Buy Smart, Build Smart

You've heard it before: exploit what you have, buy what you can, and only build what we must. But for space missions, the conversation often gets stuck in outdated assumptions. That's why we wrote Build vs. Buy: 5 Myths That Inflate Your Cost to Orbit – to unpack the real tradeoff.

Now we're taking it further.

Because when it comes to mission software, the smartest companies don't pick a side – they pick a platform that plays well with both.

Why "Building In-House" Doesn't Mean Building From Scratch

Many teams that claim to be building in-house are actually assembling open-source and commercial tools, then writing and maintaining brittle middleware to make them work together.

This approach creates technical debt, delays milestones, and shifts engineering effort away from mission-specific innovation.

Quindar eliminates that glue work. We already integrate with tools you're using—or can use APIs to do so—so your stack stays flexible, and your engineers stay focused.

The Hidden Third Option: Integrate to Win

At Quindar, we've seen teams spin their wheels building ground software from scratch to maintain ownership, only to end up drowning in maintenance, compatitbility issues, and dev cycles that pull focus from mission objectives.

At the same time, off-the-shelf solutions often force you into rigid workflows that don't reflect your unique architecture, constraints, or control needs.

That's where integrations change the game.

Quindar Integrations Let You Own the Stack – Without Owning All the Work

Our integrations aren't just connectors – they're enablers. Quindar's open architecture lets you plug-and-play in your preferred tools, C2 systems, antenna networks, and data sources without giving up control over how your system operates.

We support integrations with:

• Flight dynamics software such as Orekit, GMAT, and STK
• Antenna networks such as KSAT, ATLAS, RBC Signals, Leaf Space, and private antenna networks
• C2 systems such as OpenC3, YAMCS, and in-house solutions
• Incident management systems such as PagerDuty
• Ticketing and project management tools such as Jira and Trello
• Time series graphing tools such as Grafana
• Private data warehouses
  ... and more.

Integrations Don't Just Scale. They Sell.

The more interoperable your systems is, the more doors it opens – for partnerships, contracts, and new markets.

Quindar integrations don't just save you engineering time. They make your architecture a selling point. Whether you're working with a government agency, teaming up with a prime, or operating in a joint mission environment, being able to plug in instantly makes your ground system more valuable.

Need to meet a governement data standard? You're already wired for it.
Working with a prime that runs on its own mission planner? You connect, no rebuild required.
Supporting multiple mission types across domains? Your software stays flexible, scalable, and fundable.

Space buyers today don't want vendor lock-in. They want confidence that your stack can work with theirs.

With Quindar, you're not just building for your mission, your're building for every partner and customer you haven't met yet.

Build the Right Things. Buy the Right Tools. Integrate Them Intelligently.

The real question isn't build or buy – it's what's worth building? What's better to integrate? And how fast can we get to orbit if we stop reinventing the wheel?

At Quindar, we think the answer lies in owning the architecture, not every line of code. Let us take care of the glue so you can focus on the mission.

Explore our integrations  

Talk to our team today about building a hybrid strategy that scales.