| Infrastructure model | Shared limits or usage-based public cloud services | Dedicated capacity scoped to the commerce workload |
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| Peak readiness | Scaling reacts after thresholds are crossed | Capacity plan, load validation, and runbooks before the event |
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| Checkout isolation | Critical and background workloads may compete | Checkout and order paths can receive dedicated resources |
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| Operations | Internal team or fragmented provider support | Monitoring, backups, patching, and incident response included |
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| Cost model | Traffic, requests, egress, and services vary monthly | Flat-rate monthly scope for predictable workloads |
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| Observability | Multiple tools and incomplete transaction context | Application and infrastructure signals reviewed together |
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| Integrations | Platform-specific constraints can accumulate | Open integration model for payments, ERP, WMS, and analytics |
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| Portability | Managed dependencies can make exits expensive | Standard Kubernetes and open tooling |