Traditional „on-premise“ licensing on your hardware
With this option, you pay a set price once – during the purchase. You however have to account for further costs associated with acquiring new versions of the system. The price is based on the amount of named users of the system.
Essence cloud solution – „system as a service“
The „system as a service“ solution is much more flexible and spreads all your costs into smaller monthly subscription fees. The systems and applications communicate with each other – for instance ERM and CRM system can be connected to MS office. And your data? These are backed up and protected directly by Microsoft itself.