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What are the differences between Software as an application and software as a service?

Created by : Arun Sarin, Business Analyst, Oracle  | 09 20 2008 22:32:12 +0000
Industry : IT ProductsFunctional Area : New Technologies(Technology)
Keywords : Software Application Service Differences SAAS Software As Service Software Delivery Software As Application
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The emerging software as a service model seems to have a commanding future,is it so, how is it different from software as an application.
  
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SaaS Model

No capital expenditure

No investments

Low-cost subscription model

Implement in weeks

Scalable

Anytime, anywhere access

Free upgrades

Flexible licensing

By Kaifee Anwer, ERP Consultant, Business Application & Consultancy Services  | 05 21 2010 12:25:17 +0000
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SaaS gives a lot of flexibility for the Customers to tailor their needs and hence the pricing. They only pay for the features they use in a software. Indeed for additional features, they have to pay extra, but this is better than paying once uphand and then regret.

I will hence support Saas cos of its flexibility.
By Sumit Jayaswal, Associate/Sr. Associate -(Technical), Cognizant Technologies Solutions  | 06 26 2009 13:08:18 +0000
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Users’ fees are “pay-as-you-go” based on appropriate metrics, such as:
• per seat per month
• per transaction
• per software module
• other metrics and/or combination of the above
By Arun Sarin, Business Analyst, Oracle  | 09 20 2008 22:32:57 +0000
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Conventional ERP

High capital expenditure

Direct & indirect investments

Ballooning costs

Long implementation time

Rigid

Limited access

Upgrades at extra cost

Limited licensing

By Kaifee Anwer, ERP Consultant, Business Application & Consultancy Services  | 05 21 2010 12:26:00 +0000
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Users are responsible for

  • deployment, operation, and maintenance of the IT infrastructure required for the application.
  • upgrading the software as vendors issue new releases.
  • ensuring the software will continue to operate as their computing environment changes.
By Raji S, Business Analyst, SAP  | 09 20 2008 22:34:15 +0000
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