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Build vs Buy — Ad Tech
Weigh SaaS subscriptions against a custom build for Ad Tech — see the multi-year total cost of ownership and which path wins.
What this means for Ad Tech
- Third-party cookie deprecation, ATT, and platform privacy changes have eroded the deterministic identity signal the original models depended on.
- Multi-touch attribution outputs are increasingly contested by clients — finance teams want incrementality, marketing teams want credit for activity, and the platform sits in the middle.
- Take rate is compressing as agency, brand, and platform-buying-team scrutiny on the ad tech tax escalates.
Where it pays to act
- AI-driven bidding and budget allocation that operates without third-party cookie signal — leveraging contextual, first-party, and modeled audiences.
- Incrementality-aware attribution and marketing mix modeling at the platform level to give clients defensible measurement.
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Total cost of ownership
SaaS total (3yr)
₹19.9 L
Custom build total
₹21.8 L
Difference (cheaper to buy)
₹1.89 L
Breakeven
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What this means
A hybrid path fits best.
For Ad Tech, the gap is ₹1.89 L over 3 years — close enough that a hybrid approach (buy core, build differentiating layers) often wins.
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