Cloud EDI — 100% cloud-hosted electronic data interchange
In short: Cloud EDI moves the entire EDI infrastructure to a cloud service provider — no local server, no perpetual licenses, with automatic upgrades and 99.9% SLA. EDIconnect Cloud EDI runs on Azure EU, GDPR-compliant, with autoscaling at volume peaks.
Key capabilities
- Azure EU hosting: Data center in the European Union, GDPR compliant, at-rest and in-transit encryption.
- 99.9% SLA: Contractual uptime guarantee, with 24/7 monitoring and pager duty for critical incidents.
- Autoscaling: On Black Friday or month-end peaks, the platform scales itself — no dropped documents.
- Zero-downtime upgrades: Blue-green deployment: new versions every 2-4 weeks with no interruption.
- Geo-redundant backup: Daily backup across at least 2 EU regions. Recovery Point Objective (RPO) < 15 minutes.
- Zero hardware CAPEX: Pay monthly per volume. No amortization, no perpetual licenses, no dedicated IT costs.
Why Cloud EDI beats on-premise
An on-premise EDI server typically costs €15,000-40,000 upfront (hardware + licenses) plus €3,000-8,000/year in maintenance and dedicated IT. Cloud EDI removes all of it: you pay a monthly subscription (€24-500/month by volume) and get the same functionality, with autoscaling and zero-downtime upgrades.
Time from contract to first exchanged document also drops from 3-6 months (on-premise) to 5-10 days (Cloud EDI). For companies with 1-100 trading partners, Cloud EDI is architecturally superior.
Frequently asked questions
What does Cloud EDI mean?
Cloud EDI means the entire EDI infrastructure — server, licenses, storage, maintenance — runs at a cloud service provider, and the customer accesses the service through browser or API, paying a monthly/annual subscription.
Cloud EDI vs on-premise EDI: which is better?
For 95% of companies, Cloud EDI is clearly superior: lower total cost, autoscaling, zero-downtime upgrades, native mobile access. On-premise EDI is only justified at very high volumes (>50,000 documents/month) or strict data-sovereignty requirements.
What happens to my data if I switch Cloud EDI provider?
EDIconnect offers full data export (EDI documents, mappings, configurations) in standard format, with no penalty. You are not locked in.
Is Cloud EDI GDPR compliant?
Yes. EDIconnect Cloud EDI runs exclusively in Azure EU data centers, with a standard GDPR Data Processing Agreement, AES-256 encryption and full audit trail.
What SLA does EDIconnect Cloud EDI offer?
99.9% annual uptime SLA (max ~8.76 hours downtime/year), with 24/7 monitoring and contractual penalties on breach.