A county evaluates leaving a niche PaaS that stores case files in proprietary export formats. What migration risk should planners emphasize?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Leaving a quirky PaaS can feel like moving out of an apartment where the landlord built the closets in a shape only their hangers fit. Proprietary formats make the exit painful—that is vendor lock-in, not something AZ placement or reserved instances fix.
Full Explanation
Vendor lock-in risk includes dependence on proprietary data formats, APIs, or runtime features that impede portable export. Migration planning should assess exportability and transformation effort before committing critical workloads. Availability zoning, reserved capacity, and autoscaling do not by themselves solve proprietary-format exit barriers.