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This is a good idea. Honestly surprised it's not SaaS - although I get the privacy aspect.
by nexuist 7y ago
This is a good idea. Honestly surprised it's not SaaS - although I get the privacy aspect.
- hermitcrab 7y agoI don't see any advantage to making this a SaaS. It would just result in more latency and potential privacy issues. It is true that a desktop system may not be suitable for transorming million row datasets or processing that is running 24x7 - but that is not the market we are aiming for.
- austhrow743 7y agoAdvantages to Saas: https://www.kalzumeus.com/2009/09/05/desktop-aps-versus-web-apps/ https://www.kalzumeus.com/2009/09/05/desktop-aps-versus-web-...
- hermitcrab 7y agoI am familiar with Patrick's article. Here is my take on it: https://successfulsoftware.net/2013/10/28/is-desktop-software-dead/ https://successfulsoftware.net/2013/10/28/is-desktop-softwar... TLDR : It depends.
- certera 7y agoI really enjoyed this article. It's still as applicable today as when it was written. Not everything needs to be a SaaS.
- GordonS 7y agoI think the benefit of a SaaS in this case would be: 1. Users always work with the latest version, so you only have 1 version to support 2. It would make monthly pricing an easier sell But I think there are some downsides here, with an app that is solely about data: 1. If user's data has to flow through it, there are privacy, GDPR and intellectual property concerns (for both the SaaS vendor and customers) 2. Latency, since you're going to have to upload data 3. Possibly issues with bandwidth fees (I think most clouds only charge for egress bandwidth, but users are still going to want to download the processed data) 4. Monthly pricing is a big turn-off for a large segment