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Methodology Corrections and versions
published reports
8
numbered sources
273
open datasets
39
data cutoff
10 August 2026

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FDR-2026-03 Software Economics Edition March 2026

Software Ownership Economics Report 2026

FW Delta discloses the conditions under which software built in-house makes economic sense – and when SaaS or a hybrid model remains superior.

First published
29 July 2026
Data cutoff
29 July 2026
Methodology
deterministic TCO, present value, operations and Monte Carlo scenario analysis
Objects examined
5 ownership scenarios; 3 self-hosted profiles; 3 operating models; 50,000 simulations per scenario and horizon

Key findings

  • CALCULATED Across the five base scenarios, the nominal break-even lies between 21.3 and 33.3 months.
  • CALCULATED Two of the five scenarios show nominally positive savings after 36 months but a negative present value at eight percent. Nominal savings and economic advantage are therefore not identical.
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FDR-2026-01 Software Economics Edition January 2026

SaaS Commercial Transparency Index 2026

FW Delta examines how well SaaS buyers can publicly model pricing logic, scaling, renewal and Exit before signing a contract.

First published
29 July 2026
Data cutoff
29 July 2026
Methodology
three-part public document analysis with a pricing, contract and scaling module
Objects examined
20 products in the pricing index; 10 vendors in the renewal/Exit module; 10 public Seat plans; 8 vendors in the joint composite

Key findings

  • CALCULATED The median of the pricing transparency index is 80 out of 100 points; 13 of 20 products reach at least 80 points.
  • CALCULATED In the ten-vendor sample, the renewal/Exit module reaches a mean of 79.0 and a median of 80.0 points.
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