Evaluating on-prem project management software
What to check when the deployment has to live inside your perimeter - and how to keep agents while you do it.
On-prem project and work management is back on the table for teams that can't accept a vendor-controlled cloud. But on-prem only delivers if the product was built to run there - not bolted into a container as an afterthought.
This guide covers what to evaluate when the deployment has to live inside your perimeter.
Key takeaways
- On-prem is a first-class deployment posture, not a downgrade - if the product supports it natively.
- Check that AI/agent features still work inside your boundary with your own keys.
- Plan upgrades, backups, and identity integration as part of the evaluation.
What to evaluate for on-prem
- Does the full product run on-prem, or only a reduced subset?
- Do agents and AI features work with your own model keys inside the perimeter?
- How are upgrades, backups, and high availability handled in your environment?
- Which identity provider and access-control integrations are supported?
- What is the support model when the vendor can't see your instance?
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