The Good, the Badand the Ugly about

SaaS

To cloud ornot to cloud?

The costs

Set-up time and risk

Customization & integration

Security and control

The infrastructure

Web Access

Things to consider beforedeciding to choose cloud or on-premises solution:

The Costs

The Good

•SaaS is a Pay As You Go model

•No additional investments for IT resources or system maitenance

•No significant upfront licensing fees

•No in-house IT staff needed

The Bad

•Not beneficial as a long-term investment, especially for largercompanies with IT infrastructure and staff already in place

The Ugly

•Remember to pay every month

•Need to learn to use the system using only manuals or visual traininginformation, without direct human contact

Set-up Time & Risk

The Good

•SaaS dramatically saves deployment time

•Trial version available

•No significant upfront licensing fees

•No in-house IT staff needed

The Bad

•Not possible to negotiate specific features that you need

•Even if the negotiation is successful it will be a long time before requested features are developed

The Ugly

•Only one provider of a particular cloud software solution

•If they go out of business you need to look for a new system and might lost your data

Customization & Integration

The Good

•Choice among different software packages and modules

•You pay only for the features that you need to use at the current stage of your business

The Bad

•Low level of customization

•Standard solution cannot always fit individual needs of each company

The Ugly

•Need to evaluate workloads carefully, otherwise the cost for system development increase or development is not possible at all

•May not find the solution that fit all your company needs

Security & Control

The Good

•Additional security controls

•Databanks have much more secure and well-protectedenvironment than offices

The Bad

•No direct control over the level of security of the databases asthis depends on the cloud provider

The Ugly

•Level of system performance can be inconsistent due to theshared infrastructure

•In some countries or industries cloud and SaaS solutions are restricted

The Infrastructure

The Good

• No infrastructure is needed in-house

• No need for internal IT resources

The Bad• An acceptable Internet speed is necessary

The Ugly

• There are countries with no or very poorconnection to the Internet

Web Access

The Good

•Data can be accessed anywhere and anytime

•SaaS allows to expand global presencequickly

The Bad•Acceptable Internet access is necessary

The Ugly

•There are countries with no or very poorInternet connection

Today technology givesorganizations the

possibility to choose

Before deciding whether to choose SaaS or not, considerall 6 components described

before

Costs

Risks

DeploymentTime

Security

Web Access

Customization

FutureDevelopment

Commercial property managerslooking for the best businessmanagement software might

want to consider Soft4RealEstate – a software system for

commercial propertymanagement companies.

You can use Software as a Service, install the solution on

your premises, use Web Client onyour mobile or tablet, or enjoy

the richer capabilities of Windows Client! Whatever is better for

your company.A Free Trial for 21 days is available. There are no

set-up costs for a limited time!

Read more about things to consider when choosing Software

as a Service!

If you have any questions, please contact us at ask4soft@soft4.eu

Follow us on

For the Attention!