The difference between Application Service Provider (ASP) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is significant, yet many people confuse the two models because they are both “hosted.” The ASP model is actually much closer to legacy on-premise installed software than is the SaaS model. Just because a solution is web-based, does not mean that it provides the benefits of a SaaS solution. The solution could just as likely be an ASP-hosted instance of an onsite application.

Read this white paper to learn about:

• Typical differences between ASP and SaaS
• Main areas of benefit for multi-tenant SaaS solutions including cost, upgrade effort and backups and redundancy
• Advantages of the SaaS model being always up to date, designed for the web, support, service levels, integration
• Checklist of questions to ask to confirm if a solution is truly SaaS

This tool should help you in your research to ensure you are asking the right questions, allowing you to validate the distinctions and what those differences mean for you and your business.