System Platform
Software as a Service
The WebTMS software and data are fully hosted by WebTMS, and you pay a quarterly subscription charge. The subscription charge is scalable and so increases with the number of records and users of the system. Advantages to this model include; No upfront purchase cost for the software. No need to purchase expensive, dedicated hardware. The maintenance onus is taken away from you; it’s our responsibility to ensure your data is kept safe. Flexibility; you are only ever tied in for 3 months at a time. Flexibility; you can easily add and remove additional features, users and records, as and when needed. Automatic updates; users of the subscription model will benefit from automatic software updates as these happen centrally and is immediately rolled out to all subscribers.
Software as a licensed Product
The WebTMS software is purchased via a perpetual license agreement and is installed on a server within your IT department. The cost of the base package will depend on the number of records and the number of users. Advantages to this model include: Reassurance of owning the license, more control over how the data is handled in so far as backup and maintenance are concerned, and where required internal policies need to be met.
Software as a licensed Product
Similar to option 2, the WebTMS software is purchased via a perpetual license agreement but is hosted on our servers . The cost of the base package will depend on the number of records and the number of users and the level of hosting you require. Advantages to this model include: Reassurance of owning the license, required internal policies need to be met, in this case you want the re-assurance of owning the software license but internal policy dictates that you require hosting outside of your business.
