The power of software-as-a-service (SAAS) or on-demand software allows an institution to reduce their cost of ownership by eliminating the bind of a traditional local software setup. This alleviates the strain of upgrading hardware and updating software which requires local expertise, labor and a 24/7 datacenter setup. The CampusCruiser portal along with all Timecruiser technologies facilitates a single software instance that serves its entire client base with one centrally hosted, fully redundant and scaleable system infrastructure that ensures uptime, connectivity and productivity.

Many clients' looking for a low maintenance and high performing enterprise portal have often mistaken co-location operation as Software as a Service. In many cases, they end up paying higher start-up and service fees than expected not to mention being more costly than the installation of an on-site locally maintained enterprise system or systems. The co-location system requires everything a local software setup entails except that it is located in a remote internet datacenter and usually serviced by a 3rd party designated by the software vendor. The customer pays every cost incurred just like a local setup plus the service fees. The difference between single instance SAAS and co-location resides in the software technology.