I've seen several people comment that all of the new features added recently are only available for the cloud platform or that IPS is only focusing on the cloud platform. Out of curiosity, I actually went back and looked at all of the features released in the 4.6 and 4.7 versions. There were over 45 new features or major enhancements made across those two major versions. Of those 45 features, 7 were cloud-only features. That means 85% of the features added in that time were available to both platforms.
Ver
Feature
S
C
4.7.7
Gallery - UI Redesign
X
X
4.7.7
Gallery - Better Video Support
X
X
4.7.7
Gallery - Video Transcoding
X
4.7.7
Gallery - Searchable Videos
X
4.7.7
Gallery - NSFW Tagging
X
X
4.7.7
Gallery - Performance & Usability
X
X
4.7.7
GraphQL
X
X
4.7.7
Converters - Improved Performance
X
X
4.7.4
Personal Alerts
X
X
4.7.4
Moderator Approval Queue Improvement
X
X
4.7.4
Events - Support for Streaming Platforms
X
X
4.7.3
Events - Revamp of Calendar to Events
X
X
4.7.3
OpenSearch 2.1 Support
X
X
4.7.2.1
Improved Mark Post as Solution
X
X
4.7.1
Search Bar Enhancement
X
X
4.7.1
Topics - Future Publishing Added
X
X
4.7.0
Alerts Feature
X
X
4.7.0
Fluid Mode Revamp
X
X
4.7.0
hCaptcha Support
X
X
4.7.0
Solved/Unsolved in Activity Streams
X
X
4.7.0
ElasticSearch Enhancements
X
X
4.7.0
Zapier Enhancements
X
X
4.7.0
Realtime - Who's Typing
X
4.7.0
Realtime - Who's Viewing
X
4.7.0
Image AI - Moderation and Search
X
4.7.0
Sentament Analysis
X
4.7.0
Trending Content
X
4.6.11
Block Submission
X
X
4.6.10
IndexNow Support
X
X
4.6.10
Webhooks Improved (New Triggers)
X
X
4.6.8
SEO Improvements
X
X
4.6.8
Achievements for Commerce/Downloads
X
X
4.6.8
In-Browser Audio File Support
X
X
4.6.8
New ACP Reports
X
X
4.6.7
Stream Subscriptions
X
X
4.6.7
Stock Replies
X
X
4.6.0
Zapier Support
X
X
4.6.0
Achievements System Release
X
X
4.6.0
Web App and Push Notifications
X
X
4.6.0
Anonymous Posting
X
X
4.6.0
Solved Content
X
X
4.6.0
Show When Team Replied
X
X
4.6.0
Health Dashboards
X
X
4.6.0
Spam Improvements
X
X
*Note: Zapier when initially added was cloud-only. It was changed to support both in a later release.
I did not include Live Topics in this list above as it's not available in any version yet. When it does, it will be the 8th.
In looking at the list above, I don't understand how it could be said that IPS is only caring about the cloud platform and that self-hosted customers are not getting enhancements/features.