Organizations face slow, unpredictable releases due to fragmented infrastructure and application delivery pipelines, manual workflows, and lack of standardization. These issues are worsened by microservices, multi-cloud complexity, and limited staffing. Developers are stretched thin, increasing risk, burnout, and compliance gaps. Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) can address these challenges by unifying tools, automating workflows, and providing self-service infrastructure, enabling faster, safer, and more consistent delivery. IT leaders should evaluate whether an IDP suits their organization, then determine whether to build or buy based on team maturity, resources, and needs, ensuring the chosen approach turns delivery bottlenecks into streamlined, scalable outcomes.
The Rise of IDP
An IDP is a platform that enables developers to provision the services and infrastructure their applications need through self-service. IDPs typically include everything needed for a developer to provision environments, configure applications, and deploy securely, often through full-code, low-code, or no-code …