| The platform is designed, owned and supported by ALCHEMY |
Rebranded wholesale hosted platforms with no direct control |
| Alchemy implements your own dedicated infrastructure within the Cloud |
Shared infrastructure with many other customers which can result in security breaches |
| Solutions that are totally flexible to meet your exact needs |
Prescribed solutions that may not do what you want both now and in the future. |
| Total end-to-end managed UK based support from ALCHEMY |
Basic reactive telephone support for limited elements of your infrastructure |
| Ability to host non-Microsoft applications and the integration of third party applications |
Packaged Microsoft applications that are restricted and will not integrate into third party applications |
| A Cloud Service that offers genuine scalability and flexibility without limits: you rent what you use and do not need to own hardware or software |
You are asked to lease the hardware and software, limiting you to the original leased hardware and preventing scalability |
| Managed on demand online storage and backup |
Uncontrolled and unknown state of your most critical asset, your data |
| Managed connectivity to EVERY mobile device platform |
Moderate support for only a few platforms without true collaboration |
| Dynamic user and feature additions at a moments notice |
Lengthy service and user request upgrades |
| Safe and controlled email virus and spam filtering for every user |
No management or features for each user and mailbox |