AI Vendor Lock-In: Essential Exit Plan to Avoid Risk
AI vendor lock-in is the bill that arrives eighteen months after a successful pilot. This guide breaks dependency into five distinct types — model, data, workflow, integration and commercial — explains why AI switching costs behave differently from classic software migrations, sets out the contract clauses that cap your exposure at signature, covers the architecture decisions that keep switching cheap, and gives you a four-page exit plan you can write in a day and rehearse once a year.
