What is Software by Subscription

Software by Subscription is a revolutionary business model that has been adopted by Aligned Assets. Rather than the old model, used by the vast majority of software vendors, which involved the purchase of software, ongoing maintenance fees and additional support costs, Software by Subscription removes all up front software charges, and reduces maintenance and support into one annual subscription.

Software by Subscription therefore not only makes procurement a lot simpler, but as Managing Director of Aligned Assets, Dinesh Thanigasalam explains:

“By moving to Software by Subscription, we have completely scrapped up front software fees and as a consequence have been able to lower our year-one pricing by an average of 50%.”

One annual fee, unlimited usage – Software by Subscription

Why choose Software by Subscription

Software by Subscription makes procurement easier, software usage more flexible and means the costs of purchase will be significantly reduced.

Easier Procurement

By reducing software pricing down to a single annual fee, budgeting is made significantly simpler, not to mention the creation of business cases made easier with costs being over 50% less.

Flexible Software Usage

Software by Subscription works on an annual subscription basis, so there are no lengthy contracts tying you in. We believe of course that you will continue to want to use our software, but if for any reason you do not, you simply discontinue when your subscription runs out.

Reduced costs

By only paying for your subscription and no longer having to pay for up front software fees, our products are reduced by an average of 50%.

Who can benefit from Software by Subscription

Anyone in the public sector with a requirement for gazetteer management systems, web services, data matching or integration tools for local government, the emergency services and beyond, can all benefit with Software by Subscription from Aligned Assets.

Local Government

If you are a LLPG or LSG custodian, dissatisfied with your current GMS, but unable to secure funding for a replacement, Software by Subscription will benefit you. You will undoubtedly have ongoing maintenance and support costs, for your current GMS, so you simply convert these into one of our subscriptions and you have a new Symphony GMS
If you are looking to implement web services to start corporately exploiting your LLPG, or NLPG, this can now be achieved with costs in the thousands, no longer the tens of thousands.

Emergency Services

With cancellation of the FiReControl Project, Fire & Rescue Services are now having to look at procuring new, BS7666 compliant corporate gazetteers. Our Symphony Bluelight range of gazetteer management systems are the only systems that can all the work done in preparation for FiReControl is not wasted.
Many Police Forces are looking to move to using the NLPG and Software by Subscription offers a quick, easy and cost-effective means to achieve this. Symphony Bluelight Search provides web services that can give all users access to the NLPG, with adaptor technology allowing for the simultaneous searching of the electoral roll, business names and internal gazetteers.

Street Naming and Numbering Officers

Our Street Naming and Numbering product enables you to manage the complete lifecycle of naming a street or numbering a property. A completely stand-alone product it offers flexibility of deployment and through Software by Subscription, it is now the most affordable in the market place.

National Parks and Passenger Transport Executives

As signatories of the MSA, all National Parks and Passenger Transport Executives are entitled to receive and use the NLPG. Previously, deployment of the NLPG proved prohibitively expensive, that was until Software by Subscription. Now, through the use of a SinglePoint subscription, National Parks and Passenger Transport Executives can enjoy full access to the NLPG at a fraction of what it would have previously cost.