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Understanding Business Models

Private                     SaaS

Purchase                    Subscription             Pay-per-use

       +           -        +-                              +                -

Pay Less    High Capex      Mid-term     Low Capex   Save space       No Capex
Long-term   (pay upfront)                            save staff
                            Lower TCO                Capex to         Expensive
Own Asset   High TCO                                 Opex             (unless good
            (maintenance)                                             audit)
                                                     Cheap short-     Expensive
Simple to   Depreciation    Save space               term             long-term
understand                  save staff               Green, Simple    Complex
            Change is not   Flexible
            easy                         Inflexible
            Variable price  Fixed price
                                                     variable price,  No standard
                                                     known            model,

            High Risk       Low Risk                 Greater Risk
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