The real cost of deploying SaaS

Software as a Service (SaaS) has myriad benefits, including easy deployment and greater flexibility in procuring applications, but it's not necessarily the cheapest way to go. Per-user prices range from about $65 to $125 per user per month, but extra storage above the agreed-upon amount can nudge the total cost higher. The annual subscription fee for Salesforce.com, for example, would cost a company with 100 users using the Enterprise Edition about $150,000. Premier support would cost an additional $22,500 per year. NetSuite figures its costs differently, but it's not any cheaper. And if you require a lot of additional storage, it can cost $50,000, $100,000 or more per year. But pricing isn't written in stone. Some companies, like OrderMotion, have flat-fee schedules for hosting, for unlimited users, but charges a fee for each transaction. All told, Gartner estimates that deploying SaaS saves a large enterprise about 11% per year.

Learn more about the real cost of deploying SaaS:
- read the article at InfoWorld

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