6 reasons why SMES should embrace cloud software (Saas) to remain competitive

For SMEs staying competitive is a factor of many things including cost of doing business, customer acquisition and efficiency of operation. A cloud software such as payroll and accounting help you stay competitive.

1. Save time on installation and configuration

With cloud applications, everything is online, installed and configured. All you have to do is sign-up and set up. This will get you using your software in a couple of hours

2. Lower Costs

Save on costs of purchasing IT resources such as hardware, specialized personnel and software licenses that come with on-premise installations.

3. Easy scalability

SaaS solutions allow for scaling as you go be it in terms of users or IT resources. The SaaS provider makes the investment on infrastructure on which the client can scale their growth

4. Frequent Updates

Since the software is centrally located in a cloud server, the SaaS provider can quickly deploy updates to all clients as frequently as the need arises

5. Free trial testing

Without much hassle, it is easy to sign up for a free software trial and test it before committing to make a payment.

6. Collaboration and flexibility

An online server gives users in the company flexibility to work outside of their workstations and indeed anywhere in the world with an internet connection. This allows for a greater degree of collaborative work and inclusion/contribution by workers regardless of their physical location.