SaaS vs On-Premise

Ready To Move To The Cloud?

To help you make an informed decision, we've created this handy infographic with the pros and cons of moving to the cloud vs. keeping it in-house.

Should You Go Cloud Based?
How Do They Bill Customers?	‘Pay as you go’ or ‘pay per user’	Licensing, maintenance fees, ongoing support fees
Market Availability /Barriers to Entry	Scale as you need. Pricing plans to support all types of organizations	Need to cover the costs of implementing. Generally, target larger, enterprise organizations
Are You Locked Into a Plan?	Leave before your next billing data	Leaving is usually difficult and expensive
Who Owns It?	You rent the software	You own the software
Disaster Recovery Experience	You can switch vendors in an instance	If something happens, you need to implement a whole new system. This can be a problem if the IT system is crucial to your business.
Typical Investment	No up front costs	Many upfront costs
Infrastructure	Bandwidth and browser capable devices	Bandwidth and browser capable devices, data center servers, application servers
Implementation	Online implementation	Technical infrastructure, testing, software rollout
Application Management	Administer the software to your company and conﬁgure it to your needs	Administer the software to your company, conﬁgure it to your needs, implement any customization, upgrade when needed, add relevant patches.
How Scalable is it?	Add or remove users whenever you need	Scale through vendor account management processes
How Secure is it?	They manage security themselves. The software is responsible for any breaches	As secure as you make it. You need to maintain your own security. You’re responsible for any breaches
What Power Does it Use?	Browser capable devices (laptops, desktops etc)	Data centers, infrastructure, browser capable devices (laptops, desktops etc)