Document Knowledge Management, Product Purchase Or Rental Service

When SaaS was still in the conceptual stage one or two years ago, almost no one raised this question. When an enterprise decides to deploy File After the management system, the product selection, inquiry, procurement of hardware and software, implementation, deployment and maintenance are generally adopted. However, with the development of SaaS, this mode is being subverted.

The abbreviation of SaaS:Software-as-a-Service (software as a service), a software provided by Internet. service This is the latest trend in the development of software industry. Software No longer the software of the past, it exists in the form of service. Enterprises do not need to purchase software and hardware, build computer rooms, recruit IT personnel, do not need to run their own data centers, and can use the information system through the Internet. Moreover, the price of this service is very attractive, usually free trial, and then decide to sign the service contract.

From this, it seems that the advantage of using software services is much greater than that of software products. Is this really the case? We also need to compare user awareness, requirements customization, system integration, security, cost and so on.

First of all, in terms of user awareness, the current software service can not fully provide secure Internet applications that enable customers to trust. On the one hand, the user's subjective purchase of physical products is deep-rooted. Many users still can not receive their data stored in the service provider. On the other hand, Internet based software service is still in its infancy, and some applications are not yet mature, resulting in incomplete user acceptance.

Second, most enterprise applications need customization, and software services are hard to provide customizable applications for a single customer at present. This is also a reason why software service can not be popularized rapidly.

However, the use of software services has an incomparable advantage in terms of cost and cost. You can see through the following table.

Item name purchase software product rental software service
Is there any cost of hardware purchase?
Is software purchase cost free?
Is there any installation fee?
Is there any daily operating cost of the computer room?
Are there any maintenance personnel?
Is there any software upgrade fee?
Is there any data maintenance fee?
Software rent is not available.

To sum up, are enterprises choosing to purchase software or rent? service At the same time, we need to evaluate comprehensively according to our own situation. For example, large scale enterprises, existing computer rooms, hardware equipment and professional IT maintenance personnel, it is a safe choice to purchase software products. Small businesses, personal applications, or businesses that consider trial products for a period of time can choose to hire services.