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DIY vs. Fully Managed Automation: Which One Actually Delivers ROI Faster?
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DIY vs. Fully Managed Automation: Which One Actually Delivers ROI Faster?

DIY automation gives you control, but it often means long timelines, high costs, and greater risk. Fully managed automation delivers faster results, lower risk, and rapid ROI—without the heavy lift. Discover which approach is right for your business, and how Optezo makes automation easy.

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Adam Bookman is an innovative marketer and thought leader in the emerging technology space. At Optezo, he focuses on marketing and technology partnership aspects of Optezo’s IAaaS platform.

When businesses commit to automation, one big question always follows: Should we build it ourselves, or partner with experts who manage it for us?

Both options have their place. But if speed, ROI, and scalability matter, the answer becomes clearer fast. Here’s how DIY and fully managed automation stack up—and why more companies are rethinking their approach.

DIY Automation: More Control, More Complexity

Building automation in-house gives you control over every step, but it demands major investment in time, talent, and infrastructure.

Key challenges:

  • Extended timelines: In-house projects often take 14–19 weeks—or even longer, depending on complexity.
  • Resource drain: Skilled team members are tied up, which can pull focus from critical business needs.
  • Higher risk of errors: Without deep automation expertise, costly mistakes and rework are common.

DIY works best if you have:

  • A seasoned internal IT team
  • Well-documented, stable processes
  • Flexibility with time and budget

Fully Managed Automation: Fast, Scalable, Low-Risk

Fully managed automation means bringing in an expert team to handle everything—from discovery and design to deployment and support.

Benefits include:

  • Faster results: Automations can go live in as little as 8 weeks.
  • Cost-effective: Avoid hiring and training costs—pay only for what you use.
  • Built-in expertise: Best practices and proven frameworks from day one.
  • Lower risk: Fewer errors and smoother rollouts with an experienced team.

Best fit for organizations that:

  • Need to scale automation quickly
  • Want to avoid managing infrastructure
  • Can’t afford delays or downtime

What to Consider Before Deciding

Ask yourself:

  • Do we have the in-house skills to support this for the long term?
  • Are we willing to divert top talent from other priorities?
  • How complex are the processes we want to automate?
  • How fast do we need to see results and ROI?

Optezo’s Approach: Intelligent Automation, Managed for You

At Optezo, we deliver Intelligent Automation as a Service (IAaaS)—a fully managed solution designed for speed, scalability, and simplicity.

With Optezo, you get:

  • Automations live in 4–6 weeks
  • ROI typically realized in under 90 days
  • A team that handles discovery, build, deployment, and ongoing optimization
  • Seamless integration with UiPath, Power Automate, and Automation Anywhere
  • Transparent pay-per-automation pricing with no long-term commitments

You get the outcomes—without the heavy lift.

Final Thoughts

DIY and managed automation both have their place. But if you’re aiming for speed, simplicity, and scale, fully managed is the path more and more businesses are choosing.

Ready to see what fully managed automation could do for your business? Talk to an Optezo expert.

About Optezo

Our goal at Optezo is to help great companies reach Intelligent Automation at scale, quickly and reliably.

That's why we built Optezo to provide End-to-End Intelligent Automation Services. Our vision is to bring you the benefits of RPA & AI, combined with tightly defined playbooks. Everything you need to successfully build an Automation program - strategy, implementation, support, or our All-in-One Intelligent Automation as a Service.

Optezo eliminates the complexity, headaches and hassles of Enterprise Automation so you can spend time on what's important.