---
title: "Did your team build tools? — Technology data 2026"
url: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026/technology/data/build-tool
year: 2026
chapter: "technology"
question: "BuildTool"
section: "Build vs. AI"
licence: "ODbL 1.0 (https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/)"
---

# Did your team build tools?

Only 19% of users building software are working to replace a vendor

Asked as: Have you used or been involved with building in-house software in the past year? Are you planning to do so in the next year? Select all work functions from the list below that apply. (`BuildTool`, multi select, optional, v2026.1)

## Options offered

1. Small scripts/automations
2. Team-level internal tools
3. Cross-team/platform tools
4. Customer-facing products
5. Replacing paid vendors
6. None

## Results

### All Respondents

n = 13,338

|  | Respondents | Percent |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| Small scripts/automations | 10,304 | 77.3% |
| Team-level internal tools | 8,398 | 63.0% |
| Customer-facing products | 7,254 | 54.4% |
| Cross-team/platform tools | 6,130 | 46.0% |
| Replacing paid vendors | 2,482 | 18.6% |

In context: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026/technology/data.md