To Buddypress, or not to buddypress

HI guys
We are very happy that we bought a membership, and are happy to support Ayecode and your great work.

What’s emerging with this directory we are building is that as we decide we want to add features, it’s starting to seem like we should use Buddypress, because it’s easier to limit buddypress than to piece together from separate plugins.

BUT, I’m on the fence.
Essentially we didn’t realize we needed a people directory as well as a company directory. and those users, need to be able to email each other, and create groups of favorites they like, etc.

We want to keep our membership with userswp, and your magnificent wpgeodirectory, but is it the case that if we want to expand the people directory features, we are really needing buddypress, which wpgeodirectory really works with well.

I’m just looking for your blessing that — Yes, if you need more bells and whistles, use buddypress. basically if you are building a linkeding for an industry, you need buddypress.

I’m grateful for your opinion.
We’ll be buying individual memberships for wpgeodirectory for various sites, so we can keep them sorted. Helps you guys also 🙂

Mark