The biggest downside we've experienced with PEP: Using OnQ, there was a physical server in-house. So even if the internet/cloud went down, you could still do basic stuff like check-ins, and the changes would push through later. PEP is entirely cloud-based, so when it goes down, you're hands are completely tied. More @Wikipedia
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