The True Costs of Data Integrations

Relying solely on internal data leaves your business exposed. To stay competitive,you need insights from external data - market feeds, ESG signals, benchmarks, altdata, and more. But the real cost isn’t the data itself - it’s everything that happensafter you acquire it.

Data engineering teams are drowning in fragmented pipelines, schema changes,and maintenance fire drills. Most companies underestimate the total cost ofonboarding and supporting third-party datasets by 35% to 70% - and it gets worseas your portfolio grows.

In this guide, you’ll learn:

• Why external data is critical to product velocity, AI/ML, and marketresponsiveness
• The six hidden cost drivers of external data integration that no one budgetsfor
• Why pipeline maintenance becomes your biggest bottleneck by year 3
• How to build a business case that protects your strategy - and your bottomline

Crux simplifies the complexity. With AI-powered onboarding, 24/7 pipelinemonitoring, and a library of 25,000+ pipelines, Crux turns external data into amodel-ready asset - at a fraction of the operational burden.