Recurring blocker

Switching friction

Migration cost and workflow disruption feel bigger than the stated upside, even when the product case looks credible.

Use this page for the stable public explanation. If the pattern feels close, the next public step is one related dispatch or one specimen brief.

Updated Apr 28, 2026switchingfriction

Showed a public signal

254 of 334

56 of 334 made it the main blocker in the same cohort.

Previous published cohort

222 of 290

This is the last published baseline for this blocker.

Published history

6

Peak support reached 254 companies across published cohorts. This page stays canonical while the supporting proof accumulates over time.

For this cohort, a broad platform story needed a narrow adoption wedge that proved value before the buyer committed to deeper migration.

In these selected cases, without a credible coexistence plan, the buyer could admire the product direction and still choose an incumbent, bundled tool, or internal process.

Published progression

Current cohort

254 of 334

56 companies made it the main blocker in this published cohort.

Apr 28, 2026

Published cohort

222 of 290

51 companies made it the main blocker in this published cohort.

Apr 16, 2026

Published cohort

180 of 240

43 companies made it the main blocker in this published cohort.

Apr 11, 2026

Published cohort

162 of 215

39 companies made it the main blocker in this published cohort.

Apr 4, 2026

Published cohort

106 of 150

18 companies made it the main blocker in this published cohort.

Mar 30, 2026

Published cohort

40 of 50

7 companies made it the main blocker in this published cohort.

Mar 26, 2026

Pattern 1

In selected cases, bundled tools created a good-enough fallback.

Some buyers already had budget, workflow familiarity, and security approval for bundled capabilities, even when the standalone product looked stronger.

Pattern 2

In selected cases, phased adoption reduced re-platforming anxiety.

A seller could lower risk by letting buyers start with one workflow, one team, or one proof path before committing to a broader platform move.

Pattern 3

In selected cases, internal build remained a credible fallback.

Where buyers had technical teams and existing building blocks, the seller needed to prove that the paid layer was safer and cheaper than maintaining a solution internally.

Bounded Next Move

Bounded next move

Do not lead with more feature proof. Reduce the buyer's perceived cost of moving.

Lead with a migration wedge that proves value alongside the current system, then show the trigger that makes broader consolidation rational.

Anonymous Case Capsule

Anonymous case capsule

56 of 334 companies made this pattern primary. They often read it as weak demand or a soft value case. The repeated correction was closer to replacement anxiety and a migration path that still feels too disruptive. That is enough to sharpen the public diagnosis. The brief decides which de-risking step matters first for one live evaluation.

From the same research system

Keep the canonical blocker tied to the corpus, the dated proof, and the brief

Next: research hub, one dated update, or one sample brief. The page keeps the corpus, the relevant dispatch history, and the private next step connected.

Research hub

Start with the published proof

Start with 334 companies across 6 reviewed releases, then branch into blocker pages and dated dispatches from the same proof layer.

Current corpus
334
Published cohorts
6

public proof · research hub

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Blocker library

Use the canonical blocker pages when the pattern is already familiar

The blocker library keeps the stable explanation in one place so dispatches can stay focused on what changed.

Published blockers
4

canonical pages · blocker library

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Private next step

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Use the brief when the public layer is clear enough to justify one bounded private diagnosis.

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private brief · fixed scope

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