[jeffreyrogers]

That was my point. If it were that much cheaper to in-house everything or if there were cheap SaaS alternatives that worked as well, companies would switch to them. Companies are paying for SaaS because it solves a business need, and for the most part SaaS does it pretty well.

[cybrexalpha]

In the long run, in many cases, it probably would be cheaper. It's just that the incentive structures between the long-term health and executives are not aligned .