{
    "statement": "of developers built in-house software in the past year (or plan to) to replace paid vendors; over half of them use AI to do it",
    "value_display": "18.6%",
    "value_numeric": 18.6,
    "unit": "%",
    "data_label": "Jun to Aug 2026",
    "data_period_end": "2026-08-05",
    "region": "Global",
    "size": "all",
    "source": {
        "name": "Stack Overflow Developer Survey",
        "publisher": "Stack Overflow",
        "type": "survey",
        "url": "https://stackoverflow.co/"
    },
    "source_url": "https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026",
    "source_quote": "Replacing paid vendors | 2,482 | 18.6%",
    "verification_note": "Read on survey.stackoverflow.co 2026 overview (Markdown edition), question BuildTool, n = 13,338. Self-selected survey. New stat.",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
    "margin_of_error": null,
    "dont_know": null,
    "data_table": null,
    "revisions": [],
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/saas/developers-building-tools-to-replace-paid-vendors",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/saas/developers-building-tools-to-replace-paid-vendors.csv"
}