{"id":4045,"date":"2014-11-05T14:53:32","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T14:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w3p.com\/uk\/?p=4045"},"modified":"2015-07-22T15:58:06","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T14:58:06","slug":"web-2-print-saas-versus-hosted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w3p.com\/uk\/web-2-print-saas-versus-hosted\/","title":{"rendered":"web-2-print: SaaS versus Hosted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A decade ago Sofware as a Service (SaaS) was the exception. Most software solutions were hosted locally, on the printer&#8217;s server either by the IT manager or even the head of prepress.<\/p>\n<p>Today, SaaS is becoming an increasingly popular solution. You don&#8217;t need to host the software, or manage updates or back-ups yourself. It runs in the &#8216;Cloud&#8217;, allowing the printer and even their clients to access the SaaS via any web browser.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Conventionally with self-hosted software, payment is via an upfront fee with annual maintenance fees for updates and support.<\/p>\n<p>Whereas with SaaS the move is towards lower initial fees (or even no upfront fee such as our <a href=\"\/uk\/the-deals\">web-2-print system<\/a>) coupled with pay-per-use, pay-per-click arrangements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uptime<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The argument against SaaS is centred around control being taken away from the printer &#8211; what happens if the server goes down? What happens if we can&#8217;t get access?<\/p>\n<p>The SaaS provider would put the argument that they are eminently better positioned to maximise &#8216;uptime&#8217; due to the multi-server, multi-location infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Could a printer a printer achieve the same uptime as a SaaS service? It all comes down to investment &#8211; the number of servers utilised, as well as dedicated IT resources to keep the software up and running around the clock.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Saas-versus-Hosted.jpg\" alt=\"web-2-print: SaaS versus hosted\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For w3p, we decided the SaaS route would be a better option. We believe we can rovide our partners with a higher degree of uptime. We add new functions and updates daily, which is impractical via a self-hosted model.<\/p>\n<p>To find our more about our web-2-print solution please email <a href=\"mailto:info@w3p.com\">info@w3p.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; width: 60px;\"><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-text=\"Web-2-print: SaaS versus hosted\" data-via=\"w3pltd\" data-count=\"none\">Tweet<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; width: 60px;\">\n<div class=\"g-plus\" data-action=\"share\" data-annotation=\"none\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function() {     var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text\/javascript'; po.async = true;     po.src = 'https:\/\/apis.google.com\/js\/platform.js';     var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s);   })();\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A decade ago Sofware as a Service (SaaS) was the exception. Most software solutions were hosted locally, on the printer&#8217;s server either by the IT manager or even the head of prepress. Today, SaaS is becoming an increasingly popular solution. You don&#8217;t need to host the software, or manage updates or back-ups yourself. 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