Build vs buy for operations teams
Operations is where the glue work hides: requests, approvals, handoffs between apps. A lot of it suits a small automation. Some of it is a system you shouldn't own.
Guides for operations teams
Each one gives the typical answer, the open-source and paid options, the traps, and a build brief you can paste into an AI coding agent.
Workflow automation
A form comes in, a deal closes, an alert fires, and the follow-up in your other apps happens without anyone retyping it.
Project and issue tracking
Where the team's tasks and requests live, who owns each one, and what's stuck.
Helpdesk and support inbox
Every support request gets an owner and a place in the queue, instead of sitting in a shared inbox.
Other jobs the quiz covers
You get a full verdict for these too. We haven't published a guide for them yet, so the result tells you how to find the strongest existing options instead.
- An AI agent or assistant
- Docs, a wiki or a knowledge base
- A database, tracker or spreadsheet app
- Forms, intake or surveys
- Reporting dashboards
- A small internal tool or calculator
- Booking and scheduling
- Accounting, expenses or invoicing
- Access reviews and IT requests
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