What is SaaS? And what are the benefits of a SaaS product?
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It may be the most important term in software development of the past ten years: Software as a Service. What is SaaS? SaaS stands for offering software in a subscription model. An application is used without the need for installation. With SaaS, we refer to web applications, and such applications are also known as cloud software.
KEY LEARNINGS
- What is SaaS?
- What are the benefits?
- Whitepaper: SaaS development
What is SaaS?
A SaaS application runs on a server and is used within a web browser. A major advantage of SaaS is that the software does not need to be installed, and users are never confronted with system requirements. The implementation of SaaS applications, especially on a large scale, is much faster and easier than traditional software. Updates are applied centrally without requiring any action from the user. Since the application is offered online, data is also stored online. This data is always accessible and securely stored.
SaaS products are offered to customers and/or users on a subscription basis. These customers do not need to make a large one-time investment; they pay per time period and/or usage. This makes SaaS products more accessible than expensive professional applications.
Since SaaS products can be updated without requiring action from users, as an entrepreneur, you can quickly enter the market with an MVP, attract your first customers, and then steadily expand the functionality of your product based on customer feedback.
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