Ten years ago, businesses were spending big budgets on ready-made software or custom software written just for themselves to keep their routine running. Things have changed in today's world.
With the introduction of cloud services into our lives, we began to see “software as a service (saas) products,” which is English for “software as a service”. These apps are designed to do just one task very well. With SaaS, systems that work in critical areas such as accounting, human resources, and data analysis that businesses need can be installed in minutes. So, are saas products better or custom software? We have compared the two from different angles for you to decide.
Dedicated software: All customizations are made at the company level. All the features needed are in one app.
SaaS: It is built on doing a single task very well. Customizations are mostly allowed at the person level.
The biggest reason for choosing custom software is that they have “exclusive to your company” written on the name. But in practice, a system where every operation needed for your company is managed from one place may not be as attractive as you might think.
Moreover, it is also possible that even when the software is completely finished, you will not get the result you imagined. System users often use up to 10% of the features offered effectively. Producing complex and overly detailed software by trying to meet the needs of many stakeholders can negatively affect productivity.
SaaS applications, on the other hand, are built on doing a single job very well, they have fairly simple, even fun interfaces. Maximizing user satisfaction is a primary goal of the companies that produce this software. Customizations can often be done at the user level, not the company, but since SaaS are focused on a single goal, we can say that there is no need for separate customization.
Dedicated software: You can add and remove features by meeting with developers as the structure and scale of your company changes.
SaaS: continuous innovation and improvements are made in order to stay afloat in the competitive environment.
In order to update and innovate special software, the software developers who install the system should be contacted. If it's a new feature you want, it can take about 1-2 months to code it first and then add it to the system. SaaS developers make continuous improvements and changes to the system based on feedback. User experience is at the forefront. Since it works on a single basic task, there are not many features to add and remove. When it happens, the support teams of the systems can be reached.
Dedicated software: custom software needs to be compatible with other software you use, have open “doors” to ensure data flow between them, and that the two software can “talk”, that is, have an agreement between them with the application you want to connect. If there is another system that must definitely be integrated when buying the system, you need to specify it.
SaaS: This type of software can be integrated with many different software with API additions. Contact us to learn about other software that you can integrate eFilli.
Dedicated software: several months/year
SaaS: a few minutes/day
Custom-built enterprise software usually takes at least 6 months to come to life, and can even take years depending on the size of the organization, the number of stakeholders, the scope of the organization. Getting started with saas software usually takes from zero to several days, depending on the complexity of the saas software, required user training, etc.
Dedicated software: custom made software is much, much more expensive than saas. A mid-level engineer or project manager that you will contract for this job will cost you at least 500,000 TL per year. You will have to spend hundreds of thousands of TL or quite a long time from beginning to end of the process to create software that works even when most of the coding work is supplied from outside to low cost countries like india, ukraine, belarus.
SaaS: SaaS software distributes development costs to many customers. As a result, costs are much lower. Moreover, in saas businesses, the costs are completely variable: you pay the subscription fee according to the plan you choose, you do not face any other costs.
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