typical
of on-premises solutions and applications.

####  Connected SaaS business processes

Businesses want a SaaS solution that supports like procure-to-pay or order-to-
cash in the cloud—without costly integrations and complex management. To make
this possible, a modern SaaS suite is built on a single, standards-based
platform that includes a common, enterprise-wide data model; a unified user
experience (including mobile and social); shared security levels; synchronized
release schedules; and more.

##  SaaS Products

###  ERP Cloud

Discover how enterprise resource planning (ERP) cloud solutions can future-
proof your business across accounting, analytics, consolidation, planning,
procurement, projects, and reporting.  
[ Explore Enterprise Resources Planning ](/erp/)  
[ What is ERP? ](/erp/what-is-erp/)  
[ What is SaaS ERP? ](/erp/what-is-erp/saas-erp/)

###  Supply Chain Cloud

Discover how Oracle’s Supply Chain Management & Manufacturing (SCM) solutions
help drive innovation and turn traditional supply chains into agile and
integrated value chains.  
[ Explore SCM ](/scm/)  
[ What is SCM? ](/scm/what-is-supply-chain-management/)

###  Sales Cloud

Discover how Oracle Sales solutions go beyond sales force automation to
optimize your sales engagements through a comprehensive set of capabilities
that bolster customer relationships and drive business growth.  
[ Explore Sales ](/cx/sales/)

###  HR Cloud

Discover how HR leaders are making faster, smarter decisions with Oracle's
human resources solutions to drive engagement, productivity, and business
value for organizations and the people within them.  
[ Explore HCM ](/human-capital-management/)  
[ What is HCM? ](/human-capital-management/what-is-hcm/)

###  Marketing Cloud

Discover how digital marketing solutions support B2B and B2C marketers'
omnichannel experiences to drive sales, brand, and customer loyalty. Oracle
Marketing supports marketing automation for cross-channel orchestration.  
[ Explore Marketing ](/cx/marketing/)  
[ What is Marketing? ](/cx/marketing/digital-marketing/)

###  Service Cloud

Discover how Oracle Service solutions help to differentiate your brand by
providing automated, personalized, omnichannel, and knowledge-driven
interactions and customer service.  
[ Explore Service ](/cx/service/)  
[ What is Customer Service? ](/cx/service/what-is-customer-service/)

##  The future of SaaS

Market experts agree that the future of SaaS is strong. According to a [ 2017
Gartner report ](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-
releases/2021-04-21-gartner-forecasts-worldwide-public-cloud-end-user-
spending-to-grow-23-percent-in-2021) , sales of SaaS solutions will continue
to grow at over 23 percent per year, from US$270billion in 2020 to over US$332
billion by 2021.

Innovation in the SaaS solutions themselves is expected to help drive that
growth, including:

  * With the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions on the rise, it is expected to become an increasingly baked-in part of the enterprise of all cloud applications. AI will drive adaptive intelligence solutions, which allows back-office and front-office applications to learn and adapt to user data and behavior. 
  * Autonomous IT management, AI, and machine learning will also play vital roles in driving more autonomous, less human-reliant management across cloud applications and cloud infrastructure. 
  * Beyond AI and machine learning, there are an additional set of adaptive intelligent technologies that are driving change to all SaaS applications. These included chatbots, digital assistants IoT, blockchain, virtual reality, augmented reality. Each of these technologies is increasingly vital to digital innovation and forward-thinking providers in how they extend their SaaS offerings. 
  * Industry SaaS solutions or vertical cloud applications continue to drive depth and horizontal connectedness for organizations. While SaaS began as a way to quickly provide vertical solutions t