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Easy trial-hopping masks the severe technical friction of software migration.

While B2B buyers readily cycle through software trials and expect rapid vendor swaps, actual system migrations frequently fail due to hidden data and integration complexities.

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B2B Buyer Criteria Shift for AI
Enterprise Software Buying Journey: Where AI-Enabled Founders Must Win Each Stage

It shows a heavy trend of trial-hopping among buyers, indicating they treat trial transitions as friction-free when final selection is highly volatile.

B2B Buyer Criteria Shift for AI
SaaS Spend Volatility and the AI "Value Crisis": Hard Data from Zylo and Tropic's 2026 Reports

The high volatility and constant churn of SaaS stacks create a false impression of agility that overlooks the deep technical and security overhead of migration.

B2B Buyer Criteria Shift for AI
Enterprise AI Vendor Lock-In Is Real — and Far Worse Than Leaders Expect

The optimistic belief that AI platforms are easily swappable is contradicted by the high rate of failed or highly complex actual migrations.