The build-versus-buy debate around business software has a new calculator.
Last year, I wrote about how AI coding tools were making it easier for companies to create their own internal apps instead of paying an outside software provider.
That shift raised a tempting question: Why keep buying expensive software when employees can now vibe code a custom version themselves?
The enterprising analysts at RBC Capital Markets recently built an interactive tool to test that idea. Companies and investors can plug in the cost of a software subscription, then compare it with the full cost of building and running an in-house alternative.
The tool goes…
