The invisible challenge of lock-in: how your architecture can trap you (and what to do)
75% of companies report difficulties migrating from cloud providers due to technical and contractual barriers. Understand what lock-in is in cloud computing and how to avoid barriers that can trap your company.
Diego Aron Gomes
75% of companies report difficulties migrating from cloud providers due to technical and contractual barriers. (Source: Gartner, 2024). This data reveals a structural problem that goes far beyond changing suppliers. It starts with how you design and build your application in the cloud.
75% of companies report difficulties migrating from cloud providers due to technical and contractual barriers. (Source: Gartner, 2024)
This data reveals a structural problem that goes far beyond changing suppliers. It starts with how you design and build your application in the cloud.
What is lock-in?
True lock-in happens when your application becomes dependent on proprietary technologies — APIs, services, frameworks, or databases — that only exist within that environment.
In other words, you’re not trapped by the cloud, but by what you built inside it.
Why does this happen?
Lock-in is usually caused by:
- 💾 Intensive use of proprietary services (AI, databases, APIs)
- 📜 Closed architectures that don’t allow portability
- 💰 High costs with egress traffic and migration
- 📊 Absence of a multicloud strategy or exit plan
Testimonial: when freedom became cost
“They promised us scalability and performance, but we discovered we could only grow their way and at their pace. When we wanted to change, the egress bill was absurd, and much of our system was tied to their tools.”
— Rogerio Malta, Infrastructure Coordinator at Inovadora Sistemas
See the Inovadora Sistemas case →
How Optidata solves the lock-in problem
At Optidata, the focus is on development freedom and portability. The architecture is designed so you don’t get tied to anything that limits your application’s future.
- ✅ Open technologies
- 🌐 Multi-regional and interoperable cloud
- 🌪️ Disaster recovery included by default
- ↕️ No egress traffic charges
Testimonial: freedom to scale with control
“With Optidata, we felt we regained control. We made the migration with cutting-edge support and today we’re not afraid to grow. If one day we need to change, we know we have the freedom to do so, and that’s rare in the market.”
— Rogerio Malta, Infrastructure Coordinator at Inovadora Sistemas
See the Inovadora Sistemas case →
The infrastructure behind this freedom
Optidata’s Premium cloud offers:
- 💾 Highly available infrastructure, replicated between distinct zones
- 💻 AMD, Intel processors
- 💽 High-performance storage (SSD and Premium FCM)
- 🛡️ Active Anti-DDoS, WAF, ZTNA and 24/7 SOC
- 🎧 Cloud, security and database specialists always available
Technical view: the role of open architecture
💡 Expert View
“True lock-in is in the code. That’s why we design environments focused on portability. Our mission is to deliver performance, security — and freedom of choice”
Diego Aron Gomes
Head of Operations at Optidata
Conclusion
Lock-in isn’t about changing clouds. It’s about not being able to evolve your application. At Optidata, freedom and performance go hand in hand from the first deploy.
Build without constraints. Evolve without limits. Choose the independent cloud. Talk to our specialists.
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