Products / On-Demand Benefits
On-Demand / Software as a Service Benefits:
Respected industry authorities such as Gartner, Forrester, Goldman Sachs, RBC Capital, and Triple Tree all agree that software as a service (SaaS) is one of the most important trends in the industry today. Why is this the case? SaaS solutions solve many of the problems that traditional enterprise software has caused for customers, including large upfront license fees, long implementations, complicated upgrades, and poor support.
As the leading Software as a Service solution for budgeting, forecasting, and reporting—also known as business performance management—Adaptive Planning presents significant benefits over traditional enterprise BI and BPM solutions:
Traditional Enterprise BI / BPM Software |
Adaptive Planning SaaS Solution |
Long, costly implementations – take months or years |
Rapid, affordable implementations – average less than 2 weeks |
Large upfront license fees – high risk |
Low annual subscription fees – minimal risk |
Trial use of the software as part of an evaluation process is nearly impossible |
“Test Drive” programs, including 30-day trials and free software, are available and encouraged |
New releases occur once per year at most |
New releases occur 4 times per year on average |
Software upgrades difficult to implement |
Software upgrades delivered automatically |
New hardware, software, and IT support is required. |
No new hardware, software, or IT support is required. |
Customer’s IT organization must learn how to support a new application. |
Adaptive Planning hosts and supports the solution, and end-users access it through a browser. |
Application is installed on the company’s network, creating difficulties for remote access |
Anytime, anywhere access via a web browser |
IT must maintain the application, database, network, etc. |
Adaptive Planning performs all maintenance |
Security dependent upon in-house IT organization |
World-class, 3rd-party security |
Upfront license model results in little ongoing attention to customer satisfaction |
Subscription license model results in a significant ongoing focus on customer satisfaction |
The benefits resulting from Adaptive Planning’s SaaS approach are especially relevant for small businesses, midsized companies, and divisions of corporations that are still using spreadsheets because they have not had the personnel, time, or capital required for a traditional enterprise BI or BPM solution. With Adaptive Planning’s SaaS solution, companies can now obtain a powerful enterprise-class solution for a relatively modest investment of resources—and they can do so in a matter of weeks.
Note: In order to meet the diverse needs of clients, all editions of Adaptive Planning are available both on-demand and on-premise.