Software as a Service (SaaS)

Software as a Service (SaaS)

Software as a Service (SaaS), meaning software is rented as a service instead of being purchased once, is gaining more attention worldwide in recent years, and the SaaS market continues to grow steadily every year. In fact, in 2019, the global market volume exceeded $100 billion for the first time.

This growth is actually based on a variety of powerful reasons;

• When you purchase traditional software, you are responsible for installing it on company servers and/or user computers, installing updates in a timely manner, and ensuring its security. With SaaS software solutions, you often don't perform any installation; you use the software over the internet using cloud computing methods. You don't have to deal with version updates, new features, or security updates.
  
  
• SaaS solutions require less training for your users and are generally accessible from all types of devices, whereas with traditional software, you may be limited to fewer users depending on the license scope, and depending on the software's complexity, you may be forced to use devices with at least certain hardware specifications.
  
  
• SaaS services are often easier to customize than large-scale traditional software, and it's much faster to add features according to your organization's needs and ensure all your users have access to these features without making changes to your devices. Moreover, the appearance, interface, menus, and screens of a SaaS service can be customized much more quickly to meet the expectations of your organization and employees.

• Many SaaS solutions easily integrate with current software, and since these solutions aim to create a brand new market, offering integration capabilities is seen as a necessity, and they are moving quickly in this regard.

   

• Data storage, backup, and staying up-to-date are, of course, easier and more secure in this cloud-based world, and they reduce or eliminate these burdens on the organization.

   

  Of course, besides these advantages, SaaS solutions can also have disadvantages; in terms of integration or security, you should test the capabilities and skills of the service provider company and plan accordingly.

  In fact, another advantage of SaaS can come to the rescue at this point: you buy traditional software for your organization and then use it; but SaaS solutions offer a trial period of one week or one month, after which you continue with a monthly subscription/usage fee. This familiarization process helps you better analyze the SaaS solution and make the right decision.

At Smartera, we offer our software as SaaS, encompassing numerous modules needed by all businesses, from flexible product management and cost accounting to branch/warehouse management, current account, collection, and payment tracking; and e-commerce and bank integrations.

The flexible pricing of SaaS solutions is arguably a major advantage; you can track your organization's needs and usage trends, and observe how much value the service adds. In fact, these pricing models have significantly changed traditional software pricing worldwide and in our country, and every organization should now consider cloud-based SaaS options when choosing software.

This is because the COVID-19 pandemic has resurfaced in our country and globally with the arrival of winter, impacting many sectors. Despite news of vaccines, with borders remaining open and travel continuing, there are many varying predictions about how widespread and impactful the pandemic will remain. This makes it impossible to predict whether your industry and your customers will shift gears in a month, or in 4, 6, or 8 months. In such a period, flexible software services offered as a rental service may be a more sensible decision. Expanding or narrowing your service content, adding or removing features, and increasing the number of users can be done more easily and at the right time.

Most importantly, you can keep costs down during the pandemic with SaaS solutions and reduce your traditional software expenditures.

At Smartera, we offer our software solutions as SaaS, encompassing many modules needed by all businesses, from flexible product management and cost accounting to branch/warehouse management, current account, collection, and payment tracking; and e-commerce and bank integrations.

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