Build vs Buy Web Scraping in 2026: An Honest TCO Reality Check
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Most build-vs-buy arguments compare the wrong numbers. Here's a cost model that counts what a build actually costs over its life, not what it costs to demo. Every engineering team that needs web data has this argument eventually. One side says "we can just build this, it's a scraper." The other say…
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- 2026-09-07 09:56 · DEV Community — AI
Build vs Buy Web Scraping in 2026: An Honest TCO Reality Check