Why Software as a Service? (SaaS)

Software as a Service (SaaS) is a product model that allows you to rent access to a specialized application, instead of purchasing, licensing, or creating the application yourself. The SaaS model can reduce costs, lower risk, and provide more flexibility than purchasing or building a custom application:

• Low, predictable monthly cost
  You don't care how your electricity is generated as long is it's on 99% of the time. With Software as a Service you pay a low, monthly fee in exchange for access to an online application with 99% uptime. Just pay your monthly bill, log on, and work. When your project is finished, or you no longer need the application, you stop paying. Simple.
• Personnel Costs Reduced
  Your monthly SaaS charge will be much lower than the cost of hiring the skilled technical personnel you would need to create and maintain a secure online application. And that doesn't even count the time needed to manage and supervise your in-house technical team.
• No Costly Software Licenses
  Are you tired of expensive software licenses requiring costly upgrades that seem to never end? SaaS does away with software licensing costs. Everything you need is included in the monthly SaaS bill.
• Better Data Security
  Is your in-house data protected by state-of-the-art facilities with the ability to be off-grid indefinitely, backed up nightly, secured with weekly off-site tape storage, behind fully redundant security systems? This level of security is included in your monthly SaaS fee. Most people would never think of keeping their money in-house under a mattress. Why would they ever keep their data anywhere but a facility with bank-level security?
• State-of-the-Art Network Security and Guaranteed Uptime
  A SaaS contract provides the precise mix of network and security personnel you need to keep a mission-critical online application up, running, and secure in an Internet environment. Hiring employees to perform these tasks would cost many times a single SaaS contract.
• Rapid startup
  SaaS is ready to run when you are. No delays are necessary to design and create the application you need. After a short setup and implementation period, your application will be up and online.
• Lower risk
  There's no need to undertake risky software development to create an in-house solution to a problem that's already been solved. SaaS allows you to transfer the risk of software development and maintenance to the application provider, allowing you to get on with your real work.

In most cases, SaaS can be direct billed to a client, saving overhead money.