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| Total Cost of Ownership
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What's the Total Cost of Owning a business system?
Cost and Price are not equal. NetSuite licenses are roughly 1/3 to 1/4 the price of a similar on-premise accounting system. So does it follow that in 3 or 4 years the on-premise system becomes a better bargain than NetSuite?
The answer is found in the total costs of NetSuite versus an on-premise system. The costs of typical on-premise systems ends up being 4 times the cost of NetSuite
First, what Systems Compare to NetSuite?
NetSuite is Accounting, Inventory, Customer Relationship Management and Web Presence in a single, totally integrated package.
If your business operates on several different systems, tally the cost of all of them and then start the NetSuite comparison.
The Other Costs of Disparate On-Premise Systems
Lost Opportunities
The result of disparate systems and poor communications between different user groups. Preventing Lost Opportunities means closing the gaps between departments with an integrated system
IT Personnel and Infrastructure Maintenance
On-premise systems don't maintain themselves, and IT staff isn't cheap. What drives the size of the IT effort? Number of machines and number of in-house systems, it's that simple.
This cost is huge, and too many decision makers take it for granted as a cost of doing business.
Redundant Effort and Broken Processes
Broken processes and/or disparate systems cause us to do the same things in many places. Each employee is expensive
How many important business processes, like sales compensation, are done in a spreadsheet or other side system? Most of this data loses its value quickly because it is not integrated with the central system. Much of it is lost over time with normal staff turnover.
Data Security and Risk Mitigation - Or Not!
If you really performed these jobs to reflect the value of data to your business it would be extremely expensive. So you get by as well as you can, hoping that some event or person doesn't render your system unusable.
NetSuite offers multiple layers of data redundancy and security. We store your data in a highly secured, professional data center, giving you a business continuity plan no matter what happens to your location.
Then add in the application licenses.
What is the TCO of NetSuite?
No machines, no in-house system for your IT Staff to manage. No wasted and redundant effort. And a much higher level of data security and risk mitigation than you can afford on your own.
For NetSuite's TCO you can subtract all of the costs above from the application subscription. Now you are comparing apple to apples.
Are you interested in learning more about NetSuite's Benefits and SightLines'unique approach to NetSuite Implementation Consulting?
The Three day mini-course on How to Implement NetSuite is a series of e-mails laying out our implementation strategy in detail. You'll have a complete picture of the process by day 3.
Our whitepaper on Achieving the NetSuite Advantage helps to ready you and your business for the positive changes that NetSuite enables.
These are not marketing fluff, or 10,000 words devoted to salesmanship. These are real life examples, real implementation experiences that you are welcome to have.
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| The Suite Explained
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| SightLines helps your business benefit from NetSuite's Integration and native Internet functionality.
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| NetCRM Explained
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| What are the functions and modules of NetCRM and what type of company stands to benefit? We answer these questions and many more on NetCRM Explained |
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| TCO Table of Benefits
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| For a more in-depth look at TCO and a comparison with on-premise software, the TCO Benefit table lays it out easily |
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| The Value of Integration
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| What is the benefit of Integration to your business? And how does it figure in the Total Cost of Ownership? Integration is an often misused term in Information Technology. Find out what it really means and the value it adds to your Information System and, ultimately, to your Business. |
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