No lock-in
No lock-in does not mean no platform.
It means the customer can benefit from Collab.codes services while preserving a real exit path if the business later chooses to operate independently.
What the customer should keep
A customer should be able to keep control of:
- application source code;
- version history;
- business rules;
- hosting decisions;
- master configuration;
- the ability to replace managed services when needed.
What Collab.codes provides
Collab.codes remains valuable because it centralizes difficult operational work:
- LLM routing and monitoring;
- authentication;
- runtime foundations;
- Studio-assisted maintenance;
- collaboration workflows;
- managed publication paths;
- cost and usage visibility.
Exit path
If the customer leaves the ecosystem, the application should still have a practical migration path.
That may include configuring another OpenAI-compatible LLM endpoint, moving identity to another auth provider, hosting on customer-controlled infrastructure, and operating source repositories directly.
The product position
The best platform is one customers choose to keep using because it is useful, not because they cannot leave.