# The PaaS Dilemma

DevFeed: [The PaaS Dilemma](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-paas-dilemma-17851.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://encore.dev/blog/the-paas-dilemma>)

Author: Dominic Black

Published: 2023-08-03T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Encore Updates](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/encore-updates.md>)

Topics: [paas and iaas](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/paas-and-iaas.md>), [vendor lock-in](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vendor-lock-in.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [hosting](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hosting.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>), [fly](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/fly.md>)

Tags: [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [gcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gcp.md>), [hosting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hosting.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [platform-as-a-service-paas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform-as-a-service-paas.md>), [vendor-lock-in](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vendor-lock-in.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article discusses how Platform-as-a-Service products create customer trust and vendor lock-in concerns. It compares invisible integrations, illustrated by Fly.io, with deeper integrations such as AWS APIs, and presents an open-source approach as Encore's response to these challenges.

## Source excerpt

Overcoming trust issues and vendor lock-in through an open-source approach