Council Post: Buy Versus Build: When To Invest In Custom Software Development
Summary
You may think the decision between buying or building a piece of technology comes down to cost, but like most important things in life, that’s not the only factor you need to consider. You simply pay a subscription fee to have access to a ready-made solution and dont have to worry about maintenance, updates, security or anything else that goes into these systems. However, if you’re a company that wants to have a great deal of control over the integrations, security, features or other aspects of the applications you employ, you may find SaaS to be a frustrating model. Companies choose to go custom for many reasons that mostly revolve around flexibility; sometimes a one-of-a-kind solution can be deployed anywhere, can allow for more integrations and can offer more independence in terms of design and features. Most of the time, if you’re looking for a piece of technology capable of addressing a common business process, there’s likely already a SaaS product on the market that can help.