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Description
331 SaaS products are scored on a 0-100 quantitative lock-in risk index, with an average score of 68. The dataset, created by Alex Chen and last updated in April 2026, measures portability based on five weighted factors: Data Export, Open Standards, Migration Path, Contract Flexibility, and API Completeness. It is available in CSV and SQLite formats under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Use Cases
Benchmarking SaaS vendor portability based on the composite risk index.
Prioritizing vendor selection based on specific risk factors like contract flexibility or data export capabilities.
Analyzing the distribution of lock-in risk across the software-as-a-service market.
Informing contract negotiation strategies using the quantified migration path and API completeness scores.
Strengths
Includes 331 distinct SaaS products, providing a broad market view.
Risk scores are calculated from five explicitly weighted, well-defined factors.
Findings are quantified, reporting 3 high-risk, 183 medium-risk, and 145 low-risk products.
Provides a clear average score of 68 out of 100 for the entire dataset.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific analytical methods.
The dataset is small (895.0 KB), indicating limited scope or detail per record.
Provenance
Source
figshare
Collection Method
Quantitative scoring methodology described, but specific data gathering process is not detailed.
Time Range
Temporal coverage of the SaaS products assessed is not specified.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-04-27 18:18:00; freshness should be verified.