Evaluation guide
Build the infrastructure or use a managed platform?
The useful comparison depends on your workflow, control requirements, and operating capacity. Published prices and delivery estimates become misleading quickly, so evaluate each option against your actual scope.
Use a managed platform
Choose this path when your team wants to focus on the customer workflow while a platform supplies the shared runtime and operating layer.
- Faster path to a working customer experience
- Less platform infrastructure to own
- Platform boundaries shape implementation choices
Build the platform yourself
Choose this path when the infrastructure itself is strategic and your team is prepared to own its security, reliability, and ongoing operation.
- Maximum control over architecture
- Direct ownership of maintenance and incident response
- More engineering work before customer value
Questions to answer before deciding
- Which user request must the experience complete, and which systems does it need to reach?
- Who owns identity, permissions, credentials, audit records, and production support?
- Which deployment or data boundaries are mandatory for your organization?
- Does your team want to maintain the shared runtime, or the business workflow built on it?
Continue your evaluation
Review the developer model and security posture, then talk with the team about the requirements that matter for your deployment.