SaaS is just vendor lock-in with better branding

SaaS Is Just Vendor Lock-In with Better Branding Developers are told "to focus on the product" and let SaaS vendors handle the rest, but integrating third-party services, whether it's auth, queuing, file storage, or image optimization, comes at a cost. Not just in dollars but in time, friction, and mental overhead. There are five hidden taxes you pay every time you integrate a SaaS into your stack. 1. The Discovery Tax Before you can integrate anything, you first have to figure out what they're actually selling? What problems are they solving? Is it compatible with your stack? Is their price sane at your scale? a Are their docs clear and do they reveal any implementation weirdness? This unpaid research work is usually non-transferable. What you learn about "Uploady" or "MegaQueue" doesn't help you next time when you're evaluating something else. It's also subjective. It's marketing, and does the marketing message resonate with you? 2. The Sign-Up Tax You've decided on a service ... Read full article.