What are the advantages of Discus over a remotely hosted service?
Remotely hosted board services store your valuable data on their servers, forcing you to trust someone else to keep your data safe and to respect your privacy. Since you are purchasing a service rather than a software product, you also generally need to pay monthly or other recurring fees to your board host. Some of these services also “share” your member lists with their marketing “partners” or claim that they own all the data created with your board. And, of course, having your board up and running assumes that your board hosting service stays in business; your board is gone if they go under. Discus installs onto your existing web server, and all of the data associated with your board is stored on your own server under your own control. This way, you know that only you and authorized individuals will see your data, and you can proactively keep your data safe. Also, when hosting a board yourself, you do not risk temporary or permanent service interruptions from your board host. Best o
