Disadvantages of Web-Based Database Systems
1) Security: One of the gravest concerns of using a web database is security. With not many security standards available in the Cloud Computing model, most of the users are worried about putting their financial data aline.
2) Switching: Another concern when selecting an online database is switching. Different databases support different formats and switching from one to another becomes a pain thereby increasing switching costs.
3) Downtime: There are times when the server can be down because of multiple reasons which can lead to huge data loss and inaccessibility thereby causing great losses to customers.
