allow for a point in time recovery with full backups every week and incremental backups every day. Going on-premise means you’d need to implement your own secure database, backup strategy, and failover plan — significantly increasing IT overhead.
5) Support Would Be Severely Limited
In the cloud, we can access logs, system states, and device telemetry to quickly resolve issues. On-premise, our visibility would be extremely limited — making technical support slower and more hands-off.
6) Weaker Device Integration & Cloud Services
SlateSafety’s backend leverages secure cloud services for analytics, alerting, and telemetry processing. These integrations would be difficult or impossible to replicate locally, meaning a degraded product experience and most practically the loss of real-time alerting via SMS or email.
7) Mobile App Functionality Would Break
The SlateSafety Go mobile app relies on real-time connectivity to our cloud infrastructure. Features like live monitoring, alerting, remote device configuration, and historical data sync would not work or require extensive custom development in an on-premise setup.
8) Greater IT Burden and Risk on Your Side
Hosting SlateSafety on-premise means maintaining servers, securing sensitive data, ensuring device compatibility, and managing updates — all while staying compliant with SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, and more. That’s a significant and unnecessary burden compared to our secure, fully managed cloud environment.
9) Scalability is Built-In — No Planning Required
Our cloud infrastructure scales with your team automatically, whether you’re monitoring 5 workers or 5,000 workers. On-premise deployments would require manual capacity planning, server provisioning, and risk performance bottlenecks.
10) Greater IT Burden and Risk on Your Side
We maintain a tightly controlled, monitored, and regularly audited environment. On-premise deployments introduce variability and increase the risk of misconfiguration or outdated software — making consistent security harder to guarantee. Learn more about our security stance at slatesafety.com/security.