Product teams often start with YAML or Drools, but they then encounter scaling issues, rising costs, and poor business adoption. Nected is a faster alternative: a flexible, production-ready decision engine that you can use from day one.




Building in-house might seem cost-efficient—until it isn’t. Internal tools often look flexible at first, but fail to keep pace with real-world business needs.

Real teams tried building internal solutions. Here’s what happened next.
Tech Lead, Sidecar Health (Healthcare · 500+ Employees)
Engineering Manager, Tata 1mg (HealthTech · 1,000+ Employees)
Director of Product, Brightchamps (EdTech · 500+ Employees)
Wealthright (FinTech · 200+ Employees)
Before you commit engineering hours and budget to building a decision engine—or wiring Drools into production—pause and run the numbers.
Total Cost of Ownership
| Middleware & Databases | $60K–$180K | $80K–$250K | $0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infra (1000 tps) | $150K–$375K | $200K–$500K | $70K–$95K |
| Implementation | $80K–$200K | $150K–$400K | $15K–$36K |
| Implementation Time | 3–6 months | 6–12 months | Days–weeks |
| Upgrades | $15K–$60K | $30K–$100K | $0 |
| Training & Onboarding | $48K–$144K | $60K–$180K | $0 |
| Ops & Admin | $100K–$200K | $150K–$300K | $0–$36K |
| Change Mgmt & Deployments | $100K–$200K | $150K–$300K | $0–$36K |
| Enterprise-grade Platforms | $50K–$150K | $100K–$300K | $0 |
| Time to Enterprise Features | 6–12 months | 12–24 months | Built in |
| Tech Debt | $50K–$180K | $100K–$300K | N/A |
Drools slowed them down with code-heavy logic and zero workflow support. Nected helped them move faster, scale smarter, and hand control back to the teams that need it. Here’s what they have to say after making the switch:
Director of Product Management (Ed-Tech)
Financial Services
Apparel & Fashion
Administrator
Watch how fast you can deliver decision automation with Nected—what would normally take months of internal development and ongoing maintenance.
In this demo, you’ll see:
Perfect for: Engineering leaders evaluating build vs buy, product managers pushing for faster delivery, and executives seeking predictable costs and rapid ROI.
Many teams try, but in-house builds take 6–12 months to reach basic functionality, require a dedicated dev team, and pile on ongoing maintenance. Nected ships production-ready in days, with workflows, rule versioning, analytics, and integrations already built-in.
Yes. Nected supports nested rules, decision trees, scoring models, and enterprise-scale workloads. Developers can extend it via APIs and SDKs, while business teams configure logic visually — so you get both flexibility and speed.
In-house builds carry hidden costs — developer salaries, infra, upgrades, compliance, and support. Over 3–5 years, Nected typically costs 60–80% less, since you avoid re-inventing what's already solved.
Nected provides pre-built connectors for databases, APIs, CRMs, ERPs, and payment systems. Anything custom can connect via our REST API. In practice, integrations are usually faster and more reliable than in-house connectors.
Absolutely. Nected is cloud-native and handles millions of calls per minute with sub-200ms response times. Auto-scaling ensures performance under peak loads, without the ops burden your team would shoulder in-house.
Unlike a one-off in-house build, Nected offers SaaS (fully managed), Private Cloud, and On-Premise deployments. You choose the model that fits your compliance and data residency requirements.
Nected combines configurability (extendable via APIs and scripts) with usability (drag-and-drop builder for non-technical teams). You get the control of an in-house build without the complexity tax of maintaining it.
Security is built in from day one: SOC 2, ISO, GDPR readiness, RBAC, SSO, audit logs, versioning, and encryption. With in-house builds, you'd have to implement and maintain these controls yourself.
Nected provides decision logs, rollback protection, audit trails, and governance out of the box. These are features most in-house teams underestimate and end up bolting on later at great cost.
Invocations refer to the number of times your workflows/rule is triggered via API, cron or other trigger. It will count the parent rule/workflow and can have as many rules, nodes within it. This metric is often used for billing purposes. Compared to other products, invocations as a billing metric can be more cost-effective and transparent, aligning closely with your actual usage and needs. It ensures you pay for the value you receive, rather than flat rates or less relevant metrics.
If you exceed, you'll be charged based on additional usage and will be added in your monthly charge. In case of payment failure after grace period, your plan will be reverted to free trial limiting your monthly execution and # of rules/flows as per free plan, however all your existing rules/workflow data would be kept intact.
Firstly, we do not have a vendor lock-in, so you can cancel anytime you want. However, if you decide to cancel once your subscription for a given period has started then you would be able to cancel at the time of the next billing cycle only.
Yes, you can typically upgrade your Nected plan at any point during your billing cycle. The upgrade process is usually straightforward, often involving just a few clicks in your account settings. Upgrading mid-cycle may involve prorated charges for the higher-tier service.
The best plan depends on your specific needs, such as the expected number of invocations, the complexity of your workflows, and the level of support you require. It’s a good idea to start with a basic plan and upgrade as your needs evolve, especially if you're new to Nected. Moreover, you can also write to us at assist@nected.ai and we will help you figure out the best plan for your brand.
Yes, Nected usually offers assistance in setting up and creating a Proof of Concept (POC), especially under certain plans. This assistance can include access to customer support, documentation, and possibly dedicated account management.
The Startup and Growth plans typically provide basic to enhanced support, including access to customer service through email or chat, a knowledge base, and possibly community forums. Response times and the extent of personalized assistance may vary between these plans.
The on-premise plan generally offers the most comprehensive support, including dedicated account managers, 24/7 support, and tailored assistance for deployment, maintenance, and troubleshooting. This plan is best suited for businesses with extensive, mission-critical use of Nected.
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