Are Web Solutions Better than Desktop Solutions?
It's 'common wisdom' that because a product is web-based it must be better. But there's a reason companies are pushing Software as a Service pricing (Saas), and it affects your bottom line. We visited Microsoft's and Daptiv's websites recently and this is what we found.
IntelliGantt™ IV
MS Project Server
Daptiv PPM7
10 User Configuration
1 IntelliGantt IV
9 WSS 3.0 Web Users
9 WSS 3.0 Web Users
1 MS Project Professional
9 Project Server Web Users
9 Project Server Web Users
10 Web Users
Project Manager Application
$349
IntelliGantt IV
IntelliGantt IV
$803
MS Project Professional
MS Project Professional
None
Server License Purchase
$0
$4424
Unknown
Client Access Licenses
$0
$159 per User
$0
Monthly Subscription
$0
$0
$50 per User
Annual Support & Assurance
20%
29% Desktop
25% Server
25% Server
Built in to pricing
Requires Database for Internal Deployment
No
Yes
Yes
1 Year cost for 10 person group
$418
$8,572
$6,000
1 Year cost for 100 person group
$4180
$35,950
$60,000
3 Year cost for 10 person group
$556
$12,400
$18,000
3 Year cost for 100 person group
$5560
$54,322
$180,000
Reports on Microsoft Project Professional 2007 and Microsoft Project Server 2007 generated on 24 June 2007.
MS Project Software Assurance based on RedmondMag.com (2005 Aug 25)
Daptiv PPM7 pricing based on Daptive press release 7 November 2007