Lean portals offer an alternative to the traditional portals available for the last 15 years, which have become very difficult to deploy and maintain. Traditional portals are bloated with features that aren’t necessarily cost-effective to businesses. This leads to a lot of frustration for companies thinking of investing in a portal as the traditional model forces them to exceed their budgets for features they don't want or need, without being able to deliver the results they wanted.
Lean alternatives to traditional portals, which have been in use for 15 years and are now challenging to implement and sustain, provide a more practical approach. Traditional portals often include superfluous features that may not be cost-effective for businesses. This frequently causes companies considering portal investment to experience frustration due to the conventional model compelling them to exceed their budgets on unnecessary features without achieving desired outcomes.