Cost scenario: 1 - 6 pages

Even with what often called a "business-card" website, there are good reasons to employ a (small) version of a web content management suite. In our example, we assume that you spend just 6 hours per year creating updated content on your site (or an average of just 30 minutes per month).

In this comparison we have also assumed that a non-technical person can implement an update in caSaaS web CMS in half the time it takes a technical person to make the same update in a flat-file, hard-coded solution. In most situations that advantage would be far greater.

The bars above are based on these numbers:

It's worth noting that even if one eliminates any consideration of cost for internal labor - that is, saying that your personnel is there anyway, a caSaaS-based solution is still more affordable. In this example, the flat-file solution would have an out-of-pocket expense of $15 in hosting plus $25 for 0.5 hours of content implementation by external resources. This monthly total of $40 is then compared with the caSaaS monthly subscription price of $25 with no other external expenses.

So much for the cold, hard numbers. There are some additional, real advantages of having your website in caSaaS web CMS:

• The overall speed from when the thought of change occurs until the actual implementation is done.
• The branding effect of a truly custom-designed website that communicates your company benefits.
• Less reliance on external resources that may or may not be available when you need them.
• A website that's updated more frequently - which leads to better search-engine rankings, as well as more and better visitors.
• E-mail marketing functionality with automatic subscribe/unsubscribe functionality - which also leads to better search-engine rankings.
• Forms/relational data list integration for automatic data creation and display - which facilitates company-specific content greatly.