License Dependency
Renewal pressure and limited negotiation leverage
Status Quo Is Not Free
Staying on ACF may feel safe, but risk accumulates in renewals, upgrades, talent, security, and modernization. The decision is financial, operational, and strategic — not just technical.
Cost Creep
Higher costs as environments, servers, and workloads grow
Talent Risk
Harder to attract developers to legacy CFML-only stacks
Innovation Drag
Harder to adopt cloud, containers, serverless, and AI workflows
License Dependency
Renewal pressure and limited negotiation leverage
Cost Creep
Higher costs as environments, servers, and workloads grow
Standing still is not free. It moves cost into future renewals, deferred upgrades, and modernization delays.