Product realization: users don't have high requirements for OA (some don't have clear requirements for the time being), and they only need to buy and use the functions of the manufacturer's standard products (generally including installation, training, realization and other services) to meet the general office needs of the unit. The implementation period is short, and the price is generally between several thousand yuan and tens of thousands of yuan. There are certain differences in products, technical service modes and pricing of different manufacturers.
OA customized development: The requirements of users are beyond the scope of the existing OA products of manufacturers, and personalized customized development is needed on the basis of standard products. Generally, it is charged according to the standard product +OA customized development mode. Due to the different needs and complexity of customized development, the price range will range from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands to millions, and the implementation cycle usually takes months or even years (development results are delivered in stages).
Key factors affecting the price of office automation projects
1, user requirements for office automation
Users have different requirements for OA, and the project is different in difficulty. Does it include different levels of customized development? And the final investment time and cost are different.
2, the manufacturer's factors
Product pricing and service strategy: Does the manufacturer's product pricing strategy include multi-level distribution institutions, service models and their service capabilities?
Maturity and expansibility of manufacturer's products: high maturity, relatively perfect functions, stable system operation and small maintenance workload; It is relatively easy to develop personalized customization, with strong expansibility and low cost.
Technical architecture of products: Different manufacturers adopt different technical architectures, and OA needs different system software and different cost components.
Common charging modes of office automation manufacturers
So what inputs should we pay attention to when implementing OA? Different manufacturers have different service and charging modes. At present, OA software companies generally have the following charging modes:
1, basic software cost (product+system software cost)
Overseas OA development platforms, such as Lotus platform and Exchange platform, are relatively expensive and require relatively high hardware, which leads to the high overall price of OA office system. The OA developed by asp and php generally has low requirements for technicians and low price, but the security, performance, stability, expansibility and maintainability of the system are poor. Therefore, the technology adopted by different manufacturers is different, and the price of software is also very different.
2. Charge by the number of authorized users.
Some OA software vendors charge license fees according to the number of end users, such as 30 users, 50 users, 100 users, etc. The more users this charging model needs, the higher the cost.
3. Charge according to the number of functional modules.
Some OA software vendors charge according to the number of functional modules. Their OA contains many modules, and users can choose the modules they need. Generally speaking, the more modules they choose, the higher the cost.
4, OA custom development (secondary development) costs
Although the product OA has the advantages of price and implementation cycle, the customized development of OA pays more attention to the satisfaction of user needs and application effect.
When OA standard products can't meet the needs of users and need to be customized, manufacturers need to invest extra manpower in customized development and charge according to the complexity and workload of customized development. Generally speaking, OA projects that include customized development will charge higher fees. Of course, such users also have higher requirements for the effect of OA application. Successful customized development brings deep satisfaction to users' needs.
5. OA implementation and service cost
OA site implementation costs, some OA software companies will add some other additional project costs such as travel expenses and site service fees to the project implementation costs.
6. Others (charged according to the lease time)
The system and data of saas cloud oa are all on the vendor's cloud server. Users do not need to install OA access network, and manufacturers charge by year or specified time period.
Chengyuan OA is good at function expansion and secondary development, and the service charging mode is divided into two modes: standard product and standard product+secondary development. We don't ask how much an OA office system costs, but how much it costs to implement an OA project according to the specific needs of users.
Other possible expenses.
We can't just pay attention to the cost of purchasing OA software and implement OA office system. We don't simply buy an installation package and install it on the computer. We also need to pay the expenses other than OA products such as labor cost, hardware and network cost and system software cost.
1, hardware cost (OA server and network)
OA software vendors will recommend the server configuration that meets the requirements according to the scale of the number of users. If the number of users is small, you can also replace the server with a high-end PC. However, if there are branches or need remote access, it may be necessary to deploy servers for external access and host hosting. The OA server is hosted in the telecom room and rents external IP. Generally, both server hosting and renting IP need to be paid annually.
2, system software costs (OA system operation must be used)
Different manufacturers adopt different technologies, and the system software needed to run OA is also different. Some system software is paid by enterprises, which requires end users to increase costs and purchase extra. Common system software required for office automation operation is as follows:
(1) Operating systems: such as windows, linux (generally open source and free) and unix.
(2) Databases: such as Mysql (open source and free), SQL Server (Microsoft, commercial payment), Oracle (Oracle Bone Inscriptions, commercial payment), etc.
(3) Application server: At present, most OA software is based on B/S architecture and needs an application server, such as IIS (Microsoft windows comes with it, asp and asp.net).
Developed OA), Tomcat (open source and free, Java developed OA), weblogic(Bea company, Java developed OA), websphere(IBM, Java developed OA), Apache (open source and free, PHP developed OA) and so on.
(4) Others: Domino of IBM, an essential basic platform for OA based on Domino. IBM products are generally expensive, and Domino is no exception.
In fact, the above two parts are only used as the initial cost calculation of OA office system project, but as an experienced OA user, we need to pay attention to the subsequent cost of OA office system application. Subsequent costs mainly include OA maintenance costs and secondary development costs. The cost of software maintenance depends on the maturity and maintainability of the software, and the cost of secondary development depends on the adjustment of users' subsequent needs.
It can also be seen that the cost of an OA office system is not an answer that an experienced person can give casually, but is determined by many factors such as users' needs, manufacturers' products and services. For example, Chengyuan OA can run on open source free system software (such as Linux+Tomcat+Mysql combination), which not only has good performance, stability and security, but also saves users a lot of system software purchase expenses invisibly; The mode of software customized development platform+remote service ensures the quality and efficiency of service, and also reduces the service cost.