Certainly nothing is free (not even Free Software.) So there will surely be times when building is better than buying. I suppose the key is to understand the h

Certainly nothing is free (not even Free Software.) So there will surely be times when building is better than buying. I suppose the key is to understand the hidden costs with both approaches. The salary vs subscription cost is part of it, but there also subtle things, like flexibility (or lack thereof in bought systems), security (or lack thereof in homegrown systems) and so on.