What's the main *disadvantage* of Xenforo cloud vs self-hosting?

[david.steadson]

Obviously, self-hosting can be done cheaper, but apart from that, what has made people chose self-hosting?

 

[david.steadson]

Looking around the forum just now, it turns out there's an email alert issue with Cloud regarding blocked alerts from certain email providers like Hotmail / Outlook. I wasn't aware of that, so is something to bear in mind when considering Cloud.

Does Cloud not allow custom mail servers for outgoing mail?

 

[Paul B]

Yes, you can use your own.

It's only the built in PHP mail which uses our mail server.