Just because you can set something up yourself doesn't mean you should. You'll take on the burden of maintenance, support, and teaching people how to use the sy

Just because you can set something up yourself doesn't mean you should. You'll take on the burden of maintenance, support, and teaching people how to use the system. We could all be running git on our own servers instead of using GitHub, our own mailservers with Postfix and Horde instead of using Gmail, and using rsync instead of Dropbox. But for most of us it's worth it to pay for a managed service with an improved user experience. This is especially true in a startup where time is the most valuable resource you have.