Best of Breed vs. Monolithic Systems

When you are looking for a software infrastructure that meets your company's needs, the terms "best of breed" and "monolithic" are used regularly. We therefore think it is useful to explain these terms in more detail, as it can be difficult to determine exactly what they mean and how they can work for your company.

Monolithic vs. Best of Breed

A monolithic solution is the idea that there is one suite of software that addresses all areas of the business. The entire organization would utilize different components of the suite created for their area of the business. The term "Best of Breed" refers to business software and stands for the philosophy of picking the best solution from each application area and integrating it into one's own IT infrastructure instead of relying on one monolithic software provider. Following this approach, companies use modules that are most efficient and/or best suited to their processes instead of holistic solutions from one single software provider.

Advantages of Best-of-Breed

• Specialized - The software modules are "real specialists" and is usually tailored to their particular needs, solving key problems for one particular department.
• Independent - Using best-practice software for particular use cases reduces infrastructure dependencies and enables teams to collect the exact data they need.
• Established - Teams often already work with proven software that perfectly fits their needs.
• Efficient - Firms can reduce agency dependencies and spare tech resources, as single software solutions are cheaper to purchase and can be operated by the individual departments.
• Individual - Every company and every department operates an individual solution, that can be connected to other tools via APIs. This creates a unique and individual infrastructure.
• Fast - Quick to learn, since at best only the interfaces are relearned.

Unidy: The Best-of-Breed Enabler

Unidy enables a best-of-breed setup that’s connected through the central user account and our open User-API. All user data is synchronized throughout the whole best-of-breed platform. On the user side, this leads to a unified brand experience and full data control.

Unidy: Best-of-Breed as the Basis for Digital Value Creation

With the Unidy best-of-breed setup that’s connected through the central user account, all user data is synchronized, making digital value creation possible.

If you want to set up your own best-of-breed platform with Unidy or you want to learn more about it, feel free to contact us.