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Almost every enterprise application purchase comes down to a Build vs. Buy Decision. More than likely, you are probably an IT influencer or decision maker researching LaunchPortal in a Build vs. Buy. Your requirements are that you must provide BI reports and dashboards in different formats to external customers, vendors, or other departments. This must be done in a secure, scalable, and compliant way.
We understand your position. The LaunchWorks application stack was built out of our 10+ years of customer consulting on the Build decision. We can tell you exactly how long it takes to build report and dashboard functionality into an external application using the BusinessObjects SDK. You can expect to allocate 3 developers for 6 to 9 months in a Build decision.We are confident in this for two reasons: we have been taken these consulting engagements and we acquire customers who come to us frustrated at the results of their Build decision. Every conversation starts with "It took us 3 developers and 6 months to try this on our own..."
Take a look at the chart below. Here is a comparison of a "3 developers for 6 months" cost verses buying our LaunchPortal application:
| Time to Implement |
Resources |
Cost |
|
| Build |
6 - 9 months |
3 |
$150,000 |
| Buy (LaunchWorks) |
2 weeks |
0.25 |
Starting at $19,995* |
The Buy decision should be clearly evident in this table. You win on timing, resourcing, and costs in addition to freeing 3 other developers to work on other projects that are probably more within their core competency.
For more information, contact LaunchWorks sales .
* Not including support or services