The risk of being stuck with one AI vendor because moving is hard.
AI vendor lock-in is like renting a moving truck with your sofa bolted inside. Want a new truck? First pay to unbolt the sofa.
You meet it with cloud AI models and vendor-only APIs. It can raise costs and make migration painful.
API
A vendor-only API is often the front door to vendor lock-in.
Closed-source Model
Closed-source models hide details, so switching can cost more.
Open-source-model
Open-source models give teams more choices and more bargaining power.
On-premise AI
On-premise AI keeps data and systems under your control.