--- title: "Build vs. Buy: The Platform Engineer’s Guide" url: https://daily.dev/posts/build-vs-buy-the-platform-engineer-s-guide-dp1b8kkuo source_url: https://thenewstack.io/build-vs-buy-the-platform-engineers-guide/ type: article source: "The New Stack" published: 2024-02-21T19:11:29.104Z updated: 2026-03-30T02:18:41.786Z tags: ["devops", "internal-developer-platform", "platform-engineering"] reading_time: 10 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Build vs. Buy: The Platform Engineer’s Guide **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 10 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Whether to build or buy an internal developer platform (IDP) is a common question for organizations starting their platform engineering journey. This post discusses the pros and cons of both approaches, highlighting factors to consider when making the decision. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#devops](https://daily.dev/tags/devops), [#internal-developer-platform](https://daily.dev/tags/internal-developer-platform), [#platform-engineering](https://daily.dev/tags/platform-engineering) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/build-vs-buy-the-platform-engineer-s-guide-dp1b8kkuo)