Exceptional breakdown of how the economics shifted underneath us. That inversion from "building is expensive" to "renting acumulates cost faster" is something I've been seeing in production environments but couldnt articulate this cleanly. What really stands out is the compound effect, not just subscription bloat but the integration overhead that scales exponentially with each added tool. In one mid-sized fintech I worked with, their middleware costs actualy exceeded their SaaS spend by 30%.
Spot on. Our org saw this, obviously triggered by financial reviews. So wherever the below mentioned are applicable.. cost and complexity in stitching myriad work flows, customization costs etc on top of licencing costs, we first evaluate a ‘Shared Service’ app creation approach and then go for it. This approach is going to accelerate especially when we see how AI coding tool pilots are performing.
Great overview and insight here. I’ve had this conversation with a few CTOs. The ROI analysis is clear but can feel risky pitching right now. This will shift. The other question is will this shift give you more than some direct ROI and translate into competitive advantage? If this is a yes then the pitch to shift is powerful and hopefully more easily understood by the whole leadership team. It’s a new kind of development and change management process for smaller orgs that have possibly never built this way but an agile team should find this exhilarating and freeing to truly serve their users and workflows.
Exceptional breakdown of how the economics shifted underneath us. That inversion from "building is expensive" to "renting acumulates cost faster" is something I've been seeing in production environments but couldnt articulate this cleanly. What really stands out is the compound effect, not just subscription bloat but the integration overhead that scales exponentially with each added tool. In one mid-sized fintech I worked with, their middleware costs actualy exceeded their SaaS spend by 30%.
Amazing. Integration layer MSPs are toast. Not yet. But soon.
Spot on. Our org saw this, obviously triggered by financial reviews. So wherever the below mentioned are applicable.. cost and complexity in stitching myriad work flows, customization costs etc on top of licencing costs, we first evaluate a ‘Shared Service’ app creation approach and then go for it. This approach is going to accelerate especially when we see how AI coding tool pilots are performing.
Great overview and insight here. I’ve had this conversation with a few CTOs. The ROI analysis is clear but can feel risky pitching right now. This will shift. The other question is will this shift give you more than some direct ROI and translate into competitive advantage? If this is a yes then the pitch to shift is powerful and hopefully more easily understood by the whole leadership team. It’s a new kind of development and change management process for smaller orgs that have possibly never built this way but an agile team should find this exhilarating and freeing to truly serve their users and workflows.