Products / On-Demand Benefits
On-Demand / Software as a Service Benefits:
Software as a Service (SaaS) is the most powerful and exciting development in enterprise software in over a decade. Why is that? SaaS solutions solve many of the problems that have long plagued traditional enterprise software offerings, such as large upfront license fees, long implementations, complicated upgrades, and poor support. Fundamentally, the SaaS model simply provides better value to customers.
Adaptive Planning's software as a service solutions can be accessed on-demand or deployed on-premises, in a company's datacenter, in order to meet a wide range of customer needs. In both cases, Adaptive Planning presents significant advantages over traditional enterprise BI and BPM solutions, including:
- Lower Costs Adaptive Planning's annual subscriptions are based on per-seat pricing, with discounts for multiple seats and multi-year contracts. The total cost of software and services is typically a fraction of the cost of enterprise software alternatives.
- Faster Deployments Adaptive Planning implementation projects average less than 10 days of consulting time, compared with 6 months or more for enterprise alternatives.
- Greater Ease of Use From the beginning, Adaptive Planning has been designed for business users, not technical IT users. With intuitive, drag-and-drop modeling and reporting, power users require only four hours of training and business users need less than 30 minutes.
- More Transparency Unlike traditional software companies, Adaptive Planning provides complete transparency around its operations, making pricing, uptime information, and customer support interactions available online-and even giving access to the underlying source code.
- Lower Risk The SaaS approach significantly reduces risk. “Test drive” programs allow companies to evaluate whether the software fits their specific needs, and subscriptions can be cancelled at any time if a company is not receiving value. Enterprise alternatives require large upfront capital outlays without a real understanding of the software.
- Higher Customer Satisfaction SaaS is truly a “service” business model, which means that Adaptive Planning is keenly focused on providing exceptional value to attract and retain satisfied customers. There is a profound difference in the relationship compared to what's typical with enterprise software companies, and our customers agree-Adaptive Planning has received the highest customer satisfaction marks among all leading BPM vendors in independent industry surveys.
Adaptive Planning's SaaS approach is ideally suited for any company that has limited personnel, time, or capital resources.
Traditional Enterprise Software |
Adaptive Planning SaaS Solution |
Large upfront license fees - high risk |
Low annual subscriptions - minimal risk |
Long, costly implementations - 6 months |
Rapid, affordable implementations - 10 days |
Must buy software before you can use it |
30-day trials and free software available |
New releases once per year |
New releases 3 times per year |
New features require an IT upgrade |
New features delivered automatically |
New hardware and software required |
No new hardware or software required |
Requires IT support and maintenance |
No IT support or maintenance required |
Security dependent upon in-house IT |
World-class, 3rd-party security |
Poor customer satisfaction |
Superior customer satisfaction |
Note: In order to meet the diverse needs of clients, all editions of Adaptive Planning are available both on-demand and on-premise..