Free tool
Should you build custom AI or buy a SaaS tool?
Most teams waste 6–12 months on the wrong answer. This tool asks the same 6 questions we use with every client before recommending a path, and gives you a direct recommendation with the reasoning behind it.
6
Questions
2 min
To complete
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Clear recommendation
No email required.
Common questions
About the tool and what to do with the result.
Yes, completely free. No email, no signup, no follow-up. The tool exists because we find ourselves answering this question constantly on sales calls, so it made sense to make it available to everyone.
It's based on the 6 signals that most reliably predict whether a project genuinely requires custom development. We've been using this framework with real clients for years. That said, it's a starting point. Edge cases exist, and a 15-minute conversation will always give a more nuanced answer than 6 yes/no questions.
Answer based on your current requirements, not future possibilities. If you genuinely don't know, default to No. It's safer to understate the case for custom development. You can always revisit once you have clearer requirements.
Not necessarily. The recommendation is about the right approach, not a specific vendor. That said, if you decide to build and want to talk through scope and fit, we're happy to have that conversation, no pitch, no commitment.
Any business process where AI could automate decisions, routing, scoring, classification, or content generation: call quality monitoring, procurement approvals, lead scoring, cost estimation, document processing, and similar. It's less useful for consumer AI products or research-stage AI work.
You get a recommendation and the reasoning behind it. From there: if the answer is 'buy', evaluate the top SaaS tools for your use case. If the answer is 'build', the next step is scoping the requirement, which is exactly what our AI Readiness Assessment does.