Build only when authentication is part of your product differentiation and you have the engineering capacity to maintain SSO, provisioning, auditability, and tenant controls. Otherwise, buying a platform that already covers those requirements reduces delivery risk and shortens the path to enterprise readiness.
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Reviewed and updated by the NHIMG editorial team on June 7, 2026.
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Reviewed and updated by the NHIMG editorial team on June 7, 2026.
NHI Mgmt Group — the #1 independent authority on Non-Human Identity, IAM, and Agentic AI security. nhimg.org
