Local vs. Cloud (SaaS).

There are countless types of software applications, but they generally fall into two categories: SaaS (Software as a Service) or locally hosted. Our product is locally hosted (it is not cloud based). Locally based software has many advantages, foremost among them is it allows you to cap your costs, control your data and actually makes you less vulnerable to outside ransomware and other cyber-attacks on your core software.

SaaS refers to a software distribution model in which applications are hosted by a third-party provider and made available to customers over the internet. Users typically access the software through a web browser. SaaS eliminates the need for users to install, manage, and maintain the software on their own devices. However, by far the biggest disadvantage to SaaS is it is charged on a per-user-per-month (PUPM) basis, so you never stop paying, and yet, you never have full control over your own data.

SaaS is right choice for some

We will be the first to agree that for some staffing companies and PEO's, SaaS is the way to go. If a staffing company only places professionals, high end clerical employees or even makes executive level placements, we politely refer them to a SaaS provider that may include a full HR module (including benefit administration) in their base price.

Firm Price for Core Software

However, we still believe in quoting a firm price for the core part of the software, because that is the piece that every staffing company or PEO must have no matter what. In the case of weekly pay staffing software, that means the front and back office. Our daily pay software is combined into one database – as is our PEO (Professional Employer Organization) and ASO (Administrative Services Only) software.

You Truly Can Cap Your Costs

During our early years, delivering checks and direct deposit vouchers to the staffing clients was the norm. As the industry evolved, and electronic payroll became more prevalent, our software adapted to include the ability to create an unlimited number of NACHA files for direct deposit and all manner of electronic files for submission to pay card companies. The result was that some of our clients would literally go a decade with their only contact with us being every year around W-2 printing time.

We Combine Local Software With Online Technology

Do we collaborate with third-party vendors? Yes, but all you need to know about that arrangement is that the buck stops with us at The Fackler Group. We are the only vendor that you will ever deal with. We have partnered with HRNextDirect.com for electronic onboarding. They have an extensive, top of the line HR application that can do everything. However, to accommodate staffing companies they offer The Fackler Group special pricing that allows us to bill you a flat fee for electronic onboarding. The staffing company or PEO's internal user would simply obtain an applicant’s email address, enter data into a few fields to prep for onboarding and then automatically generate an invitation email that is sent to the applicant.

Our Customers Come First

1. By offering everything other than the core software a la carte, you never pay for what you don’t use.
2. By breaking up all the online features and not trying to “sell a bundle”, the customer can make a case-by-case judgment whether each online feature is cost effective for their operation.
3. A SaaS customer paying PUPM (per user per month) has no way of knowing what all these features cost individually. They just know that they are forced to pay for all of them for every one of their users for every month into perpetuity.
4. With The Fackler Group, you can turn these features on and off as needed.

We Promise You the Best

So instead of billing you PUPM (per user per month) every month forever at a price that includes all possible features, we take a very different approach.
We still quote you one price!
In the case of staffing software, that would be for the front office and back office.
In the case of PEO/ASO software, that would be Payroll, Billing, AR, Reporting, etc.
The bottom line is you are capping your cost on the mission critical part of the software!
But what about online features? We have those too! We simply offer those a la carte.
Do the optional online features then trigger a recurring monthly charge? Yes they do.
​However, the monthly charges are a tiny fraction of what you would pay a SaaS, because you have already bought your core modules and are only paying for the online features you deem to be worth the price.