SaaS or on-premise — same product, same trust level
MEA does not trade sovereignty for convenience. On-premise deployment offers full feature parity with the SaaS, including E2EE encryption, workflows and integrations.
SaaS or on-premise — at a glance
Multi-region, operated resilience
Hosted and maintained by the MEA team. Continuous updates, automatic backups and high availability — with no operational burden for your team.
Data residency
Each region has its own isolation. Your data never leaves the region you chose.
High availability
99.9% SLA (Business) with automatic failover and disaster recovery.
Continuous updates
New features and security patches deployed without service interruption.
Transfer control
You control where your data lives and any transfers, according to the deployment region you choose.
On-premise — 100% parity with SaaS
A self-contained installation on your own server. No proprietary cloud dependencies: local or object-compatible storage, and the same MEA engine as the SaaS.
100% feature parity
E2EE encryption, workflows, SSO, external API, synchronisation — all available on-premise.
Air-gap compatible
Operates without internet access. Internal timestamping available for closed environments.
Full sovereignty
You control the infrastructure, backups, updates and encryption keys.
Simplified installation
Windows installer or Linux script — operational documentation included.
SaaS or on-premise — at a glance
| Criterion | SaaS | On-premise |
|---|---|---|
| Maintenance | Operated by MEA | Your IT team |
| Updates | Automatic, zero downtime | Controlled by you |
| Data residency | Region you choose | Your infrastructure |
| Air-gap | Not applicable | Supported |
| E2EE encryption | Included | Included |
| Federated sign-in | Included (Pro+ plan) | Included |
| SLA | 99.9% (Business+) | Defined by you |
Billing through a regulated payment provider
SaaS subscriptions are billed via a regulated, industry-standard payment provider. MEA never stores card data.
Do you have specific requirements?
Our team can guide you through choosing and implementing the deployment model that fits your regulatory context.