Advantages and disadvantages of saas software and traditional software

SaaS is a mode of providing software services to enterprises through the Internet. Vendors uniformly deploy application software on cloud servers. According to the requirements of information implementation, enterprises rent the required application software products and services from software vendors (OA, CRM, ERP and other management software can also be customized and developed). Software vendors charge fees according to the number of users and the use time (month, quarter, year), and maintain and manage the software regularly. Enterprises can start to use it after purchasing, saving a lot of long-term expenses such as server purchase, telecom room hosting and technical personnel employment.

The main characteristics of SaaS

1. Low cost, high efficiency, no need for special maintenance, and the software system is directly maintained and upgraded by the manufacturer on a regular basis.

2. Rapid deployment, that is, buy and use, buy in buy buy.

3. Based on mobile Internet applications, break the location restrictions of traditional software. As long as you have access to the Internet, you can use the software to collaborate and approve in different places, which is very easy and efficient.

Advantages of traditional software

1. The data is stored locally and the security is controllable.

2. One-time buyout and localized deployment, public ownership becomes private, which can create a personalized enterprise management software system.

3. The investment cost is high. Not only do you have to pay for the software, but you also need to buy hardware servers and other related equipment, and you also need someone to carry out long-term maintenance.

Using SaaS cloud rental service, customer data can be exported to excel tables, and data backup can also be exported to local computers for storage at any time.