Thursday 18 December 2008

See just how much SaaS can save you!

I'm often asked for ballpark figures on just how much money can be saved by going the SaaS route rather than with traditional on premise applications. For a while I've used a hacked together spreadsheet that lets me simply demonstrate the cost savings by plugging in a few key figures. These usually yield impressive results!

Well I thought it was about time I created a SaaS version of this (practice what you preach and all!) so even when I'm away from the office and/or don't have my laptop in front of me I can still do these quick calculations and demonstrate the savings to people.

I also thought it may be of interest to others so feel free to use it yourself. I have obviously had to make some assumptions on some of the fixed costs and the ROI is based on 3 years but it is great for ballpark figures. If anyone has any questions then feel free to ask.

Anyway, try it for yourself at http://www.saasroi.co.uk/

Any feedback is appreciated and I hope this will help other people demonstrate what a compelling argument there is for SaaS if only from a cost point of view!

Thanks

Richard