ERP vs. Custom Build
Five questions, about two minutes, and an honest read on whether a ready-made platform like Edutig or Linetig or a custom build is the better starting point for your business.
These are the same five questions we work through internally before recommending a platform or a custom build to anyone. Your answers stay in your browser; nothing is stored or sent.
A hybrid approach is worth exploring
You're in the middle: a customized deployment of Edutig/Linetig, or a custom build on top of proven components, could both work. Worth a scoping conversation.
Discuss Your OptionsHow the scoring works, and what it can't judge
A build-versus-buy tool from a company that sells both sides of the answer should show its reasoning. Here it is, including the parts a short quiz genuinely cannot decide.
How the recommendation is scored
Each answer nudges the score toward a ready-made platform, toward a custom build, or stays neutral. Very standard processes, a tight launch window, strong off-the-shelf module coverage, a fixed budget, and little legacy integration all point to an ERP. A process that is itself your competitive advantage, flexible timeline and budget, and extensive integration needs point to custom. Only a clear margin either way produces a firm recommendation.
Why the middle result is honest, not evasive
If your score lands near the center, the tool says so instead of forcing a verdict, because in that zone the right answer is usually a hybrid: a ready-made platform as the operational backbone, with custom software built around the one workflow that actually needs to be special. Pretending five questions can resolve that split would be a sales pitch wearing a calculator costume.
Why we don't have a thumb on the scale
We build and sell both sides of this decision: Edutig and Linetig as ready-made platforms, and fully custom software as a core service. Whichever way your answers point, we have a way to help, which means we have no institutional reason to steer the scoring. Most vendors you'll compare us against only sell one answer, and their advice tends to arrive at it.
What five questions can't tell you
The tool can't weigh a proprietary pricing model, a specific compliance regime, the state of your legacy data, or the internal politics of a rollout, and any of those can override the score. It also can't run the three-to-five-year cost of ownership comparison, which needs your actual licensing, build, and maintenance numbers. Treat the result as which way the evidence already points, not as the decision itself.
Want the full reasoning behind the questions? Read ERP vs. custom software: how to actually decide. Landed in the middle, or want your score pressure-tested against your real numbers? That’s a conversation, and it costs nothing.