SaaS appears to make more sense when money is free. From the vendor perspective, the present value of a subscription is higher, so it's worth pushing. For buyer

SaaS appears to make more sense when money is free. From the vendor perspective, the present value of a subscription is higher, so it's worth pushing. For buyers - I'd speculate that many SaaS products look better when you're not trying to pinch pennies, and so it's an easier sell. Overall, there's always funny business that can go in involving annunity-like products when lots of money is chasing high returns.