CRM Online Vs. CRM Hosting

Below you find a good overview of the functionalities available in CRM Online Vs. CRM Hosting

Capability Commitment Hosting Provider Monthly Cost & Licensing Exchange Synchronization	CRM Online Subscription for minimum 1 year Microsoft Data Centers Professional License cost 65USD Minimum 5 Professional Licenses for a subscription of 1 year CRM for Outlook, Email Router, or Server Synchronization (if using Exchange Online/O365)	CRM Hosting Month to Month with a 30-days notice period Hosting Data Centers (shared or dedicated hosting) Professional License depending on the Hosting Partner, but can be cheaper than 65 USD Minimum 1 Professional License. No commitment, from month to month and can be cancelled with a 30-day notice period CRM for Outlook, Email Router, or Server Synchronization (both Online and on premise supporting SMTP and POP email server profiles)
SharePoint Integration	Server Side	Server Side
Inside View (Insights)	Included	Additional cost
Social Listening	Included	Additional cost
Workflows/dialogs	200	Unlimited
Custom Entities	300	Unlimited
SSRS Reporting	FetchXML, or T-SQL from a locally replicated reporting server	FetchXML or T-SQL
Power BI Reporting	Yes	No
Office 365 Groups	Yes	No
Immersive Excel Online	Yes	No
Mobile Apps	Yes	Yes with IFD and Office 365
Offline Mobile	Yes	No
CRM for Outlook	Yes	Yes
CRM Outlook App	Yes	No
OneNote Integration	Yes	No
Upgrade/Update process	Office 365 admin approves the upgrade before it is installed, update rollups applied automatically	Upgrades and update rollups installed my the hosting provider administrator
Direct server access	No	Yes
Phone App	Yes	Yes if environment externally facing via ADFS
Tablet App	Yes	Yes if environment externally facing via ADFS
Storage	Limited to the amount of CRM Online storage purchased	Limited to the amount of storage bought at the hosting provider
Release cycle	Two releases per year. Spring release functionality exclusive to CRM Online, so new functionality available online first.	Fall release released to both CRM Online and Hosting, includes the functionality released in the Spring release.
Migrating	CRM Online customers can migrate On Premises at any time. SQL database provided to client at scheduled time that can be imported to an On Premises deployment.	CRM Hosting customers can migrate to CRM Online and customization for entities can be imported; however, Hosting database cannot be moved to Online data center, so a data migration is required.
Sandbox environments	CRM Online provides non production environments as part of your subscription that can be used for dev/test/UAT. The number of organizations received depends on the number of users.	Non production environments can be installed, depending on hosting server availability and customer request and requirements.