Building has become cheap. Owning hasn’t.
Build your own planning tool? With AI, that has suddenly become a lot more realistic. But as soon as that tool is used every day, the sums change. Because building is one thing. Managing, securing and developing software for years is another.
In this blog, we compare building your own software with off-the-shelf software and look at why the smartest solution increasingly lies somewhere between the two.
Jeroen - 17 september 2026 - 12 min
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Jeroen
Jeroen Mensink is the co-founder of vPlan and has been involved in the platform’s development from day one. With many years of experience in the software industry and a strong background in HR tooling, Jeroen saw firsthand where things often go wrong: the lack of overview and insight into capacity. Driven by this challenge, he dove into the question of how companies can plan more intelligently and streamline their processes more effectively. With his technical expertise, analytical skills, and practical mindset, he has helped shape vPlan into the powerful and user-friendly planning platform it is today.
