Build vs Buy

Build with OSS or buy Premium?

Choose how you deploy Vanna. From fully managed SaaS to on-prem Enterprise to open source DIY—pick what fits your team's needs.

Why teams choose each path

Different priorities lead to different choices. Both are valid—pick what matters most to you.

Why Buy Premium

🎯

Focus on Your Product

Spend time building unique features, not rebuilding infrastructure that already exists.

  • Skip months of infrastructure work
  • No DevOps overhead
  • Battle-tested reliability
  • Continuous improvements included
✅

Proven Best Practices

Benefit from patterns refined across hundreds of production deployments.

  • Optimized for performance
  • Security hardened
  • Compliance-ready architecture
  • Regular security audits
📈

Scale with Confidence

From prototype to enterprise without architectural rewrites.

  • Auto-scaling infrastructure
  • Multi-region failover
  • Enterprise support included
  • Volume discounts available

Why Build with OSS

🔧

Maximum Control

Full access to source code means you can customize everything.

  • Modify any component
  • Custom integrations
  • No feature limitations
  • Choose your own hosting
🔓

No Lock-In

Open source means you own your deployment and can run it anywhere.

  • MIT license
  • Deploy anywhere
  • No vendor dependencies
  • Community-driven development
💰

Cost Control

Pay only for infrastructure you use, optimize as you see fit.

  • No platform fees
  • Optimize for your workload
  • Choose your cloud provider
  • Direct control over costs

Build vs Buy: feature by feature

Same framework, different effort levels. See what you get out-of-the-box vs what you build yourself.

LLM Integration

Buy (Premium)

PremiumLlmService

Managed, multi-provider with unified API

  • Pre-configured infrastructure
  • Unified billing across providers
  • Provider abstraction & fallbacks
  • Automatic rate limiting
  • Production-tested reliability

Build (Open Source)

OpenAILlmService, AnthropicLlmService

Direct provider integration you manage

  • Configure infrastructure yourself
  • Manage API keys per provider
  • Implement provider switching
  • Build rate limiting logic

Conversation Storage

Buy (Premium)

Premium Storage API

Production-ready persistence with backups

  • Ready-to-use persistence
  • Automatic backups
  • Compliance certifications
  • Scalable infrastructure
  • Multi-region replication

Build (Open Source)

MemoryConversationStore + your DB

Build and maintain storage layer

  • Choose and setup database
  • Implement backup strategy
  • Handle compliance yourself
  • Plan for scale
  • Build replication logic

Evaluation & Testing

Buy (Premium)

Premium Evaluation Service

Automated testing with historical analysis

  • Pre-built evaluation suite
  • Automated scheduled runs
  • Historical trend analysis
  • CI/CD integration ready
  • LLM-based evaluators included

Build (Open Source)

Local evaluation framework

Build testing infrastructure yourself

  • Write evaluation logic
  • Set up test automation
  • Build analytics dashboards
  • Integrate with your CI/CD
  • Implement evaluators

Observability

Buy (Premium)

Premium Observability API

Complete monitoring and debugging suite

  • Pre-built dashboards
  • Automated alerting
  • Cost tracking built-in
  • Performance analytics
  • Anomaly detection

Build (Open Source)

Your monitoring stack

Integrate logging and metrics yourself

  • Set up monitoring tools
  • Configure alerts
  • Build cost tracking
  • Implement analytics
  • Write detection logic

Tool Registry

Buy (Premium)

Premium Tool Service

Centralized tool management and sharing

  • Centralized tool catalog
  • Built-in version control
  • Team collaboration features
  • Tool marketplace access
  • Usage analytics

Build (Open Source)

Local tool registration

Manage tools per deployment

  • Per-deployment tools
  • Manual version tracking
  • Build sharing mechanisms
  • No marketplace
  • DIY analytics

User Management

Buy (Premium)

Premium User API

Complete auth, multi-tenancy, and billing

  • Ready-to-use auth
  • SSO/SAML integration
  • Built-in multi-tenancy
  • Usage quotas & billing
  • Audit logs included

Build (Open Source)

Your auth system

Implement authentication yourself

  • Implement auth system
  • Configure SSO yourself
  • Build multi-tenant isolation
  • Create quota system
  • Build audit logging

Time to Production

Buy (Premium)

Production-ready

Deploy in minutes, scale automatically

  • Minutes to production
  • Auto-scaling included
  • 99.9% SLA
  • Automatic security updates
  • Compliance certifications ready

Build (Open Source)

Custom deployment

Set up and maintain infrastructure

  • Days/weeks to production
  • Configure scaling yourself
  • Self-managed uptime
  • Manual security updates
  • DIY compliance work

Decision framework

Choose your path based on what matters most to your team

Buy when...

  • You want to ship fast without infrastructure overhead
  • You need enterprise features (SSO, audit logs, compliance)
  • You value reliability and uptime guarantees
  • Your team is focused on product, not DevOps
  • You need predictable costs and unified billing
  • You want automatic updates and security patches
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Build when...

  • You have specific infrastructure requirements
  • You want maximum customization flexibility
  • You have in-house DevOps expertise
  • You need to run in air-gapped environments (consider Enterprise)
  • You prefer to control every aspect of deployment
  • You're building highly specialized use cases
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Both paths lead to production

Whether you buy Premium or build with OSS, you're using the same battle-tested framework trusted by teams worldwide.

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