devops

Vendor Lock-In

Definition

Vendor lock-in occurs when an organization becomes excessively dependent on a single vendor's proprietary tools, APIs, or services, making migration prohibitively expensive or disruptive. In cloud and DevOps contexts, lock-in risks are mitigated by adopting open standards (OCI, CNCF projects), abstracting vendor-specific APIs behind interfaces, and favoring portable tools like Terraform over cloud-native equivalents.

Related Terms

OCI

Open Container Initiative

IaC

Infrastructure as Code

Pulumi

Container Orchestration

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