# Buyer Guides for Hiring AI Help | OsmoSync

> Plain answers to the questions B2B buyers ask before hiring AI help: choosing an agency, agency vs in-house, build vs buy and provider types compared.

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Buyer guides

# Buyer guides for hiring AI help.

Straight answers to the questions buyers ask before they sign with anyone, us included. Each guide names its sources and says where OsmoSync is the wrong fit. 4 guides

01Guides

## Start with the question you have now.
Buyer guide

### How to Choose an AI Automation Agency: A Buyer Scorecard

The questions worth asking before you sign, a scorecard for the answers, and the proposal red flags that move risk onto you.
7 min read Buyer guide

### AI Agency vs In-House Engineer vs Freelancer: Which to Hire?

Each option wins at a different stage. How much automation work you have, and who runs it after launch, decide which one fits.
6 min read Buyer guide

### Should You Build or Buy AI Agents for Your Sales Team?

When a platform wins, when a custom build wins, and the hybrid most teams end up running.
6 min read Buyer guide

### AI Automation Providers Compared: Which Type Fits Your Company?

Five types of provider, what each is good at, and who owns the system afterward. A comparison of types, not a ranked list of companies.
5 min read Glossary

### AI terms, in plain English

Short definitions for the words that show up in AI proposals, from agentic workflow to RAG.
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