The definitive guide to evaluating custom-built pricing systems vs. off-the-shelf platforms like Vendavo and PriceFx.
Explore the GuideIf 3 or more of these apply to you, you've likely outgrown your platform and should consider custom.
You're paying $250K/year in licensing, but spending $500K/year on consultants to make it work.
At this point, you're not using the platform—you're fighting it. If 60%+ of your code is custom anyway, you don't own that IP and you're stuck on the vendor's upgrade cycle.
Critical features you need are 'on the roadmap' indefinitely. The features they are building don't help you.
You're paying for innovation that doesn't serve your business. Meanwhile, competitors who own their systems ship faster.
Every time you add a new ERP, CRM, or data source, it's a 6-month project and $200K+ in integration work.
Platforms are built for the median customer. If your data model is unusual, every integration is custom work—which you don't own and can't iterate on without vendor approval.
Your pricing logic is a competitive differentiator. The algorithms, data models, decisioning—that's your secret sauce. But it lives in a black box.
If you build market-leading pricing capability inside Vendavo, Vendavo owns it. If you ever exit the platform, you lose everything.
Your market moves fast. Competitors ship pricing changes weekly. You ship quarterly because your platform change process is heavy.
Custom = control. If your team can ship a pricing logic change in a day instead of a sprint, you iterate faster than competitors stuck on vendor release cycles.
A transparent look at timeline, team structure, and true Cost of Ownership.
No vendor lock-in. Full control over roadmap and features.
We do custom development as well as configure and optimize bought solutions. We meet you where you are.
End-to-end bespoke pricing engines that you fully own. Built for speed, scale, and unique business logic.
Expert platform implementation, optimization, and migration services by people who've run billions through it.
Setup, customization, and strategic consulting to get the most out of your PriceFx investment.
Configure-Price-Quote systems with intelligent pricing logic and streamlined approval workflows.
Real-time pricing optimization engines with AI-powered decision making for fast-moving markets.
Strategic RGM consulting, pricing optimization, and price elasticity modeling.
We'll tell you if custom makes sense — or if you should stick with a platform. No pitch, just clarity.
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