{"id":24069,"date":"2022-06-09T16:48:40","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T13:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affise.com\/?p=24069"},"modified":"2025-07-22T10:57:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:57:53","slug":"saving-money-with-affiliate-marketing-saas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/affise.com\/blog\/saving-money-with-affiliate-marketing-saas\/","title":{"rendered":"What makes affiliate management SaaS 2X cheaper"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24069\" class=\"elementor elementor-24069\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-25f6a3b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"25f6a3b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-45e1a8d\" data-id=\"45e1a8d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fffc7dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fffc7dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Affiliate management software should fit a business like a glove. That&#8217;s why affiliate networks and agencies, as well as major eCommerce brands with partner programs, often think of building in-house solutions.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This approach potentially allows companies to consider all business needs and tweak the software to their workflows. It&#8217;s a rocky road though that requires vast investments both of time and money.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1fc4d37 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1fc4d37\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a71f659\" data-id=\"a71f659\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4153238 elementor-widget elementor-widget-counter\" data-id=\"4153238\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-counter .elementor-counter-number-wrapper{display:flex;font-size:69px;font-weight:600;line-height:1}.elementor-counter .elementor-counter-number-prefix,.elementor-counter .elementor-counter-number-suffix{flex-grow:1;white-space:pre-wrap}.elementor-counter .elementor-counter-number-prefix{text-align:right}.elementor-counter .elementor-counter-number-suffix{text-align:left}.elementor-counter .elementor-counter-title{text-align:center;font-size:19px;font-weight:400;line-height:2.5}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-number-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-prefix\">$<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number\" data-duration=\"700\" data-to-value=\"500000\" data-from-value=\"250000\" data-delimiter=\",\">250000<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-suffix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-title\">The estimated cost of building in-house software for affiliate management<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f1e108f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f1e108f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-10f7bdb\" data-id=\"10f7bdb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bc3e90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9bc3e90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));--align-self:var(--container-widget-align-self,initial);--flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container{height:100%;width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty{position:relative;min-height:22px;min-width:22px}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon{position:absolute;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;margin:auto;padding:0;width:22px;height:22px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7ed748 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7ed748\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Businesses that can&#8217;t afford to splurge on developing a new technology may rely on cloud platforms. This article will examine the typical expenses of building an on-premise <a href=\"https:\/\/affise.com\/reach\/\">affiliate management software<\/a> and compare them with budgets allocated for SaaS applications. Read on to learn the following:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55891389 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55891389\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41999bd2\" data-id=\"41999bd2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39b81ea9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39b81ea9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"arrow-list\"><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"#on-premis-vs-saas-spend\">How much is SaaS spending lower than on-premise<\/a>;<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"#how-does-saas-save-you-money\">What you\u2019re paying for when you pay for on-premise<\/a>;<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"#on-premise-software-costs-are-unpredictable\">Is it possible to predict the on-premise software costs<\/a>; <\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"#saas-is-cheaper-and-easier-to-start-with\">How much you would spend on affiliate management SaaS<\/a>.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a60b99c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a60b99c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9c938ce\" data-id=\"9c938ce\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15bf257 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15bf257\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IT spendings may vary tremendously depending on your approach to building software, needed functionality, workloads, and other variables. The precise economies of each project may be calculated individually, and even it can&#8217;t exclude the unplanned expenses and other surprises.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-caef593 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"caef593\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6283800\" data-id=\"6283800\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b6d9f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"5b6d9f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\nbody.elementor-page .elementor-widget-menu-anchor{margin-bottom:0}<\/style>\t\t<div id=\"on-premis-vs-saas-spend\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9e40ff4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9e40ff4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3436ce3\" data-id=\"3436ce3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3483f61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3483f61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">On-premise vs. SaaS spend<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e433ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e433ef\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2190181\" data-id=\"2190181\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78cdb22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78cdb22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several years ago, the NetSuite ERP reached out to the Hurwitz &amp; Associates firm to calculate the sum SMB and mid-market enterprises save when relying on SaaS apps. In the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netsuite.com\/portal\/pdf\/wp-hurwitztco-study-dynamics.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">white paper<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Hurwitz &amp; Associates worked out a four-year total cost of ownership of on-premise and cloud services and discovered the following:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43f049a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"43f049a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4cd0bb2\" data-id=\"4cd0bb2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61e506c elementor-widget elementor-widget-accentphrase\" data-id=\"61e506c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accentphrase.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"accent accent-size-xxsmall\">SaaS is more than 2X cheaper for small businesses.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-01c79a2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"01c79a2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4253284\" data-id=\"4253284\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-304f15b elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box-new\" data-id=\"304f15b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box-new.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"advertising left \"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img advertising__image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/affise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/\u0421\u043d\u0438\u043c\u043e\u043a-\u044d\u043a\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430-2022-06-08-\u0432-18.07.16.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-24097\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content advertising__content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description advertising__text\">Save your budgets on building a custom affiliate marketing software and grow revenue by up to 250%<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/affise.com\/contact-us\/\" class=\"elementor-image-box-learnmore advertising__link\">Try Affise \u2192<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1014a34 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1014a34\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-29ca881\" data-id=\"29ca881\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-447ae36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"447ae36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The total cost savings fluctuate depending on the number of users. Companies with 200+ users saved 35% of total spending relying on cloud providers, while companies with 50 users saved 55% of IT spending!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The in-house software developers spend a massive part of their budget on the initial IT infrastructure, including hardware and software. On-premise solutions also require more personnel for launch. However, the biggest chunk of expenses refers to system maintenance and ongoing personnel \u2013 monitoring, troubleshooting, service and support, training, and other processes an IT department is involved in.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, cloud computing requires much fewer investments into the initial infrastructure and personnel, as well as ongoing maintenance. Generally, up to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">90%<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of expenses reliant on cloud solutions are regular SaaS subscription fees. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ecd2a8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8ecd2a8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-87072de\" data-id=\"87072de\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00db259 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"00db259\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">The maximum cost allocations for on-premise vs. SaaS deployment<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e6d7b7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e6d7b7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a46b472\" data-id=\"a46b472\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74732b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74732b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">On-premise<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f1ac402\" data-id=\"f1ac402\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b655bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1b655bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">SaaS<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b20e5ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b20e5ab\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-narrow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71f7655\" data-id=\"71f7655\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4098c8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-progress\" data-id=\"4098c8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"progress.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-progress{text-align:left}.elementor-progress-wrapper{position:relative;background-color:#eee;color:#fff;height:100%;border-radius:2px}.elementor-progress-bar{display:flex;background-color:#69727d;width:0;font-size:11px;height:30px;line-height:30px;border-radius:2px;transition:width 1s ease-in-out}.elementor-progress-text{flex-grow:1;white-space:nowrap;text-overflow:ellipsis;overflow:hidden;padding-left:15px}.elementor-progress-percentage{padding-right:15px}.elementor-widget-progress .elementor-progress-wrapper.progress-info .elementor-progress-bar{background-color:#5bc0de}.elementor-widget-progress .elementor-progress-wrapper.progress-success .elementor-progress-bar{background-color:#5cb85c}.elementor-widget-progress .elementor-progress-wrapper.progress-warning .elementor-progress-bar{background-color:#f0ad4e}.elementor-widget-progress .elementor-progress-wrapper.progress-danger .elementor-progress-bar{background-color:#d9534f}.elementor-progress .elementor-title{display:block}@media (max-width:767px){.elementor-progress-text{padding-left:10px}}.e-con-inner .elementor-progress-wrapper,.e-con .elementor-progress-wrapper{height:auto}<\/style>\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-title\" id=\"elementor-progress-bar-4098c8e\">\n\t\t\t\tInitial Infrastructure\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div aria-labelledby=\"elementor-progress-bar-4098c8e\" class=\"elementor-progress-wrapper progress-danger\" role=\"progressbar\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\" aria-valuenow=\"20\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-bar\" data-max=\"20\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-percentage\">20%<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e20320\" data-id=\"1e20320\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b7ee16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-progress\" data-id=\"4b7ee16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"progress.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-title\" id=\"elementor-progress-bar-4b7ee16\">\n\t\t\t\tSetup Costs\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div aria-labelledby=\"elementor-progress-bar-4b7ee16\" class=\"elementor-progress-wrapper progress-success\" role=\"progressbar\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\" aria-valuenow=\"5\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-bar\" data-max=\"5\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-percentage\">5%<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c9cb423 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c9cb423\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-narrow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d61b77\" data-id=\"9d61b77\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4eb090 elementor-widget elementor-widget-progress\" data-id=\"b4eb090\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"progress.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-title\" id=\"elementor-progress-bar-b4eb090\">\n\t\t\t\tDeployment Personnel\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div aria-labelledby=\"elementor-progress-bar-b4eb090\" class=\"elementor-progress-wrapper progress-danger\" role=\"progressbar\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\" aria-valuenow=\"15\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-bar\" data-max=\"15\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-percentage\">15%<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c79a82\" data-id=\"8c79a82\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4bba6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-progress\" data-id=\"b4bba6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"progress.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-title\" id=\"elementor-progress-bar-b4bba6f\">\n\t\t\t\tDeployment Personnel\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div aria-labelledby=\"elementor-progress-bar-b4bba6f\" class=\"elementor-progress-wrapper progress-success\" role=\"progressbar\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\" aria-valuenow=\"5\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-bar\" data-max=\"5\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-percentage\">5%<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5bd5471 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5bd5471\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-narrow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab365f0\" data-id=\"ab365f0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b73a0c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-progress\" data-id=\"b73a0c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"progress.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-title\" id=\"elementor-progress-bar-b73a0c8\">\n\t\t\t\tOngoing Infrastructure\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div aria-labelledby=\"elementor-progress-bar-b73a0c8\" class=\"elementor-progress-wrapper progress-danger\" role=\"progressbar\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\" aria-valuenow=\"15\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-bar\" data-max=\"15\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-percentage\">15%<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dcb237e\" data-id=\"dcb237e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61ebacd elementor-widget elementor-widget-progress\" data-id=\"61ebacd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"progress.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-title\" id=\"elementor-progress-bar-61ebacd\">\n\t\t\t\tRecurring Costs\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div aria-labelledby=\"elementor-progress-bar-61ebacd\" class=\"elementor-progress-wrapper progress-success\" role=\"progressbar\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\" aria-valuenow=\"90\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-bar\" data-max=\"90\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-percentage\">90%<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f43d7e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f43d7e2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-narrow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c353c9\" data-id=\"2c353c9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2976fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-progress\" data-id=\"f2976fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"progress.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-title\" id=\"elementor-progress-bar-f2976fc\">\n\t\t\t\tOngoing Personnel\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div aria-labelledby=\"elementor-progress-bar-f2976fc\" class=\"elementor-progress-wrapper progress-danger\" role=\"progressbar\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\" aria-valuenow=\"85\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-bar\" data-max=\"85\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-percentage\">85%<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e877ac9\" data-id=\"e877ac9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-345336a elementor-widget elementor-widget-progress\" data-id=\"345336a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"progress.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-title\" id=\"elementor-progress-bar-345336a\">\n\t\t\t\tOngoing Personnel\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div aria-labelledby=\"elementor-progress-bar-345336a\" class=\"elementor-progress-wrapper progress-success\" role=\"progressbar\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\" aria-valuenow=\"10\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-progress-bar\" data-max=\"10\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-progress-percentage\">10%<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9498366 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9498366\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c9fc7b2\" data-id=\"c9fc7b2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-044c270 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"044c270\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d7ccfc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d7ccfc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8dd10f5\" data-id=\"8dd10f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ccca33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"3ccca33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"how-does-saas-save-you-money\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a9f2dcc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a9f2dcc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3ad668\" data-id=\"a3ad668\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a6ee4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a6ee4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How does SaaS save you money?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eee0a5e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eee0a5e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6945d4f\" data-id=\"6945d4f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b702e86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b702e86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Initial IT infrastructure and hardware costs<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9e02075 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9e02075\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-69792bb\" data-id=\"69792bb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-236e30e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"236e30e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Full-cycle in-house\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/affise.com\/blog\/affiliate-marketing-software-comprehensive-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">affiliate marketing software<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0solution requires solid investments into IT infrastructure. If you choose to stick to building your own data centers, you&#8217;ll need servers, network infrastructure, a backup system, and workstations for your team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A decent server may cost you anywhere from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/centerbase.com\/blog\/cost-breakdown-of-cloud-and-on-premise-software\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$3,500<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to $10,000, and the best practices recommend having three of them. Next, you&#8217;ll need a backup system to protect your software from data loss. Consider spending $2,000 or more on this item as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from it, prepare a budget for a network infrastructure hardware \u2013 switches, controllers, routers, cables, etc. Too many factors at play, such as sticking to wired or wireless solutions, amount, or class of network infrastructure, makes it too difficult to tote up the expenses on this line.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9a0f422 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9a0f422\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-688b237\" data-id=\"688b237\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-349efc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"349efc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/affise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Optimized-pexels-christina-morillo-1181316.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-24096\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cded515 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cded515\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8158a04\" data-id=\"8158a04\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-606f872 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"606f872\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An option to cut costs on the initial hardware is renting servers; the price ranges from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.servermania.com\/kb\/articles\/how-much-does-a-server-cost-for-a-small-business\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$480<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to $3540 annually. This approach may help you avoid vast initial spending and provide better scalability, as you may just rent the more powerful server instead of rebuilding the whole data center. However, this solution implies certain risks, such as limited ownership and reliability of your on-premise software.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-03dc1f7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"03dc1f7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-59cc699\" data-id=\"59cc699\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4e856e elementor-widget elementor-widget-accentphrase\" data-id=\"a4e856e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accentphrase.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"accent accent-size-xxsmall\">SaaS applications allow you to avoid spending on hardware at all.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cd2935b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cd2935b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bda8b35\" data-id=\"bda8b35\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6d0f6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6d0f6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At least, if we&#8217;re talking about the IT infrastructure for data centers, as you still need to buy workstations for your affiliate network or program managers. Cost savings on this budget line are around 4%. On-premise operators spend <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mossadams.com\/articles\/2020\/09\/savings-and-strategic-benefits-of-cloud-erp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11.7%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of their budget on data centers against the 7% that cloud users allocate.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Affiliate management SaaS providers, on average, have their own servers or rent robust and powerful servers from Amazon or others. It helps split the costs of running data centers between thousands of clients, making a total sum not so painful for each. For you, these expenses will be included in a SaaS subscription or platform fee. In Affise, the platform fee starts at only $500 monthly.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-11a96cb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"11a96cb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-79f738e\" data-id=\"79f738e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e7e9fa elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box-new\" data-id=\"1e7e9fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box-new.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"advertising left \"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img advertising__image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/affise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/\u0421\u043d\u0438\u043c\u043e\u043a-\u044d\u043a\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430-2022-06-08-\u0432-18.12.32.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-24098\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content advertising__content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description advertising__text\">Learn more about the opportunities Affise provides and check out pricing plans<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/affise.com\/pricing\/\" class=\"elementor-image-box-learnmore advertising__link\">Learn now \u2192<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f5fc33b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f5fc33b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e754c02\" data-id=\"e754c02\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df1e4e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"df1e4e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Initial software and licensing<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e3cd75d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e3cd75d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e65bd61\" data-id=\"e65bd61\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef17878 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef17878\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Investments in data centers don&#8217;t boil down to hardware IT infrastructure. Apart from it, affiliate agencies and networks need software solutions. One of the most significant expenses is licenses for servers and users. The sum spent on them may vary depending on the number of servers, amount of CPU in each of them, and other configuration details. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-25fbed6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"25fbed6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-919e85b\" data-id=\"919e85b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9406e3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-counter\" data-id=\"9406e3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-number-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-prefix\">$<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number\" data-duration=\"2000\" data-to-value=\"16080\" data-from-value=\"0\" data-delimiter=\",\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-suffix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-title\">The estimated price of standard Microfoft licenses for three servers<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-01a8a5f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"01a8a5f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-911ca23\" data-id=\"911ca23\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c97b1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c97b1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next license every business needs is the SQL Server license. The standard license price is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/sql-server-2019-pricing#OneGDCWeb-ContentPlacementWithRichBlock-pp5ed24\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$209<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> per user that needs to access the server. You can also pay not by a user but by processing core or purchase the Enterprise edition for $13,748.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, you&#8217;ll need licensed operating systems and other software for workstations. You may stick to the latest Microsoft 365 (cloud-based), which currently starts from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows-365\/enterprise\/all-pricing?pricing-tab=1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$32.00<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> per user.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from it, building affiliate marketing software may require a lot of third-party apps and integrations, e.g., CRMs, payment processing software, fraud-prevention solutions, etc. The price is custom, depending on the exact tools you need and their pricing policies.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloud platforms and web applications help to avoid most of these expenses, as the initial fee, on average, includes all possible licenses, as the example below shows. Saving multiple hours on figuring out the best configuration, purchasing, and implementing it is another invaluable benefit SaaS provides. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8e2b71c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8e2b71c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cddf727\" data-id=\"cddf727\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4481c24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4481c24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1598\" height=\"882\" src=\"https:\/\/affise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/\u0421\u043d\u0438\u043c\u043e\u043a-\u044d\u043a\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430-2022-06-06-\u0432-14.03.24.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-24093\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0b01b4d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0b01b4d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17630ec\" data-id=\"17630ec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a9d366 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a9d366\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/centerbase.com\/blog\/cost-breakdown-of-cloud-and-on-premise-software\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The exemplary calculations on setting up on-premise, cloud software, and web applications<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c72efbd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c72efbd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a619a1\" data-id=\"1a619a1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01e3328 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"01e3328\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Deployment personnel<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f3f58cb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f3f58cb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61cc925\" data-id=\"61cc925\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a56a5e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a56a5e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alongside paying for hardware and software, businesses building in-house software need to consider the workforce expenditures. Start with payments for the initial server setup. The cost is $100-150 per hour, and in the best-case scenario, the team of experts would spend ten hours fine-tuning a system.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The separate line of budget is expenditures on developing an affiliate management software, which requires a lot of work and human resources. To maintain the software building, you&#8217;ll need a whole team of high-paid professionals. The total cost may change dramatically depending on the number of employees, location, payment rates a particular applicant charges, etc.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s see how much a business in the UK may spend on software development personnel monthly and annually, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.payscale.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Payscale<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0ff3b20 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0ff3b20\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-110e0dd\" data-id=\"110e0dd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01587c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01587c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid; border-color: #e9d8f2;\"><tbody><tr style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #e9d8f2;\"><td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%; border-style: solid; border-color: #e9d8f2;\"><strong>Role<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\"><strong>Salary, monthly<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\"><strong>Salary, annually<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #e9d8f2;\"><td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%; background-color: #e9d8f2; border-color: #e9d8f2; border-style: solid;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Software developer and QA<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%; border-style: solid; border-color: #e9d8f2; background-color: #e9d8f2;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$3,281<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%; border-style: solid; border-color: #e9d8f2; background-color: #e9d8f2;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$39,376<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #e9d8f2;\"><td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UI\/UX designer<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$3,311<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$39,734<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #e9d8f2;\"><td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%; border-color: #e9d8f2; background-color: #e9d8f2; border-style: solid;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Business analyst<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%; border-style: solid; border-color: #e9d8f2; background-color: #e9d8f2;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$3,936<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%; border-style: solid; border-color: #e9d8f2; background-color: #e9d8f2;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$47,238<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project manager<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$4,545<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$54,541<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%; border-style: solid; border-color: #e9d8f2; background-color: #e9d8f2;\"><strong>Total <\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%; border-style: solid; border-color: #e9d8f2; background-color: #e9d8f2;\"><strong>$15,073<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%; border-style: solid; border-color: #e9d8f2; background-color: #e9d8f2;\"><strong>$180,876<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e34a7e5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e34a7e5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f4f041f\" data-id=\"f4f041f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29eac15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"29eac15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c1427a2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c1427a2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-278ba17\" data-id=\"278ba17\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39ec56b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39ec56b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, keep in mind that hiring and onboarding processes cost a lot of money. The average cost for hiring a new employee is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shrm.org\/ResourcesAndTools\/business-solutions\/Documents\/Talent-Acquisition-Report-All-Industries-All-FTEs.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$4,425<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the US and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehrguru.co.uk\/knowledge-centre\/how-much-does-it-cost-to-hire-a-new-employee-in-the-uk\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$3,760 (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3,000)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the UK. Calculating a true cost of onboarding is tricky due to hidden expenses. However, only the paperwork for one newcomer may be evaluated at $250, if your recruiter\u2019s wage is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glassdoor.com\/blog\/hidden-costs-employee-onboarding-reduce\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$25<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> per hour.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloud services eliminate the need for hiring all these professionals. Your affiliate management team together with the SaaS provider&#8217;s customer success team may perform the initial setup and onboarding.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ac8f18c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ac8f18c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-66965cb\" data-id=\"66965cb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-018b598 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"018b598\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Software maintenance and upgrades<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-02052ed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"02052ed\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-727931a\" data-id=\"727931a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92e9972 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92e9972\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The initial launch of on-premise software is a costly undertaking. However, the lion&#8217;s share of all expenditures is maintenance-related spending, including personnel, updates, upgrades, and tackling emergencies and downtime.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9bcfe1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9bcfe1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb3ecef\" data-id=\"fb3ecef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31eaedd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"31eaedd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1418\" height=\"1002\" src=\"https:\/\/affise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/\u0421\u043d\u0438\u043c\u043e\u043a-\u044d\u043a\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430-2022-06-02-\u0432-16.49.13.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-24094\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-66cabaf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"66cabaf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b668ae\" data-id=\"4b668ae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c75e74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c75e74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IT infrastructure may serve you for several years, but as time goes on, various parts of it may require updates and replacement. The expenses can surge if you need to scale your computing power to process more data. And it&#8217;s nearly impossible to predict the total sum you may spend on it.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Server, SQL, and workstation licenses need regular renewal. If the personnel, or the number of users, will grow, you may need to pay for additional licenses. So, you have to pay for licensing at least as much as you\u2019ve spent initially.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the largest item in the on-premise software expenditures is personnel.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 36pt;\"><strong>42,3%<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">of the IT budget is allocated for\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">IT staff <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">compensation<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-80e4cc9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"80e4cc9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-be36e2d\" data-id=\"be36e2d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3508846 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3508846\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we add expenses on administrative personnel, service &amp; support, training, and troubleshooting spending, this line may gobble up to 85% of your budget.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adhering to SaaS applications allows you to cut most of these costs. You don&#8217;t need to invest in updating hardware, renewing licenses, or troubleshooting issues. In Affise, all software-related processes, including upgrades and outage response, are handled by the SaaS management team in real-time for no additional price.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your in-house team may also be reduced from dozens of developers, managers, and administrative personnel to only several affiliate network managers. As a result, only your personnel spendings are 40-75% lower, and most of your regular expenses boil down to paying SaaS subscription fees.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1cab013 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1cab013\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f5b598\" data-id=\"5f5b598\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca65274 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"ca65274\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"on-premise-software-costs-are-unpredictable\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d314604 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d314604\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b8d177\" data-id=\"4b8d177\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb69080 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fb69080\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">On-premise software costs are unpredictable<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-739b0cb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"739b0cb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8512d63\" data-id=\"8512d63\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7225359 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7225359\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The in-house software development and maintenance expenses are twofold higher than on SaaS. However, the biggest flow of on-premise software spending is unpredictability.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/capabilities\/mckinsey-digital\/our-insights\/delivering-large-scale-it-projects-on-time-on-budget-and-on-value\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McKinsey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> conducted a survey to explore the performance of various in-house IT projects. The company had found out that 66% of businesses encounter significant cost overruns when building software. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-832ab4e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"832ab4e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-777b93b\" data-id=\"777b93b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a24c06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accentphrase\" data-id=\"5a24c06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accentphrase.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"accent accent-size-xxsmall\">17% of IT projects go so wrong that it threatens the company's existence.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e622d83 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e622d83\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c52063f\" data-id=\"c52063f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cebfda elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cebfda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The software development and maintenance implies a lot of hidden costs and losses, including:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a0ffa2e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a0ffa2e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4616eb46\" data-id=\"4616eb46\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27a15dcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27a15dcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\u00a0<\/h3><ul class=\"list-number\"><li class=\"list-number__item\"><span class=\"list-number__count\">1<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Long launching process and schedule overruns.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-374c5fd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"374c5fd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fd73d6b\" data-id=\"fd73d6b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5f9f8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5f9f8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building such a complex product as affiliate marketing software from scratch takes a lot of time. The longer your team works on the solution, the more money you spend on salaries and the more losses you suffer. While your software is in the development process, you have to postpone the launch and lose income or pay for temporary third-party solutions and cloud platforms.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b08be31 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b08be31\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5832c7d5\" data-id=\"5832c7d5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3166c7b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3166c7b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\u00a0<\/h3><ul class=\"list-number\"><li class=\"list-number__item\"><span class=\"list-number__count\">2<\/span><br \/><span class=\"list-number__text\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Data protection costs and fines. <\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b68316d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b68316d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-87377c0\" data-id=\"87377c0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48499cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48499cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To operate in the affiliate marketing industry, you must comply with data protection standards and regulations. It means regular and lengthy audits as well as investments in achieving compliance. For instance, to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/affise.com\/blog\/affise-successfully-completes-soc-2-type-ii-certification\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">get SOC 2 Type II certificate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Affise has undergone an 11 months-long audit and had to tweak many processes. If the compliance isn&#8217;t met, you risk paying enormous fines \u2013 up to $20 million or 4% of an annual turnover.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61a54f13 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61a54f13\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bde15df\" data-id=\"bde15df\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bd18bf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bd18bf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\u00a0<\/h3><ul class=\"list-number\"><li class=\"list-number__item\"><span class=\"list-number__count\">3<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Loses to downtime.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5aae39e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5aae39e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e86025\" data-id=\"3e86025\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-530d3b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"530d3b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emergencies and downtime are possible in any case. However, sticking to a reliable SaaS allows you to reduce the chances drastically. For instance, Affise guarantees 99,99% of uptime. Is it the case with your in-house software? Moreover, emergencies on SaaS are tackled faster and cheaper than with on-premise software; the technical support is always here to help you, and you don&#8217;t have to pay for overtime.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-159f1ee3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"159f1ee3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c46aedc\" data-id=\"6c46aedc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3a64c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3a64c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\u00a0<\/h3><ul class=\"list-number\"><li class=\"list-number__item\"><span class=\"list-number__count\">4<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Shifting the focus of business.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bfca256 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bfca256\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-87657c4\" data-id=\"87657c4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecaafe6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ecaafe6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building on-premise software is a complex and labor-intensive process, which will shift your attention away from the main business goals and processes with 100% probability. This expense is hard to measure and downplay \u2013 you put on the line your revenue, business growth, brand reputation, etc.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a3ba43f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a3ba43f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-60392c8c\" data-id=\"60392c8c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63137ccc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63137ccc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\u00a0<\/h3><ul class=\"list-number\"><li class=\"list-number__item\"><span class=\"list-number__count\">5<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Slow upgrades and improvements. <\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b9d4508 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b9d4508\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8cd84e0\" data-id=\"8cd84e0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ffdff9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ffdff9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The majority of SaaS providers constantly monitor industry trends and customers&#8217; needs and invest a lot to stay ahead of the competition. A small affiliate network or agency doesn&#8217;t have the same resources, which means slower updates and software obsolescence. Outdated software may not tackle the ever-emerging challenges effectively, which cost you loyal clients.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5947d71 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5947d71\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9c70159\" data-id=\"9c70159\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b304d37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"b304d37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"saas-is-cheaper-and-easier-to-start-with\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e622c15 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e622c15\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c7fedd\" data-id=\"1c7fedd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0570f86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0570f86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SaaS is cheaper and easier to start with<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56a1d7f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56a1d7f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f2d9559\" data-id=\"f2d9559\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99dfde6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99dfde6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With SaaS applications, you always know how much the implementation and ongoing costs would take. In most cases, they boil down to regular subscription fees, though various affiliate platforms offer different pricing structures. Affise sticks to three pricing plans, or platform fee plans, with various sets of features and specific numbers of conversions and impressions:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e3446b1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e3446b1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c877e0c\" data-id=\"c877e0c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63802a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"63802a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2332\" height=\"1102\" src=\"https:\/\/affise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/\u0421\u043d\u0438\u043c\u043e\u043a-\u044d\u043a\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430-2022-06-02-\u0432-15.00.34.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-24095\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8d481f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8d481f8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3edbc86\" data-id=\"3edbc86\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f277d64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f277d64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each of these plans may be adjusted to your business needs. Scale is an optimal package for a medium affiliate network, which costs you only $9,600 annually.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cd6b40e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cd6b40e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-35b134b\" data-id=\"35b134b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d94c57e elementor-widget elementor-widget-accentphrase\" data-id=\"d94c57e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accentphrase.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"accent accent-size-xxsmall\">It\u2019s 1,5X less than you spend ONLY on licenses for three servers!\u00a0<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d4bf63 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d4bf63\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5367ab\" data-id=\"b5367ab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d81a4db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d81a4db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59b0578 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59b0578\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For that price, you get the exact amount of conversions and impressions you need, as well as additional tracking domains, automation, and 24\/7 chat support. These features will save you loads of time and money on affiliate marketing management.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your business requires more conversions or impressions, you need to additionally pay a usage fee for them. For instance, 100,000 conversions and 100 mln impressions on the Scale plan will cost you $1,600 a month, which, together with a platform fee, is still way cheaper than developing an in-house solution. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83f4e1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"83f4e1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3aa3568 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3aa3568\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b191108\" data-id=\"b191108\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53de66f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53de66f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 36pt; color: #ff0000;\"><b>$500,000 <\/b><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Cost of in-house affiliate marketing software development<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b24cd6c\" data-id=\"b24cd6c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3938f0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3938f0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 36pt; color: #11a65b;\"><b>$28,800 <\/b><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Annual cost of Affise on a Scale plan with extra conversions and impressions<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-575f469 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"575f469\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-757a75a\" data-id=\"757a75a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5867d37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5867d37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3241f46 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3241f46\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e591970\" data-id=\"e591970\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e525011 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e525011\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And you&#8217;re paying upfront so that the account wouldn&#8217;t surprise you at the end of the month.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from predictability, SaaS has another advantage \u2013 lower costs and time spent on implementation. If developing an on-premise software takes months or years, starting with SaaS and setting up a platform requires just a couple of days. Migrating multiple partners and clients to the SaaS solution can take a bit more time. All in all, you may start seeing the first traffic and revenue growth results in a couple of months, as one of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/affise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/case-study-wargaming.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Affise clients<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> did.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Affise implementation and setup require no additional spending \u2013 only regular platform and usage fees according to your chosen pricing.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-98aeee7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"98aeee7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ba684a\" data-id=\"9ba684a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-446b200 elementor-widget elementor-widget-request-free-trial\" data-id=\"446b200\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"request-free-trial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t        <div class=\"article__wrapper\">\n            <div class=\"request-phrase\">\n                <p class=\"request-phrase__text\">Try&nbsp;<strong><b>Affise&nbsp;<\/b><\/strong>today! Submit for<strong>&nbsp;a&nbsp;free trial&nbsp;<\/strong>and<br>check out&nbsp;<strong>all&nbsp;platform\u2019s functionality<\/strong>&nbsp;by yourself!<\/p>\n                <p>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/affise.com\/contact-us\/\" >\n                        <button class=\"request-phrase__button\">\n                            Request Free Trial                        <\/button>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Affiliate management software should fit a business like a glove. That&#8217;s why affiliate networks and agencies, as well as major eCommerce brands with partner programs, often think of building in-house solutions. This approach potentially allows companies to consider all business needs and tweak the software to their workflows. It&#8217;s a rocky road though that requires [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":24159,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[173,108,182],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What makes affiliate management SaaS 2X cheaper &#8212; Affise<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Building in-house affiliate management software costs a fortune. 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