• DocumentCode
    267151
  • Title

    Selection of the Proper Revenue and Pricing Model for SaaS

  • Author

    Ojala, Arto

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Syst., Univ. of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    15-18 Dec. 2014
  • Firstpage
    863
  • Lastpage
    868
  • Abstract
    Recent research on software revenue and pricing models has revealed important ways in which firms can benefit from software renting. However, it is still unclear how SaaS providers select a proper revenue and pricing model to make their services attractive for customers. Based on 32 interviews with software professionals from four case firms, this study reveals how different factors impacted on the selection of a revenue and pricing model. It can be concluded that customers´ needs were the main driving force to the selection of the most appropriate pricing and revenue model in the market.
  • Keywords
    cloud computing; pricing; SaaS providers; software pricing models; software professionals; software renting; software revenue models; Cloud computing; Computational modeling; Games; Licenses; Pricing; Software as a service; Revenue models; SaaS; cloud computing; software pricing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom), 2014 IEEE 6th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Singapore
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CloudCom.2014.27
  • Filename
    7037775