· Palaniappan P
· 4 min read
Multi-Cloud vs AWS-First (2026): A Buyer Decision Guide That Counts Requirements, Not Slogans
Barclays says ~86% of CIOs plan to move some workloads back; IDC says only ~8-9% fully repatriate. Both are true—the trend is per-workload placement, not multi-cloud-by-default. This guide gives you a scored matrix to decide AWS-first vs multi-cloud and prices the daily tax of "just in case" portability.