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Free tool · For businesses replacing software

Free Build vs Buy Analyser

Should you buy software off the shelf or have it built? A reasoned answer.

Buying is right when your process is standard. Building is right when the process is your advantage or nothing fits without workarounds. Describe the process and what you have looked at, and we will tell you which side of that line you are on.

What you receive

  • A clear recommendation: buy, build or a mix
  • Off-the-shelf products worth evaluating
  • Cost of each route over three to five years
  • Risks and lock-in on each side
  • What we would do in your position

How it works

  1. 01
    Fill in the form
    A few questions about your project. Plain language is fine.
  2. 02
    An engineer prepares it
    Someone on our team reads what you sent and writes the result by hand.
  3. 03
    You receive it
    By email or WhatsApp, within one working day.

Analyse my options

Answer a few questions and an engineer prepares it for you.

Free, with no obligation. We use your details only to prepare and send this, and to reply if you write back.

Questions

You build software. Will you not always say build?

No. For accounting, payroll, email and other standard needs we tell people to buy. Recommending a build that should have been a purchase helps nobody.

What is a mixed approach?

Buying a standard product for the standard part and building only the piece that is specific to you, connected to it. It is often the best answer.

Do you name specific products?

Yes, where we know products that fit, with the caveats we are aware of.

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