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Build vs. Buy Calculator

Should you build an internal tool? Or just buy it?

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Josh Pigford
@shpigford · Founder of Baremetrics, maker of beards.
Any startup that creates B2B software inevitably runs in to customers who say "we'll just build this ourselves instead of pay you for it!" which is almost universally an awful idea. A while back, I wrote an article on the topic (because we hear this a lot at Baremetrics): https://baremetrics.com/blog/bui... After that article, a tweetstorm on the topic, an… See more

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Josh Pigford
@shpigford · Founder of Baremetrics, maker of beards.
Any startup that creates B2B software inevitably runs in to customers who say "we'll just build this ourselves instead of pay you for it!" which is almost universally an awful idea. A while back, I wrote an article on the topic (because we hear this a lot at Baremetrics): https://baremetrics.com/blog/bui... After that article, a tweetstorm on the topic, an… See more
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Mubashar Iqbal
@mubashariqbal · 2016 Maker of the Year.
While I agree with the premise here, its often not that black and white (is anything?!?). Does the buy option do everything you want. What are the integration costs of using that off the self solution? Another important factor is that you may eventually outgrow the buy option, and what will it cost to move to something more custom. If you *can* make the … See more
Andreas Klinger
@andreasklinger · Tech at Product Hunt 💃
@shpigford 100% agree with the general message but to paraphrase what @mubashariqbal said - it doesnt take several additional costs into account for buying: decision, integration, opportunity, etc eg good example are marketing automation suites - might end up to be perfect what you need but the integration might take quite some time (not the "here you put… See more
Steven Hambleton
@stinhambo · Founder, Emailancer
Great idea! Why aren't you taking into consideration the initial build cost?
Marek Sotak
@sotak · Founder, Inline Manual, Event Hunt
Great! I can see a potential in making this into a more advanced tool/product, e.g. starting with simple can I pass variables via URL, like https://baremetrics.com/calculat...... then I can send our prospects a link to this with pre-filled values and some context - companies might be willing to use it to have their own page, e.g. calculator/inlinemanual - we… See more