| Criteria | In-House Dev | FollowNet One |
|---|---|---|
| Time to first result | 12 to 24 months just for an MVP | First gains in 30 days after contracting |
| Development cost | Dev team + infrastructure + ongoing maintenance | Predictable monthly investment — no surprises |
| Gov. integrations (Siscomex etc) | Each integration: months of development | Already integrated with government portals from day 1 |
| Comex knowledge in the code | Devs do not know the business — rules get lost | 28 years of real operations translated into features |
| Maintenance when the team leaves | Knowledge in the heads of 1-2 people | Platform maintained by a dedicated, documented team |
| Product evolution | Depends on the dev queue — takes months | Active roadmap with continuous improvements included |
| User support | Open an internal ticket and wait | Comex specialist HelpDesk + certified Key User |
| Discontinuation risk | High — if the dev leaves, the system stops | Guaranteed SLA and a dedicated team |
The real cost of building from scratch
The math of building internally rarely closes as expected. Beyond the development team and infrastructure, there is the invisible cost of time: 12 to 24 months just for an MVP that still does not cover government integrations. Each connection to Siscomex, CEMercante or Siscarga is a separate project, with months of development and ongoing maintenance every time the portals change layout. And the Comex knowledge (the rules that make the operation work) tends to live in the heads of one or two people. When they leave, the system becomes a risk.
Years of real operations, already built in
A ready platform like FollowNet One is not just code: it is the accumulation of nearly three decades of real foreign trade operations translated into features. Integrations with government portals already exist and are maintained. The business rules an internal team would take years to discover are already in the product. And evolution is continuous. The roadmap is maintained by a dedicated team, with improvements included, without depending on the internal development queue. Instead of building and maintaining, you adopt and operate, with guaranteed SLA.
The platform showed exactly where to act. That is not built in a few months — it is the accumulation of years of real operations that e.Mix brought ready.
Mayumi Iura — Positivo Tecnologia