What is SAAS, and what is the difference between SaaS and traditional software?

SaaS is a mode of providing software through the Internet. Vendors uniformly deploy application software on their own servers. According to their actual needs, customers can order the required application software services from the manufacturers through the Internet, pay the fees to the manufacturers according to the quantity and duration of the ordered services, and obtain the services provided by the manufacturers through the Internet. Users buy network-based software instead of installing it on their own computers, so users don't need to maintain and manage the software regularly. The service provider will do all these things for you.

What does SaaS software include?

So far, SaaS products have formed a wide range of categories. We will briefly list the SaaS software widely existing in the market at present.

SaaS software can be divided into personal software and enterprise software according to the applicable objects.

Personal SaaS products mainly include: online document editing, table making, account management, file management, schedule planning, photo management, contact management and other cloud services.

SaaS products for enterprises mainly include: CRM (Customer Relationship Management), ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning Management), online video or group meeting, HRM (Human Resource Management), OA (Office System), on-site management, financial management, approval management, cloud, and it service desk operation and maintenance management.

I believe that after introducing SaaS, everyone has a clear understanding of SaaS products. What is the difference between SaaS and traditional software?

1, SaaS subverts the traditional software development mode and interactive mode.

This is the biggest difference, because traditional software is spread through solid media such as disks or downloaded and installed; And the software needs to be installed on the user's computer, which makes its development mode very resource-consuming; SaaS means that the manufacturer installs the software on his own server first, and then other users only need to access it through the Internet, without consuming resources such as disk and server space. Moreover, based on the cloud, SaaS products can be connected to the software system through mobile phones, computers, IPAD and other ways to operate and manage.

2.SaaS has changed the profit model of traditional software.

As we all know, the payment of traditional software specifically includes: one-time high purchase fee, installation fee, maintenance fee, management fee and so on. Therefore, the most important profit model of traditional software manufacturers is to make profits by selling software products.

SaaS, on the other hand, is a leasing system, so SaaS service providers profit from leasing fees, and the calculation period can be one year, half a year or one month (the higher the flexibility, the shorter the leasing time).

3.SaaS is more flexible than traditional software and can adapt to the needs of the rapidly changing environment in the new situation.

We talked about the lease system in front, and then we talked about the benefits of the lease system.

SaaS is equivalent to renting the right to use a certain software, which is a very good choice for companies that want to control costs or be relatively flexible (that is, they prefer that the software can be customized and updated over time to adapt to the development of enterprises). Customers get services through SaaS, which greatly reduces the risk of initial investment. For example, you installed a set of traditional OA software in the early stage and spent millions of RMB. After one year of access, with the change of external situation and the adjustment of internal structure of the company, OA system has become inefficient or inapplicable. At this time, if you want to replace it, you must abandon the huge fixed cost of the previous investment. Obviously, this is not worth the loss. Therefore, in the face of such drastic changes, it is the best choice for enterprises to use some software, especially OA products, through leasing.

4.SaaS is faster than traditional software deployment.

SaaS deployment time is very fast, some software such as deployment reimbursement approval even takes only one week, and the deployment of large SaaS software will not exceed 90 days at most. Traditional software often takes a long time to customize a truly applicable system for the company.

5.SaaS is more suitable for time and space than traditional software.

SaaS software can be used anytime, anywhere, as long as you have a network, while the time and space for using traditional software are limited by the server or the installation address of the software.

6. Data security

Although all the above are the advantages of SaaS, one thing is that SaaS is at a disadvantage in data security; This is easy to understand. Traditional software is installed on the user's own server, and the related data can be controlled. However, SaaS data is stored on the server of the supplier, so the privacy and security of the data will be greatly tested. Generally speaking, the security of SaaS products still needs to be improved.