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The Low-Code Vendor Lock-In Test: Five Questions Before You Sign

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A tight checklist you can run against any platform before you commit. The five questions cut straight to ownership: where your data lives, whose schema runs your app, whether you can export real code, whether the app keeps running if you stop paying, and whether pricing is predictable. Use it as a five minute gut check before you sign up for anything.

  • Ask whether an export is real code or a proprietary file only their runtime can read.
  • Ask if your app keeps working the day you stop paying.
  • Ask whether the price stays predictable as your usage grows.
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The question it answers

  1. Who actually owns my data and code if I build my whole business on a no-code platform that could shut down or hike prices?

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