kint vs.
custom development.

Building optimization in-house gives you full control. It also means hiring operations research specialists, running a solver stack and building the record and review process yourself.

side by side when to choose which

the strength of in-houseControlControl of the whole stack, down to the solver code.

the strength of kintFirst model in productionStarts from an existing engine, agent and record.

kint · in-house7 dimensions, both sidesproperties you can check

Side by side

dimension by dimension.

Properties you can check, not benchmark claims. The last column says which approach fits better on that dimension.

Side by side comparison
Dimension	kint	in-house	Fits better
First model in production	Starts from an existing engine, agent and record.	Team, infrastructure and process have to be built first.	kint
Expertise needed	Planners describe the rules, IT connects the data, kint's forward deployed engineers bring the mathematics.	Operations research specialists and engineers on staff.	kint
Method coverage	LP, MIP, CP, QP and data-driven blackbox models on one engine.	Usually the methods the team already knows well.	kint
Record	Versioned data, models and releases built in.	Has to be designed and maintained alongside the models.	kint
Maintenance	Engine and solver updates handled by kint.	Your team maintains solvers, models and infrastructure.	kint
Control	Configured through the model, the API and the review process.	Control of the whole stack, down to the solver code.	in-house
Ownership	Data and models stay yours. kint owns the platform.	You own the code and the models.	in-house

Choose in-house when

in-house: the better fit.

Optimization is your core product, you already have an operations research team, and you need control down to the solver code.

Choose kint when

the decision has to be defended.

You want decisions with bound and gap in operation soon, without building and staffing a solver platform and an audit process first.

Used together

Teams with their own operations research group can run kint underneath through the API. They keep their own models and gain the record and review process.

Other comparisons

kint next to the other approaches.

all comparisons

in-house and kint, on your decision.

Bring a plan your team made today. We put the kint plan next to it, with the binding limit of each, and you judge.

show us one decision

All comparisons: kint next to the alternatives
Results: Plan, binding limit, sensitivity, bound and gap, record
Problem types: the decisions kint solves
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kint vs.custom development.